The Effect of Information Education Using Pocket Book To Knowledge Increase on Leprosy at Malanu Public Health Center Working Area Sorong City

Abstract

Leprosy (Morbushansen) is a chronic infection disease caused by Mycobacterium leprea that firstly attack
peripheral nervous then the skin, mucosamembrane, upper respiratory track, eyes and others body tissue
except central nervous system. The province of West Papua have the largest number of leprosy in Indonesia.
This number is shocking and make people worried. Data from public health office of West Papua province
discovered as much as 607 cases of leprosy was found in West Papua distributed in many areas. From that
data, West Papua province in 2015 was selected as endemic categories. The purpose of this research was
to know the affect of information education using pocket book and audio visual to knowledge increase on
leprosy and prevention behavior on leprosy patient at Malanu public health center working area sorong city.
Research design used was “Quasi experimental pre-post test design” with audio visual and pocket book
intervention. This design used to learnt about “caused-effect correlation” framework phenomenon with
giving intervention or manipulation on research subject, and then learn the effect of the intervention.
Population in this research was all patient with leprosy at Malanu Public Health Center working area.
Total sample in this research was 20 people for each group using purposive sampling technique, purposive
sampling technique is a choosing a group of subject based on certain characteristic that has a strong bond
with population characteristic that have been known before. The affect analysis of information education
to knowledge increase on leprosy after intervention was meaningfully increase than before intervention
as much as 0,000 (p value <0,05). Conclusion, there was a significance affect to respondent’s knowledge
increase after intervention.