SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE SUMMARY

PILMAPRES KEMENRISTEK DIKTI 2018

“HALFWAY HOUSE OF NURSING STUDENTS PRACTICE TO

INCREASE THE HEALTH STATUS OF CHILDREN'S HEALTH IN THE
STREET”

Written by:

Addina Mulia
1514201001

SEKOLAH TINGGI ILMU KESEHATAN PERINTIS PADANG

TAHUN 2018

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In 2002, based on the Susenas conducted by BPS & Pusdatin Social

Ministry (Kementrian Sosial), there were 94,674 street childrens in Indonesia.
There was an increase number for 64% of street children from 2002 to 2008, or an
average of 10.6% a year. The government has established these shelters in each
province, such as in Central Java, 54 shelters, 19 units of South Sumatera and
West Sumatra there are 21 shelter houses. This shelter house has a program in the
field of education and skills development. But the primary problem found in this
shelter is still many street children who have not been able to independently
taking care of their health care themselves. It is estimated that the number of
abandoned children in Indonesia in 2000 to 2008 was 3.06 million children and
children in vulnerable condition. Personal hygiene of street children is still a huge
health problem related to following diseases such as TB infection, diarrhea,
sexually transmitted infections such as HIV / AIDS, while they are really easy to
strike down a child in the streets.

Required contributions from health services to help street children in terms

of development of street children's health status. Nursing health students are one
of the health care workers who are able to form a healthy person street children.
Forms of action undertaken by nursing students in shelter house that is promotion,
preventive, curative and rehabilitative. The teaching of personal hygiene and
periodic health checks and disease health counseling, prevention of disease and
the identification of the dangers of drugs and HIV/ AIDS and to improve the
environment health condition for an effort to achieve SDGs.

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