ABDIMAS KOSALA : Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat
Vol 2 No 2 (2023): Abdimas Kosala : Jurnal Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat

SKRINING KESEHATAN PADA ANAK USIA SEKOLAH

Warsini Warsini (STIKES PANTI KOSALA)
Sri Aminingsih (STIKES PANTI KOSALA)
Tunjung Sri Yulianti (STIKES PANTI KOSALA)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jul 2023

Abstract

ABSTRAK. Anak yang sehat akan mendukung proses belajar mengajar. Skrining kesehatan sangat diperlukan untuk menjaga kesehatan anak. Anak memiliki masalah kesehatan yang kompleks antara lain masalah pada kesehatan mulut yang masih didapatkan adanya caries dentis, gigi berlubang dan adanya gigi yang tumbuh secara tidak beraturan serta masalah pada kulit dan kuku seperti dermatitis dan kuku yang kotor. Karies gigi yang tidak segera dibersihkan dan ditambal akan menjalar ke lapisan di bawahnya hingga gigi berlubang dan sampai ke pulpa yang berisi pembuluh saraf, pembuluh darah sehingga menimbulkan rasa sakit. Kebersihan kulit dan kuku yang tidak terjaga juga dapat menimbulkan masalah kesehatan sehingga akan mempengaruhi proses belajar mengajar di sekolah. Pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui adanya gangguan pada gigi dan mulut serta kulit dan kuku pada anak usia sekolah di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Bulu. Strategi yang dapat dilakukan untuk memantau kesehatan anak usia sekolah adalah melalui skrining kesehatan. Hasil yang diperoleh yaitu terdapat 18,13% anak yang mengalami karies gigi, 7,44% anak mengalami gigi berlubang, sebanyak 3,45% anak yang mengalami gigi tidak beraturan. 0,12% anak mengalami dermatitis serta 3,77% anak dengan kuku kotor. Kata kunci : gigi, kesehatan, kuku, kulit, mulut, skrining ABSTRACT. Healthy children will support the teaching and learning process. Health screening is very necessary to maintain the health of children. Children have complex health problems, including problems with oral health which are still found to have dental caries, cavities and irregularly growing teeth as well as skin and nail problems such as dermatitis and dirty nails. If dental caries is not cleaned and filled immediately, it will spread to the layers beneath it to the cavities and reach the pulp, which contains nerves and blood vessels, causing pain. Cleanliness of the skin and nails that are not maintained can also cause health problems that will affect the teaching and learning process in schools. This community service aims to find out if there are disorders of the teeth and mouth as well as skin and nails in school-age children in the working area of ??the Bulu Health Center. The strategy that can be implemented to monitor the health of school-age children is through health screening. The results obtained were that 18.13% of children had dental caries, 7.44% of children had cavities, and 3.45% of children had irregular teeth. 0.12% of children had dermatitis and 3.77% of children with dirty nails. Keywords: health, mouth, nails, screening, skin, teeth

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Journal Info

Abbrev

akj

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

Description

ABDIMAS KOSALA is a community service journal, a national periodical that contains articles related to community service activities. The focus of this journal is the dissemination of information related to community service activities in the health sector. The scope of this journal is findings, ...