Pengaruh Edukasi Kearifan Lokal Poda Na Lima terhadap Perilaku Pencegahan Infeksi Dengue Masyarakat di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Sihepeng Kabupaten Mandailing Natal

Abstract

Background. One of the infectious diseases that remains endemic in most tropical countries worldwide, including Indonesia, is dengue infection. Many things can be done to prevent and control dengue infections, including educating the community. Providing education is more effective when it is done by the culture and local wisdom of the community in the area. One of the local cultures and wisdom in Indonesia is Poda na lima, which is a local wisdom possessed by the Batak Angkola-Mandailing tribe in North Sumatra Province. The purpose of this research is to analyze the influence of local wisdom education, poda na lima, on knowledge, attitudes, and practice related to dengue infection prevention in the community. Methods. Quasi-experiment with one group pretest-posttest. This study involved 68 respondents from the community in the working area of Puskesmas Sihepeng, Mandailing Natal Regency, through cluster random sampling with inclusion criteria in October - November 2024. Data were collected using questionnaires before and after the dengue education intervention with poda na lima and analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed rank test with the SPSS software. Result. Most of the respondents were in the age range of 19 – 45 years (80.9%), with a female gender (100%) and an education level of high school graduate (39.7%). There was an increase in the average knowledge, attitude, and practice before and after dengue education with the poda na lima, with statistically significant results (p<0.05) and an effect size > 0.5, meaning that the dengue education with the poda na lima has a large effect on the improve in knowledge, attitude, and practice. Conclusion. Dengue education with local wisdom poda na lima has a significant and large effect on improving community knowledge, attitude, and practice.