HUBUNGAN ANTARA TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN MASYARAKAT TENTANG PENYAKIT DBD DENGAN UPAYA PENCEGAHAN DBD DI DESA SUKOREJO MUSUK BOYOLALI

Abstract

Dengue Hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a desease happening in Indonesia. This desease can
struck all of people especially children. From prevention, the important thing is to control
Aedes aeygepti mosquito as the main cause it can be fought focus desease (FFD) phisicly
and chemistryly. This fighting and preventing need a good knowledge on society in order to
prevent desease well. This research is proposed to recognize the releation between the
society knowledge about DHF desease with DHF prevention in Sukorejo, Musuk, Boyolali.
The type of research is quantitative non experimental by using “Cross Sectional”. The
sample of research are 89 persons that are the group of family from Tegalrejo village by
using “Total Sampling” technique. Data collection in this research uses knowledge quesioner
about DHF desease and check list sheet containing respondens prevention of DHF. This
research is analyzed by using “Chi Square” test. The result of the research shows that many
respondens have a poor knowledge about DHF with total number 35 people (39,3%). The
most respondens have a poor prevention effort about DHF desease with total number 41
people (46,1%). The result of the data hypothesis research shows that 
2
= 17,88 with pvalue
= 0,001. The conclusions is that there is a relation between the society knowledge
level about DHF desease with prevention effort of DHF in Sukorejo, Musuk, Boyolali