The Relationship Between Personal Hygiene and Environmental Sanitation and the Incidence of Skin Diseases (Leprosy)

There has been an increase in leprosy cases at the Meo-Meo Health Center, namely in 2020 there were 5 cases, in 2021 there were 9 cases, and continued to increase in 2022 there were 12 cases. Risk factors related to personal hygiene have a major influence on the possibility of leprosy transmission. A good degree of environmental sanitation usually will not experience leprosy cases, while a poor degree of environmental resolution will experience leprosy cases. The type of research used is analytical research with a cross-sectional study design. The results of this study indicate that the personal hygiene variable bathing habits p value = 0.003, the habit of borrowing towels p value = 0.017, clean water facilities p value = 0.018 wastewater disposal facilities p value = 0.748, Waste facilities variable p value = 418 Toilet variable p value = 0.540. The conclusion is that there is a relationship between the variables of bathing habits, the habit of borrowing towels, clean water facilities and there is no relationship between wastewater disposal facilities, garbage disposal facilities, toilets with the incidence of leprosy