Personal Hygiene Concepts of Health Education for the Visually Impaired

Abstract

One type of disability that is becoming the world's attention is blind. This research aims to design the concept of personal hygiene health education for the visually impaired in YAPTI Makassar. This study used a qualitative method with a case study approach. Key informants were 28 visually impaired are fostered in YAPTI Makassar. Supporting informants were 2 family, 3 partners, and 8 teachers SLB-A YAPTI Makassar. Data collection techniques used are in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and observations. The results showed that the driving factor such as strong intention to perform personal hygiene, social support of the Family, Peers, Partners, and teachers, access to adequate information, personal autonomy blind decisive want to follow educational and perform personal hygiene, as well as the situation which is quite possible in YAPTI Makassar, strongly supports the establishment of independence in themselves blindness to perform personal hygiene coupled restraining factor that had become obstacles became strength. Education concept using lectures, demonstrations, counseling, and simulation. Media education is used booklets sighted, Braille booklets and electronic booklet. Due to the lack of health service for the blinds, therefore recommended established of the counseling clinic in the dormitory with the concept of accessibility based on findings of this study.