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Studi Tungau Kudis Sarcoptes scabiei dan Perilaku Hidup Bersih dan Sehat (PHBS) di Wilayah Kecamatan Lekok, Kabupaten Pasuruan Cletus. (Study of Mite Sarcoptes scabiei and the Clean and Healthy Behavior in Lekok Sub District, Pasuruan Regency, East Java)
Study of the relationship of scabies and hygienic behavior were conducted in Lekok sub district, Pasuruan regency, East Java. The study was conducted in May-December 2012. Objective research to determine (1) the relationship between the clean and healthty of life with the onset of scabies (2) the relationship between the clean and healthty behavior with the number of Sarcoptes scabiei in the dust in homes of respondents, ( 3) to know the public knowledge about scabies, (4) the prevention of scabies transmission was undertaken by the community. Data were collected in the form of questionnaires and interviews and the observations of Sarcoptes scabiei mite in the dust.
The results of the study are: (1) the clean and healthty behavior, personal hygiene, using of towels, clothing, and bedding, the group of scabies cases were showed a lower number than the the group of non-scabies cases, (2) number of mite in the dust in the house of scabies cases more high compared with the group of non-scabies cases, (3) the level of public knowledge about scabies on the group of scabies cases more lower compared with the group of non-scabies cases (4) the prevention of scabies transmission by communities was low.
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