Infection Prevention Behavior of Salon Service Giver in Region Semarang Municipality
Journal Title: SAINS MEDIKA (Journal of Medicine and Health) - Year 2013, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Infectious disease ranks first in the cause of morbidity in the developing countries including Indonesia especially in the eastern part of Indonesia. One of the leading infectious disease is hepatitis B that ranks ninth in the most leading cause of death. There are various cause of the spread of the disease including lack of understanding in the infection measures including by the service giver of salon. Infection prevention behavior was caused by its service salon. The purpose of this study was to know the behavior in preventing infection of salon service giver in Semarang municipality. The study was a cross sectional study, the independent variables were age, education, knowledge, attitude, infrastructure, supervisor support, and attitudes of service giver friend. While the dependent variable was the behavior in the infection prevention measures. The sample was 50 salon service giver conducted with a purposive sampling method. The data analysis used chi-square and logistic regression. The result showed that there was a relationship between age, education, service giver friend and infection prevention behavior, but there was no relationship between knowledge, attitude, infrastructure, supervisor support and infection prevention behavior. The most influencing factor in infection preventing behavior was partner support of salon service giver (p=0,0002;OR =45.5). It is recommended that salon owner provide tools used in accordance with the requirements/number of customers and make sure that to always take steps to prevent infections such as using schort, gloves.
Authors and Affiliations
Tri Wiji Lestari, Nina Nina Indriyawati, Elisa Ulfiana
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