Authors :
Faradina Aghadiati
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 7 - July
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6946468
Abstract :
Leprosy poses a very complex problem not
only from a medical point of view but extends to social,
economic and cultural problems. Based on initial
observations in the working area of the Kampung Laut
Health Center, 1 case was obtained in February 2021,
and also from the results of initial interviews with 6
respondents and the survey results showed that most of
the community still showed poor personal hygiene for
leprosy prevention in the Puskesmas working area. the
sea village of the east tanjung jabung district. This
study aims to determine the relationship between
knowledge and personal hygiene with the incidence of
leprosy. This research is descriptive analytic using a
Case Control approach. The results of this study show
Keywords :
Knowledge, Personal Hygiene, Leprosy
Leprosy poses a very complex problem not
only from a medical point of view but extends to social,
economic and cultural problems. Based on initial
observations in the working area of the Kampung Laut
Health Center, 1 case was obtained in February 2021,
and also from the results of initial interviews with 6
respondents and the survey results showed that most of
the community still showed poor personal hygiene for
leprosy prevention in the Puskesmas working area. the
sea village of the east tanjung jabung district. This
study aims to determine the relationship between
knowledge and personal hygiene with the incidence of
leprosy. This research is descriptive analytic using a
Case Control approach. The results of this study show
Keywords :
Knowledge, Personal Hygiene, Leprosy
