PENGARUH PENYULUHAN PENGGUNAAN ANTIBIOTIKA TERHADAP TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN MASYARAKAT DI KOTA MANADO

Abstract

ABSTRACT
The high number of inappropriate of antibiotics in community due to lack of knowledge
about the use of antibiotics may lead the increasing of antibiotic resistance. This study aimed
to measure the people’s knowledge before and after following health education and analyze
the effect of health education of antibiotic administration to community knowledge. This is a
pre-experimental study in community with one group pretest-posttest design using a
questionnaire. Result of this study show the number of respondent with lack of knowledge
before the education is 53,3% decrease after education which is 17,3%, number of respondent
with quite good increase from 37,3% become 42,7%, and respondent with good knowledge
increase from 9,3% become 40%. Mean of knowledge score after following health education
70,53 is higher than before following health education 55,53, so H1 is accepted with
significant value 0.000 (p<0,05). Health education can increase public knowledge about
antibiotic administration.
Keywords : antibiotic, health education , people of Manado City