Perilaku Petugas Mikroskopis TB Paru Puskesmas di Kabupaten Bengkulu Selatan = Behavior of Lung uberculosis Microscopes Officer Primary Health Care in the District of South Bengkulu

Abstract Background: The program of lung TB disease control is one of the priority programs in the Provincial Health office of Bengkulu. The result of lung TB program implementation evaluation in the year of 2003 obtained information that in the year 2002, the Case Detection Rate (CDR) was not yet achieved the target of 25% from the national target of CDR with 40%. In the year of 2003, CDR only realized 39,9% from the national target of CDR 50% and the high laboratory error rate investasi the province of Bengkulu was quite high with cumulative rate of 26,89%, the highest laboratory error rate was located in the district of south Bengkulu with 66%. One of the possibility of the high error rate and the low of case detection rate was caused by working behavior of the officer. Working behavior of someone is influenced by 3 (three) factors, individual factor, psychological factor, and organization factor. Objective: To find out the behavior of lung tuberculosis microscopes officer in Primary Health Care and factors that influenced the behavior of lung tuberculosis microscopes officer in Primary Health Care in implementing the check up of BTA providence in the district of South Bengkulu, province of Bengkulu. Method: This was an observational research with cross sectional design. The subject of the research was 34 lung tuberculosis microscopes officers in Primary Health Care which was taken with total sampling. This research was located in the district of south Bengkulu that includes development districts such as Seluma and Kaur districts. Data was collected with questioner and check list. Data was analyzed with descriptive and analytic tests. Statistic analysis used chi square and logistic regression with significance level of 95%.. Result: The analysis result of univariat obtain describtion of the proportional if individual factors such as: officer\u27s age was balance, most of the officers were man sexed ... keywords: behavior, lung TB microscopes, officer in Primary Health Centr