Scabies is a skin disease that is global in nature. It is estimated that the prevalence of scabies worldwide reaches more than 300 million cases per year. Personal hygiene and poor environmental management can increase the risk of scabies. The provision of health education on personal hygiene and environmental management is one of the efforts to reduce the incidence of scabies. The aim of this research was to determine the effect of environmental management and personal hygiene education on the incidence of scabies at Islamic Boarding School Pangandaran. This study was a quasi-experimental study with a one group pretest-posttest design. The population was all students who suffer from scabies at the school, and a sample of 42 students was used. Data were analyzed using paired sample t test with a confidence level of 95% (α= 0.05). Based on the bivariate analysis, it was shown that before the environmental management intervention was given, almost all of the respondents (38 people – 90.5%) had a low level of habitual behavior. After the environmental management intervention was given, most of the respondents (28 people – 66.7%) had a higher level of habitual behavior than before environmental management. After education on personal hygiene, 22 respondents (52.4%) had a good level of knowledge and 20 (47.6%) had sufficient knowledge (p-value < 0.05). Therefore, environmental management and health education on personal hygiene can lead to a decrease in the incidence of scabies in Pondok Pesantren Riyadlussharf Walmantiq Pangandaran. Keywords: scabies incidence, personal hygiene, environmental management, health education
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