HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP MASYARAKAT DENGAN TINDAKAN PENCEGAHAN PENYAKIT DEMAM BERDARAH DENGUE DI KELURAHAN TUMINTING
ABSTRACT: Dengue Hemorrhagic
Fever (DHF) is still one of the major public health problem in Indonesia. World
Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 50-100 million cases of DHF
occur each year in endemic areas, with a death rate of approximately 20,000
deaths. The objective is to analyze the relationship between knowledge and
attitude of the community with preventive action of dengue hemorrhagic fever in
Tuminting Village. This study was conducted with cross sectional analytic
method. This study will be conducted in Tuminting Village from October 2015
through December 2015. The research sample take 95 heads of families using
proportional simple random sampling. The results showed that most respondents
(63%) have good knowledge about the prevention of DHF, the attitude of the
majority of respondents (73%) regarding the prevention of DHF has been good,
most respondents (66%) action on the
prevention of DHF has been good. From the results of the bivariate analysis
there is no relation between knowledge with the DHF prevention measures, and
there is no relationship between attitude and preventive measures of DHF.
Keywords: dengue hemorrhagic
fever, knowledge, attitude, action
Penulis: Rinaldo G. Pantouw,
Iyone E. T. Siagian, Benedictus S. Lampus
Kode Jurnal: jpkedokterandd170551
