Parents's knowledge and attitudes about circumcision

Daniel Ardian; Garry Grimaldy

doi:10.22146/bkm.53799

Parents's knowledge and attitudes about circumcision

https://doi.org/10.22146/bkm.53799

Daniel Ardian^(1*), Garry Grimaldy⁽²⁾

(1) Fakultas Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya
(2) Departemen Bedah Fakultas Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

Purpose: This study finds out whether the parents have a good knowledge about circumcision and the relationship between knowledge and behavior of parents towards determining circumcision actions in mass circumcision held at Headquarters of Kopassus Group 1, Serang, Banten on 24-27 October 2018.

Method: This is a cross-sectional analytical research, in which researchers use questionnaires as the primary data. The research samples were taken using purposive sampling from 224 respondents.

Results: The results showed that 68.8% of respondents had sufficient knowledge of circumcision and 31.3% of respondents had less. 37.1% of the respondents had consistent behavior towards time of the circumcision and 62.9% of the respondents was not.

Conclusion: There is no significant relationship between parents' knowledge and behavior towards time of the circumcision with a value of p = 0.75.

Keywords

Behavior; circumcision; knowledge; parent; social service

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22146/bkm.53799