Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Geographically, the working area of the West Martapura Community Health Center has health complaints that are often encountered among Indonesian people, especially those living in river basin areas, namely skin health problems. In skin diseases, behavioral and attitudinal factors are often associated with aspects of personal hygiene, so that people with poor hygiene have the potential to cause and spread disease. There has been no research that has conducted research on at-risk communities such as riverside communities which are wetland environments with a preventive killing approach. This research aims to determine the description and provide interventions regarding personal hygiene in people with complaints of skin diseases with a quantitative design. Primary data collection techniques were obtained from the results of filling out questionnaires and presented in table form and analyzed descriptively. Regarding personal hygiene in people with complaints of skin diseases in riverside areas, it was found that 245 (54.8%) respondents had good personal hygiene.
Institution: Lambung Mangkurat University
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411393312