Analisis Pengetahuan, Sikap, dan Tindakan Guru Sekolah Dasar Negeri di Surabaya Tentang Masalah Kecacingan

Worm infection is the most prevalence among elementary school students. Teacher hold an important role as second parents at school, one of some important factors for preventing worm infection are knowledge, attitude and practice of elementary school teacher. The objective of this research was to analized knowledge, attitude and practice of elementary school€™s teacher in Surabaya about worm infection problems. A cross-sectional research was conducted at Surabaya. The population was all of public elementary school teacher at Surabaya. Sample was 217 teachers randomly selected by using sampling formulation. The research variables were age, education level and religion, knowledge, attitude and practice . The result indicate that 79.3% of respondents with moderate level of knowledge, and 82,5% of respondents have a good attitude towards worm infections problems. Based on FGD, it€™s found that most of the respondents have positive practice towards the prevention of worm infections. Programs to prevent worm infections also have been held in almost all of the public elementary school in Surabaya. The programs were including medication, health promotion and education, immunization, and distribution of milks to the public elementary school students. By the observation, it is known that most of the school health program at Surabaya doesn€™t have an appropriate room and other facilities.Key words: knowledge, attitude, practice, teacher of elementary school, worm infections