Peningkatan Pengetahuan Masyarakat tentang Penyakit Hipertensi di Dusun Panglanjan Desa Cintaratu Pangandaran
Authors: Rosidin Udin , Setiawan Setiawan , Juniarti Neti , Purnama Dadang 
Published: May 2024

ABSTRAK Penyakit hipertensi saat ini menjadi salah satu masalah kesehatan masyarakat yang meresahkan penduduk dunia. Kejadian meningkatnya penyakit hipertensi adalah penyebab utama kematian di seluruh dunia. Penyakit hipertensi memiliki kecenderungan terus meningkat khususnya di negara berkembang. Hasil survey yang dilakukan mahasiswa program praktek lapangan komunitas di Dusun Panglanjan Desa Cintaratu Kecamatan Parigi Kabupaten Pangandaran didapatkan hasil bahwa hampir setengahnya lansia mengatakan tidak mengetahui tentang hipertensi, banyak yang memiliki tekanan darah lebih dari 140/90 mmHg, memiliki riwayat kolesterol yang tinggi dan banyak yang memiliki keluhan utama diantaranya hipertensi. Selain itu didapatkan pula banyak lansia yang tidak datang ke posbindu untuk pemeriksaan kesehatan. Tujuan kegiatan ini diharapkan masyarakat Dusun Panglanjan Desa Cintaratu Pangandaran memiliki pengetahuan dan kemampuan untuk melakukan perilaku pencegahan penyakit hipertensi. Metode kegiatan adalah penyuluhan kesehatan tentang penyakit hipertensi dan pemeriksaan kesehatan sebagai upaya deteksi dini penyakit hipertensi. Hasil kegiatan menunjukan rata-rata nilai pengetahuan sebelum dilakukan penyuluhan kesehatan sebesar 53 poin dan rata rata nilai setelah dilakukan penyuluhan kesehatan sebesar 76 poin. Kesimpulan ada peningkatan pengetahuan setelah dilakukan penyuluhan kesehatan sebesar 23 poin. Sedangkan kegiatan pemeriksaan kesehatan diikuti oleh semua peserta yang hadir yaitu 42 orang. Kegiatan yang sudah dilaksanakan diharapkan dapat dilanjutkan oleh Kepala Puskesmas Selasari bersama Kepala Desa Cintaratu. Sehingga pada akhirnya masyarakat dapat melaksanakan perilaku pencegahan penyakit hipertensi dengan benar secara mandiri. Kata Kunci: Pengetahuan, Penyuluhan Kesehatan, Penyakit Hipertensi ABSTRACT Hypertension is currently a public health problem that is troubling the world's population. The increasing incidence of hypertension is the main cause of death throughout the world. Hypertension has a tendency to continue to increase, especially in developing countries. The results of a survey conducted by students of the community field practice program in Panglanjan Hamlet, Cintaratu Village, Parigi District, Pangandaran Regency, showed that almost half of the elderly said they did not know about hypertension, many had blood pressure of more than 140/90 mmHg, had a history of high cholesterol and many The main complaint is hypertension. Apart from that, it was also found that many elderly people did not come to Posbindu for health checks. The aim of this activity is that it is hoped that the people of Panglanjan Hamlet, Cintaratu Pangandaran Village, will have the knowledge and ability to carry out behavior to prevent hypertension. The activity method is health education about hypertension and health checks as an effort to detect hypertension early. The results of the activity showed that the average knowledge score before the health education was carried out was 53 points and the average score after the health education was carried out was 76 points. The conclusion was that there was an increase in knowledge after health education was carried out by 23 points. Meanwhile, all 42 participants attended the health examination activity. It is hoped that the activities that have been carried out can be continued by the Head of the Siswari Community Health Center together with the Head of Cintaratu Village. So that in the end the community can implement hypertension prevention behavior correctly independently. Keywords: Knowledge, Health Education, Hypertension