GAMBARAN PERILAKU PENGHUNI TENTANG PERSONAL HYGIENE DAN SANITASI DASAR, KOMPONEN FISIK DAN FASILITAS SANITASI DASAR, SERTA KELUHAN KESEHATAN KULIT PENGHUNI DI ASRAMA PUTRI USU TAHUN 2014
Abstract: A university student
dormitory is a residence where the students can inhibit as long as they are
studying in the university. A resident is supposed to have its influences for
people health related to their health behavior and availability of basic
sanitation facilities. Problem in insufficiency clean water supply can cause
skin health complaints at the dormitory.
The type of this research was descriptive survey. This research aimed to
describe the knowledge, attitude, and actions of inherences about personal
hygiene and basic sanitations, physical components and basic sanitation
facilities, and skin health complaints of inherences at USU female dormitory.
This research used systematic random sampling technique. There were 15
persons at old USU female dormitory and 60 persons at new USU female dormitory
which were participated as samples.
The result of this study showed that 73,3% of respondents at old USU
female dormitory had good knowledge; 93,3% of respondents had good attitude;
93,3% of respondents had good actions about personal hygiene and basic
sanitation. There were 73,3% of respondents at new USU female dormitory had
good knowledge; 93,3% of respondents had good attitude; 80,0% of respondents
had good actions about personal hygiene and basic sanitation. Percentage of
respondents whose skin health complaints were 60,0% at old USU female dormitory
and 78,3% at new USU female dormitory. All physical components in USU female
dormitory had already met the health requirements but the basic sanitation
facilities had not.
The manager of dormitory was expected to give more concern to serve basic
sanitation facilities which meet the health requirements, especially in
supplying clean water which wass sufficient in quantity, continuality, and
quality. It was expected to the inhabitants to keep personal hygiene and to use
basic sanitation facility well to avoid skin diseases and for those who had
skin health complaints to have medical treatment.
Penulis: Hamidah Fadhilah,
taufik ashar, indra chahaya
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd140429
