Daftar Isi:
  • Background: DHF is one of the infectious diseases that are still attacking the world’s population, is a community health problem in Indonesia that is ever increasing and more widely spread. Increasing the diseasehappened because some of the things which were due to lack of knowledge, participation, and the behavior of the community in conducting prevention and eradication DHF. Methods: This research using non-experimental designs with cross sectional. Sampling techniques was proportionate stratified random sampling with a total of 273 respondents awarded knowledge and behavior questionnaire. This study was conducted on the pillars of residents 01 district Bandulan Sukun Malang City. Statistical analysis of the relationship level of knowlwdge of community with the behavior of disease prevention DHF, this study using the Chi Square and Fisher test with significance p<0,05. Results: The results of the statistical test indicate that there is no relationship between the level of knowledge of community with the behavior of disease prevention DHF, with of significance in SPSS 16.0 statistic test (p=0,029). Conclusion: The community has good knowledge about DHF and has good behavior in the prevention of dangue.