HUBUNGAN ANTARA TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN ORANG TUA TENTANG DEMAM BERDARAH DAN KEJADIAN DEMAM BERDARAH DI PUSKESMAS NGORESAN KECAMATAN JEBRES SURAKARTA
Abstract: Haemorrhagic dengue
fever is one of public health problems which number of patients are tend to
increase. Many cases of dengue fever occurred in the working area of Ngoresan
Health Centre, Jebres, Surakarta. Good knowledge of dengue not always give
impetus to the prevention of dengue, therefore, giving clear and correct
information about dengue can be one of preventive methods. The aim of this
study was to know the correlation between level of parental knowledge about
haemorrhagic dengue fever and haemorrhagic dengue fever incidence at Ngoresan
Health Centre, Jebres, Surakarta. This study used survey research with cross
sectional design. Respondents of this research were 123 parents with accidental
sampling technique. To determine the correlation between knowledge variables and
incidence of haemorrhagic dengue fever used alternative Chi-square test which was
Kolmogorov-Smirnov test with SPSS 16. Result of this research showed that
parents who had moderate knowledge were 69 people (54.76%), parents who had
good knowledge were 48 people (38.40%) and parents with low knowledge were 9
persons (7.14%). This research conclude that there was significant correlation between
level of parental knowledge about Haemorrhagic Dengue Fever and Haemorrhagic
Dengue Fever incidence in Ngoresan Healt Centre, Jebres, Surakarta.
Penulis: Iin Kusumawardan,
Burhanuddin Ichsan dan Sri Wahyu Basuki
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd120127
