The Effectiveness of Health Education to Increase Knowledge on Life Cycle of A. lumbricoides among Orphans in Lubang Buaya Village, East Jakarta

• Main Author: Celestina Apsari
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Indonesia 2013-11-01
• Series: Journal Kedokteran Indonesia
• Online Access: http://journal.ui.ac.id/index.php/eJKI/article/view/2055

<div>The prevalence of ascariasis in Indonesia remains high, especially in children who live in&nbsp;</div><div>crowded area. Knowledge on A. lumbricoides is the key in preventing ascariasis. The purpose of</div><div>this research is to know the effectiveness of health education in increasing the knowledge on the</div><div>life cycle of A. lumbricoides among the orphans. This experimental study (pre-post study) was</div><div>conducted at orphanage in Lubang Buaya Village, East Jakarta. The data was taken on June, 12</div><div><br /></div><div>2012 by handing out questionnaires about the life cycle of A.lumbricoides to the subjects before and</div><div>after health education. All orphans who gathered were becoming the research subjects. Data was</div><div>processed using SPSS 11.5 and tested with marginal homogeneity. The results show the numbers</div><div>male subjects and female subjects are 59 (41.5%) and 83 (58.5%), 78 primary school (54.9%),</div><div>55 junior highschool (38.7%), and 9 senior highschool students(6.4%). Before health education,</div><div>the numbers of respondents with good, fair, and poor knowledge level of A. lumbricoides were 1</div><div>(0.7%), 11 (7.7%), 130 subjects (91.6%). After education, the number of subjects with good and</div><div>fair knowledge increased to 8 (5.6%) and 50 subjects (35.2%), while poor knowledge decreased</div><div>to 84 (59.2%). Marginal homogeneity test showed a significant difference (p&lt;0.001) between the</div><div>orphans&rsquo; knowledge before and after health education. In conclusion, health education is effective</div><div>to increase knowledge of A. lumbricoides in orphans.</div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Keywords:</strong> knowledge level, health education, orphans, ascariasis.</div>