Positive Deviance Against Malaria Events in Majene District Arsunan A. A.1,*, Dwinata Indra1, Ariyanto Januar1, Nurdin Muhammad Akbar1, Aisyah2 1Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Hasanuddin University, Makassar 2Department of Agribusiness at the State Agricultural Polytechnic of Pangkajene Kepulauan, Pangkep *Corresponding author: A. A. Arsunan, Email address contact: arsunan@unhas.ac.id
Online published on 23 December, 2019. Abstract Essentially behavioral factors are actions or activities of human beings themselves which results in an imbalance between agent, host and environment that affects human health status, including the incidence of malaria caused by one of the factors which is good human activity that can be observed directly or indirectly. So this study aims to determine the effect of positive deviance on malaria incidence in Majene District. This research was conducted in Manyamba Village, Majene Regency, West Sulawesi Province, July-September 2018. This study used a mixed-method research design. Quantitative data is used to explain the relationship between the variables of the study and the incidence of malaria and qualitative data is used to determine positive deviance behavior using the focus group discussion method. The data obtained will be processed using SPSS V. 24. Based on the data obtained in the field there are several variables related to the incidence of malaria, namely positive deviance (p = 0.039), knowledge (p = 0.018) and work (p = 0.035). Multivariate analysis to see the effect on malaria, obtained results that the job variable has the strongest relationship to the incidence of malaria, with a value of p = 0.001. The results of the data obtained from the FGD obtained that there were 4 positive deviance behaviors in the community of Manyamba Village, Tamerodo District, Majene District; plant the toga, keep the lead head fish, burn the egg rack and bring it to the paranormal. Positive deviance behavior in the community can be used to prevent the occurrence of malaria through the active role of health cadres by forming healthy communities in the community. Top Keywords Malaria, positive deviance, work, knowledge. Top |