Community Awareness in Implementation of Mosquito Nest Eradication of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (MNE-DHF) Viewed from Paulo Freire’s Theory

^Authors: Firdausi Ramadhani¹, Ririh Yudhastuti², Sri Widati³

¹Health Science Program, Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Indonesia

²Department  of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Indonesia

³Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Indonesia

 Abstract
The main obstacle of efforts to reduce the incidence of dengue fever due to the still not optimal program of Mosquito Nest Eradication (MNE). MNE is unlikely to be completed if community members reached the smallest neighborhood, ie households did not do it. The success of the termination of the chain of transmission of DHF was closely related to the awareness and responsibility of the community to want to maintain the cleanliness of the house and its environment. The main purpose of this research was to describe public awareness of MNE DHF. This research used quantitative description approach. In this study as respondents were people who were in Kamal Village, Kamal Sub District as many as 332 respondents. From the results of the study it was found that most Kamal villagers were at the stage of Naïf Consciousness (Naival Consciousness). It was hoped that the community is in the critical awareness stage (Critical Consciusness) to understand their environment. So it needed health education through Health Literacy to increase knowledge which then would generate critical awareness (Critical Consciusness), so that society could do empowerment.

Keywords: Community awareness, MNE-DHF

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