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Pengingkatan Pengetahuan Masyrakat melalui Pendekatan Religius pada Daerah Endemis Fasciolopsis buski di Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Utara
Fasciolopsiosis is a worm disease which is caused by Fasciolopsis buski. The disease is endemic at villages in Hulu Sungai Utara Regency with prevalence 1.2-7.8%. The sufferer are children whose age around 1-10 years old. In the year 2002, the data base on epidemiological and socio-cultural aspect, were collected by employing cross sectional research design. In 2003 intervention was done to the community in 3 villages (Padang Bangkal, Kalumpang Dalam and Talaga Mas) by doing the Islamic religion approach campaign in the masque or public places using Poster. To find out the result of intervention, the researcher evaluated parasitological and socio cultural especially knowledge aspects. Total respondents were 335 family chief in 6 villages (3 intervened villages and 3 non-intervened villages). The result of parasitological data collecting in 2003 showed a prevalence rate of 4.6%. This prevalence rate indicated the decrease of 3.2% compared to those of 2002 pre-valence rate which was 7.8%. Community knowledge about buski disease was increase at intervened villages on average 40.0% from respondents after intervention, while at the non-intervention villages the increase was only 7.5%. There was knowledge improvement about the buski disease a intervened villages on average 46.1 from respondents after intervention, the non-intervened villages the rise was only 0.6%. Knowledge improvement about transmission of buski disease at intervened villages onaverage was 49.9% and while the rise of non-intervened villages 1.9% (p
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