Factors affecting public participation on the implementation of the dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention program at the medan deli health center, Medan City, Indonesia

Abstract

The report on the Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) prevention program at the Medan Deli Subdistrict Health Center, Medan City in 2016 was very high due to factors originating from the community such as willingness, the opportunity to prevent DHF, utilizing counseling and low abilities and the role of the village head/officer was not optimal. The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of internal factors (opportunity, ability, and willingness) and external factors (role of the village head, cadres / health workers) on community participation in the implementation of the DHF disease prevention program. This type of research is a survey with aapproach cross sectional. The population was 24,344 families and the total sample was 100 people using cluster sampling technique. Data collection through questionnaires and observations. Data were analyzed using multiple logistic regression tests. The results of statistical tests showed that the opportunity, willingness, ability, role of the village head and cadres / health workers had an effect on community participation in the implementation of the DHF disease prevention program. Meanwhile, the dominant variable affecting community participation in implementing the DHF disease prevention program was the willingness with an RP of 11,201 which means The proportion of people who have the willingness to participate in the implementation of the DHF prevention program is 11.2 times greater than that of people who do not have the will.