Factors Related to Tuberculosis Prevention Behavior in Pendrikan Kidul Sub-District, Semarang, Central Java 2019

Indonesia, with a large population, also has many people with tuberculosis (TB), including the top five globally. Tuberculosis transmission occurs through the air from the sputum of tuberculosis patients who cough without closing their mouths. Clean and Healthy Behavior is one of the primary prevention of pulmonary TB disease. This study aims to analyze the factors associated with tuberculosis prevention behaviour. The research method uses a cross-sectional study to sample 81 people with cluster random sampling techniques. The location of the research was in the Pendrikan Kidul village, Semarang. Data collection was carried out using a structured questionnaire with an Open Data Kit containing respondents characteristics, tuberculosis knowledge, tuberculosis stigma, tuberculosis literacy, and tuberculosis prevention behaviour. Rho-spearman statistical test was used to analyze between variables. The results showed that of the 81 samples studied, most respondents aged> 35 years, amounting to 67 respondents (82.7%), the majority of female respondents were 60 respondents (74.1%), and 21 respondents were male (25.9%). Respondents who have Health Background are 16 respondents (19.8%) and not 65 respondents (80.2%). There is a significant correlation between knowledge (p-value = 0.011) and literacy of tuberculosis (p-value = <0.001) with tuberculosis prevention behaviour, with correlation coefficient values 0.282 and 0.482, which means the course of the relationship shows a positive correlation between variables. There is no significant relationship between stigma (p-value = 0.893) with tuberculosis prevention behaviour in respondents. From this study, it can be seen that knowledge and literacy are the factors forming tuberculosis prevention behaviour. Knowledge before doing that action is essential. Therefore we need an effort to provide more stimulus to respondents to provide information that will enhance one’s knowledge — people who have self-literacy have the characteristic of determining the information needed. Information literacy combines cognitive and technical skills with the ethics of understanding information.