Survey Perilaku Masyarakat Terhadap Populasi Tungau Debu Rumah Di Kelurahan Titiwungen Selatan Kecamatan Sario Kota Manado

Abstract

: The term House Dust Mites has been applied to a large number of mites found associated with dust in dwellings. This mites can be found in mattresses, pillows, overstuffed furniture and another place where human rest. House Dust Mites can be a important cause of allergic reaction like asthma, rhinitis, conjunctivitis, and atopic dermatitis. The increase of house dust mites and allergic diseases because some factors such as problems of inadequate treatment of patients, medical officers are less able to correctly diagnose, problems of the physical environment, and different ways of life that may be supported from the socioeconomic individuals. This research are aimed to know the knowledge, atitude, and action of community about House Dust Mites. This research is a descriptive research using survey method. It was conducted in the South Titiwungen Village, Sario Sub-District, Manado with total sample 92 head of family. Based on the result of research method showed that 56,5% of community have the good knowledge about house dust mites , 98,7% of community have the good atitude and 89,1% of community also have the good action