Information on the geographyand environment: the use of fish poisoning and food containing goitrogenic substance, the use of pesticide on agriculture and environment contaimination of lead mercury in relation to Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) are discussed in this paper. Geography location is grouped into 3 categories i.e. higland area and swampy land areas. Goiter prevalence in highland, lo…
This study was conducted to analyze the effectiveness of booklet for increasing the knowledge of elementary school children as innovator in family to provide iodize salt at house hold level. The study was a quasi experimental with the pretest-posttest with control group design. There were 106 samples of students grade four and five from four elementary schools. The intervention groups were stud…
Karangasem Regency is one of severe endemic areas of Iodine Deficiency Disorder (GAKY) in Bali. The government has implemented iodized salt program for the community. It was targeted that the year 1995 as the “Year of Universal iodized Salt”, but it did not achieve until yet. This study was conducted to identify the availability of iodized salt, the level of iodine in iodized salt, and the …