The Behavior of People at Pekanbaru City Indonesia in the Use of Household Pesticides to Control Pest of Settlement

Abstract

Most people in Pekanbaru City (92.86%) are involved in using pesticides to control household pests for over five years. Furthermore, the driving factors of this behavior include the availability of the market in the settlement vicinity and the lack of public knowledge, which leads to an improper utility that does not comply with the provision on the packaging label. This research is a descriptive study. The results showed the absence of compliance to stipulated provisions in the behavior of the Pekanbaru community regarding the use of household pesticides to control settlement pests. Hence, the reports show the daily use of pesticides, determined by pests' appearance in certain places within the house, while the container management was properly carried out by storing it in a special place and out of childrens' reach. Therefore, there is an enhanced desire to use non-pesticide pest control methods in community settlement.