Observation of the Home Environment of Grade 5 Elementary School Students in Filariasis Endemic Area Pekalongan City

Sofwan Indarjo; Agus Suwandono; Sulistiyani Sulistiyani; Zahroh Shaluhiyah; Iis Sriningsih

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Observation of the Home Environment of Grade 5 Elementary School Students in Filariasis Endemic Area Pekalongan City

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Sofwan Indarjo¹^{, *}, Agus Suwandono², Sulistiyani Sulistiyani², Zahroh Shaluhiyah², Iis Sriningsih²

¹Faculty of Medicine, Semarang State University, Semarang, Indonesia

²Faculty of Public Health, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia

^*Corresponding author. Email: sofwanindarjo@mail.unnes.ac.id

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Available Online 13 February 2025.

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Keywords: Vector; Filariasis; Environment; Students; Endemic
Abstract: Pekalongan City is one of the cities where filariasis is endemic with an mf-rate > 1%. SFrom 2004 to 2017 the number of clinical or positive cases containing microfilariae was 417 people, while 40 people were chronic..In 2018, 6 people were found to be infected with microfilariae aged less than 12 years as a result of SDJ with a sample of 306 in Kertoharjo sub-district. The prevalence rate of microfilariae in children aged ≤ 10 years and > 15 years has been proven to be 20%.The aim of the research was to determine the condition of the home environment in the form of the presence of bushes, puddles of water, SPAL, the presence of livestock and the incidence of filariasis in Pekalongan City in a total of 180 student homes. The univariate test uses quantitative descriptive with a descriptive survey approach. The results of the study showed that the incidence of filariasis was more common in areas with bushes and open SPALs. The public is advised to maintain environmental cleanliness, prevent and eradicate mosquito nests.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities 2024 (IJCAH 2024)
Series: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date: 13 February 2025
ISBN: 978-2-38476-317-7
ISSN: 2352-5398
DOI: 10.2991/978-2-38476-317-7_214 How to use a DOI?
Open Access: Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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