Budi Darmawan
Department of Nuclear Medicine Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran/Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung

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Journal : Althea Medical Journal

Community Knowledge and Perception on Autopsy in Jatinangor, West Java from August to October 2013 Carwen, Siaw; Fitrasanti, Berlian Isnia; Darmawan, Budi
Althea Medical Journal Vol 2, No 3 (2015)
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Background: Autopsy rate had declined dramatically throughout the world for the past decades. This phenomenon has raised concerns of the medical world. Factors that contributed to this decline include lack of knowledge regarding autopsy among the people, religious reasons, unenthusiastic pathologists and others. This study was conducted to discover the community knowledge and perception of autopsy at Jatinangor, West Java.Methods: A descriptive study was conducted in Jatinangor during the period of August to October 2013. One hundred and ten respondents were included in this study by random sampling. After written informed consent, respondents were given a questionnaire. Collected data were presented in the form of percentages in tables.Results: Most of the respondents were from the age group of 41–50, entrepreneur and senior high school. Eighty seven (79.09%) respondents had heard about the term “autopsy”, but only 66 (75.86%) of them claimed that they knew about autopsy. However, only 53 from 87 respondents (60.92%) truly knew about autopsy. From 110 respondents, 58  (52.72%) of them knew the reasons to perform autopsy. Fifty seven (51.81%) respondents would allow autopsy to be performed on themselves or family members. The main reason was given to discover the exact cause of death. The reasons of  autopsy refusal were afraid of religion concerns and respect for the human body.Conclusions: There are still members of the community who do not know about autopsy and its purposes. It is recommended that the government improves the community knowledge through various activities and programs. DOI: 10.15850/amj.v2n3.522
Knowledge of Personal Hygiene among Food Handlers in Canteen at Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, October to November 2012 Zarisha, Drasthya; Darmawan, Budi; Raksanagara, Ardini S.; Setiawati, Elsa Pudji
Althea Medical Journal Vol 2, No 2 (2015)
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Background: Food borne diseases are caused by contamination of pathogenic microorganism and are still a major health problem throughout the world. There are 1,8 billion cases of diarrhea which mostly were caused by food contamination in 2005. Food handlers are at risk of contaminating microorganism towards food they handle. The process of transmission can be prevented by practicing good hygiene while processing and handling food. The objective of this study was assessing knowledge among food handlers regardingtheir personal and food hygiene at canteen in Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran.Methods: A descriptive study was conducted during the period of October to November 2012 to 14 food handlers in the Canteen at Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran using 26 validated questions divided into 3 major parts, 14 questions for knowledge of hand washing, 9 questions for knowledge of utilization of clean water and 3 questions for knowledge of waste management. The scores were classified as good, moderate, and poor. Data were analyzed using frquency distribution.Results: Majority of the respondents was male and common age group was 20–29 years old. Eight of the respondents were senior high school graduates. Based on working experience, majority of food handlers had been working for one and three years. None of the respondents had good knowledge. Only 12 and 2respondents had moderate and poor knowledge, respectively.Conclusion: None of the respondents had good knowledge regarding hand washing, utilization of clean water and waste management. Therefore, there is a need in providing more education about those aspects.[AMJ.2015;2(1):245–9]