THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH EDUCATION BASED ON HEALTH BELIEF MODEL ON KNOWLEDGE PATIENT PULMONARY DISEASES

Arya Ramadia; Rohmi Fadhli; Jek Amidos Pardede; Noliwati Noliwati

Authors

Arya Ramadia Department Psychiatry of Nursing, Al Insyirah School of Health Science pekanbaru, Indonesia
Rohmi Fadhli Department of Family Nursing, Al Insyirah School of Health Science pekanbaru, Indonesia
Jek Amidos Pardede Department Psychiatry of Nursing, Sari Mutiara Indonesia Medan University, Indonesia
Noliwati Noliwati Department of Nursing, Al Insyirah School of Health Science pekanbaru, Indonesia

Keywords:

Health Belief Model, Health Education, Knowledge, Pulmonary TB

Abstract

Tuberculosis is still the most dangerous infectious disease in the world. Influincing Factors to increase of pulmonary tuberculosis disease are age, sex, nutrional status, diabetes mellitus, immunity status, smoking, alcohol and the enviroment. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of health education based on the Health Belief Model on knowledge patients of pulmonary disease.This type of research was a quasi experiment with one group design research design with pre-test and post test. The sample was 16 respondents with a total sampling technique. The results showed that there was a difference in knowledge of pre and post pulmonary tuberculosis patients who were given health education based on Health belief model (p value = 0,000). It is recommended to puskesmas to apply Health belief model in health education in order to improve the quality of community nursing care.