HUBUNGAN ANTARA PENGETAHUAN, SIKAP, PRAKTEK KELUARGA TENTANG PEMBERANTASAN SARANG NYAMUK (PSN) DENGAN KEJADIAN DEMAM BERDARAH DENGUE DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS TLOGOSARI WETAN KOTA SEMARANG

Abstract

Background: Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is an infectious disease caused by dengue virus through vector of Aedes aegypti mosquito. Untill now it is one of public health problem in Indonesia. Based on data which came from Semarang Health Service, the amount of DBD case in area of Puskesmas Tlogosari was still high, it was 118 cases in 2010. This research has purpose to find the association between knowledge, attitude, practice of family about removing breeding place of mosquito with case of dengue hemorrhagic fever in area of Puskesmas Tlogosari Wetan Semarang City. Methods: This research was an observational analytic research applying case control design. In this research, the sample criterias were case sample and control sample. The case samples were mothers who had family member that had DHF and the control samples were mothers who had family member that never had DHF. Both cases must had domicile in area of Puskesmas Tlogosari Wetan Semarang City. The total members of case sample were 50 members and for control members were 50 members. Data collection was conducted by interview the sample using a questionnaire which had been tested for validity and reliability. The data in this research were tested with Chi square which has level of significant (alfa) 5%. Result: In the case samples, we found that 50% of case samples had bad characteristic knowledge, 76% did not support the program of removing breeding place of mosquito, and 36% had bad practice of removing breeding place of mosquito. There are significant association between knowledge, attitude, practice of family about removing breeding place of mosquito with case of dengue hemorrhagic fever. Conclusion: Knowledge, attitude, and practice of family about removing breeding place of mosquito have significant association with case of dengue hemorrhagic fever.