Model of Hypertension transmission Risks to Communities in Gorontalo Province Irwan1, Mallongi Anwar2 1Associate Prof. of Faculty of Public Health, Gorontalo University, Indonesia 2Professor of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, Hasanuddin University Online published on 7 February, 2018. Abstract Healthy behaviors are actions by individuals to maintain and improve their health, including disease prevention, personal hygiene care, maintenance of fitness through exercise and nutritious food. Healthy behaviors exhibited by individuals who feel that they are medically fit although they are not necessarily truly healthy. Disease prevention behaviors aimed at reducing and limiting all risk factors for the disease. Easily one of the diseases that occur due to behavioral factors are hypertension. The observational analytic within case control design was used to study the variables with a convenience sample of 150 people with hypertension. The study showed that the self efficacy has a significant effect on self-regulation, with a path coefficient of 0, 123 and T-Statistic value of 3, 432. Collective efficacy also has a positive and significant impact to self-regulation, with a path coefficient of 0, 312 and a value of 10, 651 T-Statistic. On the other hand, self-regulation has a positive effect on behavior prevention, with a path coefficient of 0, 765 and T-Statistic value of 44, 132. Hypertension prevention behaviors have a positive and significant effect on hypertension, with a marked positive path coefficient of 0, 889 with a T-Statistic value of 419, 54. Conclusions Self-efficacy and collective efficacy directly affect self-regulation, and then influence the hypertension prevention behavior. It is therefore suggested to create health policy regarding health promotion to communities. Top Keywords Risk of transmission, hypertension, Behavioral factor. Top |