Improving Primary Health Care Workers’ Knowledge to Strengthen Leptospirosis Surveillance in Demak District, Indonesia

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10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.015How to use a DOI?

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improve, knowledge, primary health care worker, leptospirosis, Demak

Abstract

Leptospirosis has become an important public health problem in Demak District, Central Java, Indonesia. Early diagnosis and appropriate treatments have been carried out to prevent an increase of leptospirosis cases in this region. However, these efforts are still hampered due to the lack of knowledge of leptospirosis, especially in the primary health care level. It is necessary to take effective clinical Leptospirosis training approaches to improve primary health care workers’ competency on leptospirosis surveillance. The aim of this study was to strengthen the capacity of the primary health care workers to improve their knowledge on clinical leptospirosis. The quasi-experimental study (one group pre-post test without control) was conducted among 34 participants from all sub-district health offices in Demak District, Central Java. The training was administered for one day with assessment at the baseline and the post-training. The four training outcomes were score changes in workers’ knowledge of the clinical manifestations of leptospirosis suspected cases, probable cases; the appropriate time of using Rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosing leptospirosis suspects; and the implementation of active and passive case detection. The result showed a statistically significant difference in knowledge achievement between pre-training (66.46±2.16) and post-training (80.78±1.82). The percentage of the total knowledge between the baseline and the post-training increased significantly by 22.39%. These findings are expected to give a contribution to workers’ knowledge to improve the competency of public health care workers on clinical leptospirosis and recommended to be disseminated in similar settings to strengthen leptospirosis surveillance.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Aryani Pujiyanti
AU  - Arum Sih Joharina
AU  - Wiwik Trapsilowati
AU  - Farida Dwi Handayani
AU  - Arief Mulyono
AU  - Arief Nugroho
AU  - Ristiyanto Ristiyanto
AU  - Triwibowo Ambar Garjito
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/20
TI  - Improving Primary Health Care Workers’ Knowledge to Strengthen Leptospirosis Surveillance in Demak District, Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Public Health Conference (UPHEC 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 81
EP  - 85
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.015
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.015
ID  - Pujiyanti2020
ER  -