Pengaruh Sosio Budaya dan Dukungan Keluarga terhadap Pencegahan Infeksi Kecacingan pada Anak Sekolah Dasar Negeri 050602 di Kecamatan Kuala Kabupaten Langkat

Abstract

The result of survey done in 2008 at 18 Primary Schools in 9 (nine) districts/cities in the Province of Sumatra Utara revealed that the prevalence of the students suffering from wormy disease was high enough and varied between 50% and 91%. Sumatera Utara Provincial Health Service estimated that at least 400,000 Primary School students were suffering from wormy disease, especially in the grassroots population. Based on the feces examination conducted in 4 (four) Public Primary Schools in Kuala Subdistrict, it was found out that 297 (57.12%) of 520 students were wormy-infected. The purpose of this survey study with cross-sectional approach was to analyze the influence of socio-culture and family support on the prevention of wormy-infection in the students of Public Primary School No. 050602 in Kuala Subdistrict, Langkat District. The population of this study were 95 mothers of the students of Public Primary School No. 050602 in Kuala Subdistrict, Langkat District. The data for this study were obtained through questionnaire-based interviews and then analyzed through multiple logistic regression tests. The result of this study showed that statistically the variable of family support (information, evaluation and emotional supports) had influence on the prevention of worm-infection in the students of Public Primary School in Kuala Subdistrict, Langkat District. Information support was the most dominant variable in the prevention of wormy-infection. Health officers are expected to provide extension on the prevention of wormy-infection and socialize it to the mothers of the students of Public Primary School.