International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS)
Vol 5, No 4: December 2016

The Role of Village Surveillance Officer to Prevent Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever

Sunarsih Sunarsih (Public Health Office of Kendari)
Kuntoro Kuntoro (Airlangga University)
Chatrin U.W (Airlangga University)
Nugroho Susanto (Universitas Respati Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Dec 2016

Abstract

Dengue is a major public health problem in Indonesia. The program of elimination of mosquito breeding places is still low. This study was aimed to analyze the effectiveness of village surveillance officer for decrease container index. Study design was quasy experiment. The intervention included: community workshops; community involvement in clean-up campaigns; and distribution of information, education and communication materials in the village surveillans officer. Data were analyzed with t test, and path way analyzed. There is significantly differences knowdlege, attitude, behaviour, sanitation, and container index p<0.05. Based on the path analysis was concluded that village surveillance officer increased knowledge, attitude, behavior, sanitation and container index.Surveillance village officer is concluded to be more effectively decreased of larva index through comunity behavior. Surveillance village officer is important because it effectively the coverage of larva index through community behaviour participation.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJPHS

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions

Description

International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes material on all aspects of public health science. This IJPHS provides the ideal platform for the discussion of more sophisticated public health research and practice for authors and readers world ...