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KIE untuk Peningkatan Pengetahuan, Sikap, dan Praktik Pencegahan dan Penanggulangan Penyakit Flu Burung di Kabupaten Gowa, Sulawesi Selatan (IEC ( Information, Education, Communication) for The Improvemen of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Parctise Disease Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Gowa, South Sulawesi)
Avian influenza is an epidemic caused by type A influenza virus subtype H5Nl.transmitted by wildfowl or domestic poultry and may attack human. The study.therefore.aims to reveal the increase of the people's know¬ledge,the change in atfitude.and the people participation in the prevention and care for avian influenza in bontonompo district of Gowa regency. The re¬search design is quantitative with quasi experiment.The study employs 120 poultry fanmers as samples selected by purposive sampling method and the analysis utilizes statistical T-Test. The study proves that before the inter¬vention of educational information communication model is cbnducted,the people's knowledge of,attitude towards,and practice of the prevention of and care for Avian influenza are limited.After the intervention of lEG (infor-mation,education and communication)model on the prevention of the di¬sease,there is an improvernentln the knowledge,attitude and practice of the farmers in dealing with the prevention of care for avian influenza, It is sug¬gested that the established community group caring for the prevention of avian influenza should be supported by related parties like husbandry office or regional health office through guidance and supervision.
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