Gambaran Perilaku Masyarakat terhadap Gigitan Hewan Penular Rabies (GHPR) di Kabupaten Konawe Selatan

Abstrak

Rabies is a zoonotic disease that affects the central nervous system and can be fatal. According to the World Health Organization (2017), rabies causes more than 59,000 human deaths, or almost 1 death every 9 minutes worldwide. An epidemiological investigation conducted by a joint team from the Directorate General of P2P of the Ministry of Health and the Directorate General of PKH of the Ministry of Agriculture on January 17–20, 2019, found 192 cases of rabies-transmitting animal bites (GHPR) and 2 human deaths due to rabies. In South Konawe Regency, in 2021, there were 58 GHPR cases recorded from January to April. This study aimed to describe community behavior towards GHPR in South Konawe Regency in 2021. This was a descriptive observational study using exhaustive sampling. The total population was 58 respondents, all of whom were included as the sample. The results showed that community knowledge was mostly lacking (81.0%), attitudes were generally good (69.0%), while practices were poor (100%). The conclusion is that public knowledge and practices regarding rabies remain low, requiring health education and vaccination programs

Kata kunci

• Attitude
• Practice
• dog bite
• rabies