Author: Normila
Magister Student of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Indonesia
Email: normila-2016@fkm.unair.ac.id
Abstract
Sungai Besar Village is one of the endemic villages of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) in Banjarbaru city. Containers have an important role in the spread of dengue fever as a breeding ground for mosquitoes. The purpose of this research is to know the correlation of container condition with larva. Benefits to provide information that can be used to reduce the number of larvae. The design of this study used an analytical survey with cross-sectional approach on 673 containers from 107 houses in Sungai Besar village in December 2007. The data were analyzed using chi square test with 95% confidence degree. The results showed there was a correlation between container type (p = 0,002), container placement (p = 0.000), container color (p = 0,002), container surface (p = 0,002) and container cover (p = 0,000) with larva. The existing larvae density distribution is high is House Index (HI) = 63,55% and container index 30,76%. Communities that collect water should use a water reservoir that is easily depleted and has the smallest risk to become a breeding ground and more concerned about proper water reservoirs.
Keywords: Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF), Containers, Larvae vector
