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Hubungan Pengetahuan, Perilaku, dan Sanitasi Lingkungan dengan Angka Kecacingan pada Anak Sekolah Dasar di Kota Palu

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Soil transmitted helminth diseases are wide spread in urban and rural areas. Soil transmitted helminth disease is still a public health problem in Indonesia due to the prevalence is still high with range 45-65%.

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and the association between knowledge, practice, and environmental sanitation and soil transmitted helminth disease prevalence in elementary school students in Palu Municipality, Central Sulawesi. This study was carried out in Watusampu and Lolu Utara villages in Palu Municipality, Central Sulawesi for eight months, from April to November 2011.

This was an observational study with a cross-sectional design. Data were collected from interview and stool examination of 288 students. The stool samples were examined in laboratory of vector borne disease research and development by using “direct method”. The stool samples were collected for three days in a row after visiting schools. The results showed that from 288 samples, 90 samples were positive for soil transmitted helminth. Most of the samples were positive for Ascaris lumbricoides (83.34%). The prevalence of soil transmitted helminth in elementary school students in Palu Municipality was 31.6%. There was no evidence of the association between knowledge, practise, and enviromental sanitation and soil transmitted helminth disease in elementary school students in Palu Municipality (pvalue > 0.05; p = 0.466, p = 0.382, p = 0.349).

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No. Panggil

Media Litbangkes, 24 (1) : 50-56

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Jakarta : Sekretariat Balitbangkes., 2014

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6p

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0853-9987

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Tipe Media

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sanitation
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