Publication:

The illustration of behavioral health determinants for dengue fever control measures in Motoboi Kecil public health center, Kotamobagu city

Background Behavioral health determinants is the situation of someone who has one of the determining factors to determine their own behavior; predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling. Those factors have been materialized in Puskesmas Motoboi Kecil, Kotamobagu city in action, physical environment nor public figures where those factors can influence the effort in dengue fever control. The aim of this research generally is to get the illustration of behavioral health determinants for dengue fever control measures in Puskesmas Motoboi Kecil, Kotamobagu city.

Methods The method of this research was using qualitative research type. The data collection was done by deep interview with interview guidelines and also by recording tape. The data from interview was processed and analyzed and then presented in narrative text. The data validity checking was using the triangulation method.

Results The research result of the action of dengue fever control measures with the result of the deep interview that the people pay less attention to environmental health and healthy life style. Furthermore, control of the dengue fever would only be done when one of the people in Motoboi Kecil district got dengue fever while the community leaders or public figures only participated in the empowerment of the community health but not routinely.

Conclusions The conclusion of this research is that the behavioral of a person can influence in every effort in controlling dengue fever. To control their behavior, it needs the desire and awareness for individuals and groups to improve the healthy life style to be better.