KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HEMOPHILIA AMONG TEACHERS OF PATIENT WITH HEMOPHILIA Silvia Wowiling, Stefanus Gunawan, Max F. J. Mantik ( Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine/Sam Ratulangi University, q Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou General Hospital, Manado Hemophilia is rare coagulation disorder that many people are inadequately aware about it. Teachers of patient with hemophilia (PWH) have a substantial role in supporting school-age PWH! Less study about the knowledge of teacher of school-age PWH. To asses knowledge about hemophilia among teachers at school of PWH. @ Cross sectional study 4 Closed quetionnaire about kriowiedge of hemophilia, validated witht Cronbach a 0,775. ‘@ Participants : the teachers from Schools of PWH in North Sulawesi. @ Level of knowlegde classified as: no knowledge, low, fair, and good. We enlisted 13 schools with school-age PWH—> 10 schools participated —> 111 teachers filled the quetionnaires. 40 as 44.2% ‘Senior High School 75 = Junior High School 2 "Elementary School 5 5 ° No knowledge Low Fair Good Fig 1. Distribution of teachers Fig 2. Level of knowledge * There were 6 sport teachers «2 had no knowlegde + 4 had fair to good knowledge A A Me” A _— number of teachers of school-aged PWH has no knowledge about hemophilia and only few have good knowledges. Hence, more education programmes are needed to improve their knowledge.