HUBUNGAN PERCEIVED BENEFIT DAN PERCEIVED SUSCEPTIBILITY TERHADAP SIKAP PENCEGAHAN DEMAM BERDARAH DENGUE DI KELURAHAN TONDO

Abstract

Dengue hemorrhagic fever is still a health problem in Indonesia, to obtain the spreading pattern such
of taking preventive action as soon as possible, appropriate and consistent by using the Health Belief Model
(HBM). The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between perceived benefit and perceived
susceptibility toward the attitude of dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention in tondo, Mantikulore District, palu.
This research used a quantitative study with a cross-sectional design. The total of population in this study was
18,206 people in Tondo Mantikulore Sub-district, Palu. By using purposive sampling technique, 99 respondents
were selected as research sampels. Univariate analysis obtained 57 respondents (57.6) had good category of
perceived benefit, about 76 respondents (76.8%) had good category of perceived susceptibility, and 94
respondents (94.4%) had moderate category of attitude of dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention. Bivariate
analysis of the perceived benefit variable toward the attitude of dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention with the
Chi-square test obtained a p value = 0.001 < alpha (0.05). The variable perceived susceptibility to attitude of
dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention hemorrhagic fever prevention with the chi-square test obtained a p value
= 0.025 < alpha (0.05). This study concluded that there is a correlation between perceived benefit and
perceived susceptibility to the attitude of dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention in Tondo Mantikulore Subdistrict, Palu.