THE DIFFERENCES OF HAND WASHING WITH SOAP LEVEL KNOWLEDGE BEFORE AND AFTER RECEIVING HEALTH PROMOTION ABOUT HAND WASHING WITH SOAP IN STUDENTS AT PUSRI JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Resy Asmalia (a*), Thia Prameswarie (b), Chairunissa Alya Ananda (c)

a & b) Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Muhammadiyah Palembang
* asmaliaresy351[at]gmail.com
c) Medical Study Program, Faculty of Medicine University of Muhammadiyah Palembang

Abstract

Healthy and clean lifestyle (PHBS) still become specific attention for the government. One of PHBS indicators is washing hands with soap (HWWS). HWWS is a simple technique and beneficial to prevent various diseases, that can be prevented by washing our hands correctly, such as diarrhea and acute respiratory infection (ARI). The level of washing hands habit and knowledge of the society in Indonesia is still low and there are 17% of school age children who wash their hand with clean water and soap. The objective of this study is to identify the difference of hand washing with soap (HWWS) knowledge level before and after receiving health promotion about hand washing with soap (HWWS) on male and female students at PUSRI Junior High School. The sample was taken by using total sampling technique and there were 90 samples that meet the inclusive and exclusive criteria. From the result of this study showed there is a difference on washing hands with soap (HWWS) knowledge level before and after receiving health promotion about hand washing with soap (HWWS) on male and female students at PUSRI Junior High School with p-value (0,000). It can be concluded that there is a difference of hand washing with soap (HWWS) knowledge level before and after receiving health promotion about hand washing with soap (HWWS) on male and female students at PUSRI Junior High School.

Keywords: PHBS- Hand washing with soap- habits

Topic: Community Empowerment