Pelita Abdi Masyarakat
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): Mei 2022

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Lina Mahayaty (STIKES William Booth)
Ethyca Sari (STIKES William Booth)
Budi Artini (STIKES William Booth)
Wijar Prasetyo (STIKES William Booth)
Retty Nirmala Santiasari (STIKES William Booth)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 May 2022

Abstract

Background: Cancer is a malignant disease that often causes death. Not only attacks adults, cancer also attacks children. The death rate is more than 50 percent. The high mortality rate in children due to cancer can be caused by parents' ignorance of the symptoms of the disease. The purpose of community service activities is to increase the knowledge of PKK mothers who have children aged 3-5 years about early detection of cancer in children in Puri Menganti Indah Housing, Wonokoyo District, Gresik Regency. Method : This counseling is carried out using the lecture method using power point media and leaflets Result: This outreach activity is running optimally, marked by an increase in respondents' understanding. Based on the results, it was found that 19 people had less knowledge (65%) while after education there were 23 people (79%) very good knowledge and 6 people (21%). Conclusion: Health education activities on Early Detection of Cancer in Children can continue to be carried out to improve knowledge of PKK mothers in Puri Menganti Indah Housing, Wonokoyo District, Gresik Regency

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Journal Info

Abbrev

pam

Publisher

Subject

Education Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

Description

Pelita Abdi Masyarakat Journal promotes scientific articles from various disciplines adopted in various community service activities and other applied research. Detailed scopes of articles accepted for submission to Pelita Abdi Masyarakat Journal are : 1. Social 2. Education 3. Health and Medical ...