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Perilaku Masyarakat Terkait Penyakit Kaki Gajah dan Program Pengobatan Massal di Kecamatan Pemayung Kabupaten Batanghari, Jambi

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Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is an infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes that carries parasitic filarial worms. One of the efforts made at the national and global levels in the filariasis elimination program is the mass drug administration (MDA). This study aims to determine practice towards lymphatic filariasis and mass drug administration among population at Pemayung Subdistrict of Batanghari District, Jambi and carried out before the third MDA in 2011. This research is a non-intervention study with crosssectional design. Sample units is households and a total of 374 households had been selected randomly. A practice uestionnaire was used to collect data on practice regarding LF and responses to MDA.

The results showed for risky behaviour among the respondents, 45.5% said often going out at night with various kinds of activity, 99.5% using protection to avoid mosquito bites, 7.5% have follow blood test for microfilaria detection and 5.4% having experienced periodic fever. Most of respondents (86.6%) know the distribusion of LF drugs in their villages, 69.1% of them ever heard socialization of MDA and 86.1% had been given the drug. Of 324 respondents that had been given a drug, 76% ever consume drug and 41% of them consume it once time while 24% didn’t consumpt the drugs with the main reason was fear of side reaction (50.8%). There were correlation (p

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No. Panggil

Media Litbangkes, 24 (4) : 191-198

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Jakarta : Sekretariat Balitbangkes., 2014

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8p

Bahasa

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0853-9987

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ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL

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