IMPROVEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF COMMUNITY FIGURE IN PREVENTING MALARIA DISEASE THROUGH DISCUSSION WITH LEAFLET AND MODULE

Abstract

Malaria is an ancient disease, which is that still survive to this day, which is transmitted by the bite of Anopheles mosquito containing plasmodium, and poses a health problem that causes anemia, lowered work productivity and even death. Cases of clinical malaria in Langkat in the last three years has increased, which in 2010 from 47.18 per 1000 population increased to 63.79 per 1000 population in 2012. This type of research used in this study is quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design. The population in this study are all Community Leaders in Kutambaru Subdistrict, Langkat district totaling 36 people. The sample is the entire population, numbering 36 people were divided into 2 groups: with leaflet and modules media. Analysis of the data using a statistical test Wilcoxon. The results of this study showed that the average improvement of knowledge and attitude was more effectively obtained through leaflet media compared to using modules media.Discussions using leaflet media are more effective compared to the p value module (0,000)