Gambaran Personal Hygiene Anak Usia Sekolah Dasar yang Tinggal di Sekitar TPA Ngronggo Salatiga

Dhanang Puspita (Program Studi Teknologi Pangan, Fakultas Ilmu Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana)
Sanfia T. Messakh (Program Studi Teknologi Pangan, Fakultas Ilmu Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana)
Christintya Nuarika (Program Studi Teknologi Pangan, Fakultas Ilmu Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana)

Berita Kedokteran Masyarakat
Vol 33, No 5 (2017): Proceedings of the 1st UGM Public Health Symposium

Personal hygiene behavior is one effort to prevent the occurrence of various diseases due to about personal hygiene. Factors of knowledge, environment, and family support become the determinants of personal hygiene practices by children. Children living in landfill have a greater risk of health disruption due to an environment that does not support personal hygiene. The purpose of this study was to look the personal hygiene of primary school age children living in the TPA Ngronggo, Salatiga. This research is descriptive qualitative. Collecting data by interviewing respondents aged 6 - 11 years and living in landfill. The results obtained, most children do not fully understand and practice personal hygiene in their daily lives. concluded if the children living in the landfill do not have the knowledge and practice of personal hygiene is good.microorganism from the waste. Children aged 6 - 11 years are still vulnerable awareness