Effect of Health Education, Abate and Fogging to Larvae Index in Endemis Area at Gowa District, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Authors

  • Muhammad Taslim Syekh Yusuf Hospital, Districk of Gowa, Sout Sulawesi, Indonesia (use 10 times new roman; italic)
  • A.Arsunan Arsin
  • Hasanuddin Ishak
  • Sudirman Nasir

Keywords:

Aedes Aegypti, health education, fogging, abate.

Abstract

Dengue fever disease is still a public health problem in Indonesia in all age groups both children and adults. Health education, fogging and abate is a dengue prevention and control program conducted in Indonesia but fogging and abate programs are being questioned based on several studies in various places. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of health education, fogging and abate on vector density. Health education, fogging and abate were independently intervened in three different sites by taking area from highest number of dengue cases in Somba Opu sub-district of Gowa district respectively; Bonto-bontoa, Tompobulu and Batang Kalulu Villages.

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Published

2017-05-09

How to Cite

Taslim, M., Arsin, A., Ishak, H., & Nasir, S. (2017). Effect of Health Education, Abate and Fogging to Larvae Index in Endemis Area at Gowa District, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 33(2), 10–14. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/7264

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Vol. 33 No. 2 (2017)

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