Level of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Rabies in Manggarai Regency, Nusa Tenggara Timur, 2014

Rabies is widely known as disease with high mortality rate. We conducted this study to assess level ofknowledge, attitude and practice regarding rabies in Manggarai regency, Nusa Tenggara Timur. This study wasconducted using cross sectional design. The knowledge, attitude and practice of subjects were determinedusing validated questionnaire. We gathered the data from primary health care located in 9 Manggarai districton July 2014. Out of 278 respondents, 65.8% have poor level of knowledge while 34.2% have good level ofknowledge. Its only 18.3% have poor level of attitude while 81.7% have moderate level of attitude. The 53.2%resident have poor practice related to rabies and 46.8% have moderate level of practice. Level of educationand place of residence are shown to have significant relationship with level of knowledge, attitude and practicetoward rabies. Moreover, subjects with adequate knowledge of rabies tend to have better practices againstthe disease itself (PR=2,391;CI95% 1,879-3,043;p<0,001). Raising level of knowledge of the communityregarding rabies is crucial to improve the practices against the disease