APLIKASI KEBUTUHAN MAKANAN DAN MINERAL PADA ANAK PENDERITA DIARE BERBASIS ANDROID

Abstract

Diarrhea mostly considered as easy case, whereas according to WHO records as many as 6 million children die every year due to diarrhea in developing countries. Based on survey from Sub Directorate of diarrhea and Gastrointestinal Infections (ISP) of the Directorate General of Disease Control and Environmental Health (P2PL) Ministry of Health, Diarrhoea for all ages in 2010 was 411 every 1,000 people, while in 2012 amounted to 214 every 1,000 people, Diarrhea can cause a child suffering from malnutrition and even death.Untill now there is no research specially discuss about children's healthy yet, and made some application for smartphone. Eventhough 50 percent Indonesia citizen has smartphoneand made it for tools for communication. And smartphone has penetration growth in 2016 achieve in 37,1percent. Purpose for this research is made application to give information for parents who have children in aged 4-6 years old and suffer diarrhea. For this application user can know variety diet and already recommended from expert nor food not good to consume for them. Furthermore, this application also gives information about food and mineral's needed that is required for children to accelerate healing.