Jurnal Kesehatan Lingkungan Vol 3, No 1 (2006): Jurnal Kesehatan Lingkungan
Publisher : Jurnal Kesehatan Lingkungan
The purpose of research was altering peopleâs behavior in their way to prevent malaria, reducing malaria incidence parasite rate by medical officer with supported by the âkey personâ. This was a quasi experiment research with three experiment groups. First group was the group which the key person got the training how to prevent and eliminate malaria and had support from medical officer. Second group was the group which the key person got the training but didnât got medical officer support. Third group was the key person did not get training and medical officer support. This study involved 27 key person and 164 respondent. The result showed that the medical officer support can change peopleâs knowledge, attitude, and practice in preventing and eradicating malaria. Training method only able to change peoples knowledgeâs and attitudeâs but not followed by practical changes. In the area which the key person did not get intervention the knowledge, attitude nor practical did not changed. Beside that, the parasite rate decrease significantly in area which groups got intervention. On the other hand in area which the key person didnât get training or support, parasite decrease didnât occur. It is concluded, that the support of medical officers to the key is able to alter the peopleâs knowledge and behavior in the way to prevent and eradicate malaria beside that, malaria parasite rate decrease significantly. It is suggested that method of giving support to the key person, performed by medical officer will be able to develop to other healthy program or to other area, particulary those similar social and culture research area. Key words: key person, malaria controll, medical officer support.