HUBUNGAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP IBU TERHADAP UPAYA PENCEGAHAN DEMAM BERDARAH DENGUE DI DESA SAUSU TRANS KECAMATAN SAUSU

ABSTRACT Background: Dengue haemorrhagic fever is a disease caused by dengue virus which transmitted by Aedes Aegypti and Aedes Albopictus mosquito’s bite. Dengue haemorrhagic fever majorly is still become a health problem in Indonesia society. The increasing of incidence and the spreading of dengue haemorrhagic fever is closely related to population’s behavior, transportation, housing facilities, environment sanitation, the rainy season factor, and climate change. The high morbidity of this disease actually because of our own behavior also other factor such as still lack of knowledge, attitude, and effort to keep the environment cleanliness Objective: The objective of this research was to understand the correlation of knowledge level and mother’s attitude towards dengue haemorrhagic fever prevention effort at Sausu trans village subdistrict of Sausu Method: The research design used was observational analytic with croos sectional approachto understand the correlation of knowledge level and mother’s attitude towards dengue haemorrhagic fever prevention effort at Sausu trans village subdistrict of Sausu Result: The statistic test result in knowledge using Fisher’s Exact Test shows p = 0,000. P value = 0,000 (