The Relationship Among Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior Toward the Use of River Water

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10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.031How to use a DOI?

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knowledge, water use behavior, diarrhea

Abstract

Background: Diarrhea belongs to infectious diseases caused by a number of factors, such as environment, food and infected person contact. Moreover, river water use behavior is one of the environmental factors that cause someone to suffer from diarrhea. This study is aimed to examine the relationship among knowledge, attitude and river water use behavior in Kutuk (Public Health Center of Undaan, Kudus). Method: This study employed case control study. The population of the study was all diarrhea patients in Kutuk Village (Public Health Center of Undaan, Kudus in 2018). The samples were 45 diarrhea patients for experimental group and 45 non-diarrhea patients for control group taken from all eligible cases and controls on specified inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data were analyzed using Chi Square test. The result showed that most respondents in the experimental group had poor knowledge with a total of 23 people (55.6%), while in control group, the number of patients who had good knowledge was 31 people (77.8) with a p value of < 0.001. Meanwhile, the attitude of those in the experimental group belonged to good category with 22 people (58.0%) and that in the control group also belonged to good category with 29 people (71.1%) with (p value of 0.000 for experimental group and 0,004 for control group). The behavior of most respondents in the experimental group was categorized as non-existent with 21 people (57.8%) and that in the control group was also categorized as non-existent with 32 people (82.2%), with a p value of 0.006 for the experimental group and 0.000 for the control group. Conclusion: there is a significant relation among knowledge, attitude and behavior toward the use of river water.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ahmad Nur Syafiq
AU  - Ika Tristanti
AU  - Tri suwarto
AU  - Ana Zumrotun Nisak
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/20
TI  - The Relationship Among Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior Toward the Use of River Water
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Public Health Conference (UPHEC 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 161
EP  - 164
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.031
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.031
ID  - Syafiq2020
ER  -