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Persepsi dan Pola Kebiasaan Masyarakat Kaitannya dengan Masalah Malaria di Daerah Sihepeng Kabupaten Tapanuli Selatan Provinsi Sumatera Utara

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In the South Tapanuli, North of Sumatera, there is place that was an endemy of malaria by historical. The variety o! malaria paracit in this place called Plasmodium falciparum and P. Vivax which kind of the vector is Anopheles sundalcus. In 1992 was reported that happen o! out breaks o! malaria. The rising o! out breaks of malaria were happened because fishpond ts not keep properly then become breeding place of A.sundalcus. The situation !tke that caused the Incident of malaria. Beside that physical and biological environment and community behavtor was assumed Influence toward rising of out breaks of malaria in the South Tapanu/i.lfthere is no efforts to preventive and controled malaria, therfore the out breaks of malaria will can happen again. Therefore to anticipate the sttuatton ltke this, was conducted the epidemiology study which Including some aspects, such as social and cultural aspect. The data of social and cultural. aspect Include knowledge/percept/on, ettttude and community behavlor which 16' retatton with transmislon of malarlaThe data was collected by lnterview use quesflonalre. Beside obstlrvation toward community behavior and place which assumed compltlte the data concerning of society habits which pressumable is closed by malaria infection and places for malaria infected vektor mosquito multiplyed. The total respondents is 495, consist of 270 respondents from Batang Angkola district and 225 respondens from Siabu district. The mayority respondents is woman and moslem whose gratiuattld from elementary school. Generally, the main job of respondents
was farmer and only a few were trader and civil servant or tlmployee in private company. The traders ussuallly have made their transactions in traditional market and the others have a coffe shop in the street of the night. Most of the citizen to talke care goldfish. The generally respondents is homogenous but few of them are tmigrants and just arrived in that place. The majority of respondents ever heard about malaria but only a few of them knowing how malaria was infected and its symptoms. Generally, respons is assumed malaria is an infected disease and Infected by mosquito. Moreover, they assume malarta is dangerous disease but many people not knowing how the mosquito Injected malaria. The respondents ever Infected by malaria illness and their recovery often by medication from a health asststen. Generally, the citizen have habits to discussion outside of the house at night or in the coffe shop meanwhile they were wacthing a television. After that. when people slept at night, most respondents did not used the mosquito net for protection tools from disturbance and mosquito bit. Using mosquito net is not a habit yet by citizen and a habit to sleep outside home at night.is supporting
toward transmision of malaria
Key word .' Perception. habits. malaria.

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Media Litbang Kesehatan: 18(2): 69-78

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: Badan Litbang Kesehatan., 2008

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0853-9987

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malaria
HABITS

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