Public Health Services through Glaucoma Counseling to the Community at UKI Hospital
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https://doi.org/10.55927/ajcs.v4i6.168Keywords:
Glaucoma Disease, Counseling, Socialization, World Glaucoma WeekAbstract
The purpose of this PkM activity is to increase the knowledge of the target partner community in this case specifically health center cadres, families of glaucoma patients or patients with systemic diseases that can result in glaucoma. The method of implementing PkM is in the form of socialization and discussion regarding Glaucoma eye disease, collecting data related to participant knowledge about glaucoma through the distribution of pre-test and post-test questionnaires. The results obtained based on the processing of pre-test and post-test data showed that there was an increase in participant knowledge about Glaucoma eye disease after participating in the PkM team socialization with a total of 57 participant data; 100% experienced an increase in knowledge after socialization.
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