Abstrak Narapidana anak memiliki risiko terhadap skabies karena kurangnya kepedulian akan personal higiene dan perilaku sehat individu. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui hubungan antara pengetahuan dan sikap tentang personal higiene dengan perilaku pencegahan penularan skabies pada narapidana anak di Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Anak Klas IIA Martapura. Penelitian menggunakan rancangan observasional analitik dengan pedekatan cross-sectional. Populasi penelitian dengan total sampling sebanyak 54 orang narapidana anak. Instrumen penelitian menggunakan kuesioner. Variabel bebas adalah pengetahuan dan sikap tentang personal higiene, sedangkan variabel terikat adalah perilaku pencegahan penularan skabies. Uji statistik hasil penelitian menunjukkan sebanyak 72,2% responden memiliki pengetahuan tentang personal higiene kurang, 77,8% responden memiliki sikap tentang personal higiene negatif dan 75,9% responden memiliki perilaku pencegahan penularan skabies buruk. Analisis data dilakukan dengan uji fisher exact didapatkan bahwa ada hubungan antara pengetahuan tentang personal higiene dengan perilaku pencegahan penularan skabies (p=0,000) dan ada hubungan antara sikap tentang personal higiene dengan perilaku pencegahan penularan skabies (p=0,004). Dari hasil tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat hubungan antara pengetahuan dan sikap tentang personal higiene dengan perilaku pencegahan penularan skabies pada narapidana anak di Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Anak Klas IIA Martapura. Kata-kata kunci: pengetahuan, sikap, perilaku, pencegahan penularan skabies AbstractPrisoners child has risks to scabies because of a lack of concern personal hygiene and behavior healthy individual. This study aims to determine the relationship between knowledge and attitudes about personal hygiene to prevent transmission of scabies in the behavior of the child prisoners in penitentiaries children Klas IIA Martapura. This study uses a quantitative method with observational analytic design through cross-sectional method. The study population of 54 inmates of children. The research sample was determined by total sampling technique. The research instrument using a questionnaire. The independent variable of knowledge and attitudes about personal hygiene, while the dependent variable scabies infection prevention behaviors. The results showed the majority of 72.2% of respondents have less knowledge about personal hygiene, 77.8% of respondents have a negative attitude about personal hygiene and 75.9% of respondents had a bad scabies infection prevention behaviors. Results of analysis with fisher exact test shows that there is a relationship between knowledge of personal hygiene with scabies infection prevention behavior (p= 0.000) and there is a correlation between attitudes about personal hygiene with scabies infection prevention behavior (p=0.004). From these results it can be concluded that there is a correlation between knowledge and attitudes about personal hygiene to prevent transmission of scabies in the behavior of the child prisoners in penitentiaries children Klas IIA Martapura.Key words: knowledge, attitude, behavior, prevention of transmission scabies
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
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