@thesis{thesis, author={Indah Lestari -}, title ={Hubungan Pengetahuan Terhadap Peran Keluarga Daum Perawatan Penderita Kusta Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Dlanggu Kabupaten Mojokerto}, year={0000}, url={https://repository.unair.ac.id/132759/}, abstract={In Mojokerto, when we observe in the street, we still can see many people get suffering leprosy with their disable condition. Actually, this disease should not exist anymore, but the fact is the frequency of this disease increases. And, this won't happen if the family has an appropriate role to take care the leprosy patients. This is the reason for the research, to be interested in identifying the knowledge and role in a family and also to analyze the relation between education and role; also between knowledge and role. The study design is cross sectional. The samples for this study are the families who live or stay together with the leprosy patients; in a region of Public Health Service in Dlanggu. Sampling method is Purposive Sampling. And the total number of respondents are twenty - eight family. The Independent variable is family's knowledge, Dependent variable is family 's role in taking care of the leprosy patients. The data are collected by using questioner sheet and these will be analyzed with Spearman rho's correlation and the significance is p < 0,05 The study result will show the respondents' knowledge: good ( 25 % ); average (46,4% ); less (28,6 %). Family's role: good (17, 9 %); average (60,7% ); less (21 ,4 % ). There' s a kind of relation between education and family's role, p = 0,000 and r = 0,8. The relation between knowledge and family's role, p = 0,000 and r = 0,7. If we see the description above, it shows the relevance between hypothesis and reality that there is a relation between education and family's role and also between knowledge _and family's role in taking care for the leprosy patints in the regiopn ofPublic Health Service in Dlanggu.} }