Journal of Literacy and Education
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2025): Journal of Literacy and Education

Overview of Public Knowledge Level About Generic Drugs in Wori Village, Wori District, North Minahasa Regency

Meivie Hanna Sigar (Unknown)
Widya Astuty Lolo (Unknown)
Imam Jayanto (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
12 Mar 2025

Abstract

The low use of generic drugs in the community is due to the lack of public knowledge about generic drugs. The lack of public knowledge about generic drugs, branded drugs and patent drugs, due to perceptions about generic drugs have low quality, on the other hand, people perceive that patent drugs are quality drugs compared to generic drugs and branded generic drugs. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of community knowledge about generic drugs in Wori Village, Wori District, North Minahasa Regency. This research method is descriptive and uses an instrument (questionnaire), with a cross sectional survey design. The sample in this study were the people of Wori Village who were included in the inclusion criteria as many as 100 samples. The results showed that the level of knowledge of respondents about the definition, benefits, policies, classification, and quality of generic drugs was partly in the good category with a percentage of 54%, 85%, 79%, 95%, 28% respectively. It can be concluded that the level of knowledge about generic drugs in Wori Village is in the good category of 82%.

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Journal Info

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jle

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Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Library & Information Science Social Sciences Other

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Journal of Literacy and Education (JLE) is a scholarly publication committed to advancing the discourse on literacy practices and educational strategies. As a peer-reviewed academic journal, JLE serves as a dynamic platform for researchers, educators, and professionals to contribute high-quality, ...