Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Sport Science, Health, and Physical Education (ICSSHPE 2019)

Knowledge of Supervision on Treatment About Prevention and Infection of Tuberculosis

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Upik Rahmi
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Upik Rahmi
Available Online 19 February 2020.
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10.2991/ahsr.k.200214.035How to use a DOI?
Keywords
health worker, knowledge, tuberculosis
Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends treatment for tuberculosis with the Directly Observed Treatment Short course chemotherapy (DOTS) strategy, one of which is in the form of a health worker. It is very important to ensure that the patient has swallowed all the medicines given as directed by direct supervision by the health worker. The purpose of this research is to find out the health worker knowledge of swallowing drugs about the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis infection. Method This research uses descriptive quantitative research using frequency distribution. The research sample consisted of 43 respondents using accidental sampling with univariate analysis presented in the frequency distribution table. Results of this study of 43 respondents found as many as 38 people (88.4%) have good knowledge, this is influenced by the level of education of respondents and the provision of health education routinely for tuberculosis sufferers and health worker. Conclusion, the health worker knowledge of swallowing drugs about the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis infection is good.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Sport Science, Health, and Physical Education (ICSSHPE 2019)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
19 February 2020
ISBN
978-94-6252-908-3
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/ahsr.k.200214.035How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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