Pengaruh Penyuluhan Obat Menggunakan Leaflet terhadap Perilaku Pengobatan Sendiri di Tiga Kelurahan Kota Bogor

Abstract

Research conducted to get information about the effectiveness of medication information among groups communications method by health center officer with interpersonal communications method by cadre use leaflet guidance of self-mediation to the properly of self-medication behavior. This research was quasi experiment design conducted to 270 respondents at 3 separated sub-districts in Bogor town, West Java. Respondents were housewives who are not illiteracy, doing self­ medication for their symptoms such as fever, headache, common cold and or cough during the last 2 weeks before this study. Sampling method used systematically random sampling. Sampling frame was defined as name of housewives who bought medicine from surrounding drug retailer. 90 respondents at first sub-district get the medication information with group communications method and giving of leaflet by health center officer, 90 respondents at second sub-district get the medication information with interpersonal communications method and giving of leaflet by health cadre which have been trained, and 90 respondents at third sub-district as the control. Evaluation conducted by four months after the medication information by comparing knowledge, attitude and practice of self-medication using same questions as the pre­ test. Data analysis use chi-square test and t-test. Results of the research were: 1. the medication information with group communications method and giving the leaflet statistically improve attitude to self-medication; 2. the medication information with interpersonal communications method and giving the leaflet statistically improve knowledge about self-medication and improve attitude to self-medication; 3. the medication information with interpersonal communications method statistically better than group communications method to improve of knowledge about self-medication and attitude to self-medication; 4. the medication information with group communications method and also interpersonal communications method after four months statistically do not improve the practice of properly self-medication