Open AccessPenyakit Prioritas di Kabupaten Badung
Author(s) -
Made Agus Sugianto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jurnal kesehatan medika udayana/jurnal kesehatan medika udayana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2685-6573
pISSN - 2460-9293
DOI - 10.47859/jmu.v7i01.9
Subject(s) - medicine , communicable disease , non communicable disease , disease , diabetes mellitus , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , public health , family medicine , environmental health , nursing , endocrinology
Background: The Central Government and Local Governments including Badung Regency are facing the burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases which has not ended until now. Purpose: to find out the most priority diseases to be prevented and controlled in Badung Regency. Methods: This is a descriptive-analytic study using secondary data from monthly reports of outpatient visits and inpatients at the health center and the Mangusada Regional Hospital during 2014 - 2018. Besides, interviews were also conducted with respondents with a health education background. Results: The scoring results show Hypertension as the first ranked disease to be treated in Badung Regency with a score of 63.8. This disease is classified as a non-communicable disease group. The disease that is ranked second is HIV / AIDS which is an infectious disease with a score of 58.9, and the third rank is occupied by Diabetes Mellitus, which is also a non-communicable disease with a score of 58.7. Conclusion: Based on the results of the interview, hypertension is the most priority disease to be tackled in Badung Regency in 2019. The second and third priority diseases are respectively occupied by HIV / AIDS and Diabetes Mellitus.