Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Dengue in Bandung City: Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) Techniques Using SmartPLS
Hubullah Fuadzy (1), Heni Prasetyowati (1)

(1) Unit of Health Research and Development of Pangandaran

Abstract

So many health promotion programmes in order to increase public awareness, yet dengue fever cases are still increasing every year. This matter is related to poor understanding and low level of adherence in dengue vector control efforts in many societal groups mainly in Bandung City. This study presents PLS-SEM technique in addressing the relationship path between variables of knowledge, attitude, practice, and the presence of mosquitoes. The data were obtained from structured interviews to 783 respondents in Bandung City in 2016. SmartPLS software v.3 was used to model the variables under study. The model shows that knowledge had a positive and a significant on attitude (path coefficient = 0.167- P = 0.000- R2 = 0.028), and practice (path coefficient = 0.120- P = 0.014- R2 = 0.029). Attitude had a positive and a significant on practice (path coefficient = 0.105- P = 0.036- R2 = 0.029). However, practice had insignificant on the presence of mosquitoes (P = 0.378). This study revealed that knowledge is able to increase awareness to conduct practice, but the practice are still incorrectly conducted, therefore dengue vector mosquitoes control is still poorly. Our study recommended to evaluate the implementation of government programs, especially dengue vector control on Covid-19 pandemic period.

Keywords: Dengue- knowledge- attitude- practice- vector control

Topic: Public Health