The Role of Clean and Healthy Behavior in Prevention of Acute Respiratory Infection in South Tagulandang District, Sitaro Islands Regency

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10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.056How to use a DOI?

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acute respiratory infection, clean and healthy behavior, coastal community

Abstract

Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) is still a public health problem in Indonesia, specifically in the islands. Data shows that this disease is most prominent in the Sitaro Islands Regency. Risk factors known are environmental factors, individual factors, and behavioral factors. The aim of this study was to determine the level of public knowledge about Clean and Healthy Behavior (CHB) also to increase and develop awareness about prevention of ARI through CHB counseling in South Tagulandang District. The study design was quasi experimental research and conducted in 6 villages located in the South Tagulandang District. The number of samples are 106 respondents with proportional random sampling. This study used pre-test and post-test questionnaires to measure the level of knowledge before and after counseling. Data were analyzed with univariate and bivariate analysis (paired t-test). Results showed that before counseling, most respondents were at the “poor” level amounted to 67 people (63.2%) and after counseling, as many as 84 respondents (79.2%) were at “good” level of knowledge. The paired t-test results found p value of 0.000 with a moderate correlation (r = 0.561), so there were significant differences before and after counseling in the community of South Tagulandang District. We recommend the District Health Office and local health centers should be more active in organizing Health Promotion Program, especially the Clean and Healthy Behavior and provide more media of health promotion for the community.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Grace D. Kandou
AU  - Budi T. Ratag
AU  - Angela F.C Kalesaran
AU  - Priscilla C. Kandou
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/22
TI  - The Role of Clean and Healthy Behavior in Prevention of Acute Respiratory Infection in South Tagulandang District, Sitaro Islands Regency
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Health Research (ISHR 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 294
EP  - 297
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.056
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.056
ID  - Kandou2020
ER  -