Green Medical Journal
Vol 5 No 1 (2023): Green Medical Journal

Risk Factors Typhoid Fever Incidence at Lau Health Center, Lau District, Maros Regency in 2021

Rosdiana Rosdiana ({"en_US":"Medical Education Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar, Indonesia"})
Hasta Handayani Idrus (Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar, Indonesia)
Febie Irsandy Syahruddin (Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar, Indonesia)
Andi Kartini Eka Yanti (Department of Science Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar, Indonesia)
Arina Fathiyyah Arifin (Department of Histology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 May 2023

Abstract

Background: Typhoid fever is disease caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi genus Salmonella. Until now, disease fever typhoid still is problem health in tropical countries including Indonesia. Knowing risk factor incident fever Typhoid at the Lau Public Health Center, Lau district, Maros regency in 2021 Method: Research type analytic observational with case control design. The data analysis technique uses the chi-square statistical test. Results: Typhoid Fever mostly found in the age 11-19 years as many as 21 people ( P-value 0.049), gender obtained that the most in men as many as 22 people ( P-value 0.014), level primary school education is obtained as many as 14 people ( P-value 0.07), habit wash hand before eat less good obtained as many as 17 people ( P-value 0.044), habit wash hand after less CHAPTER good obtained as many as 19 people ( P-value 0.013), habit eat / snack outside house obtained as many as 23 people ( P-value 0.026), habit wash ingredients food less raw good obtained as many as 18 people ( P-value 0.046) and sanitation less environment good obtained as many as 25 people P-value 0.041) . Conclusion: Based on results study concluded that on the variable age , gender , education , habits wash hand before eat , habit wash hand after defecation, habit eat / snack outside home , custom wash ingredients food raw and sanitary environment own connection with factor risk incident fever typhoid in the health center lau districts lau districts maros year 2021.

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gmj

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Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Immunology & microbiology Medicine & Pharmacology Public Health

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Green Medical Journal (GMJ) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and interesting case reports. The journal focuses on promoting medical and health sciences, derived from basic sciences, clinical and community health research, both in ...