Pengaruh Self Efficacy terhadap Peningkatan Kemampuan Afektif Kader Kesehatan dan Dampak pada Perilaku Sehat Gigi melalui Model Deteksi OHI-S, DMFT Indeks

Pratiwi, Niniek Lely (2008) Pengaruh Self Efficacy terhadap Peningkatan Kemampuan Afektif Kader Kesehatan dan Dampak pada Perilaku Sehat Gigi melalui Model Deteksi OHI-S, DMFT Indeks. Project Report. Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Sistem dan Kebijakan Kesehatan.

Abstract

Community indifference with the behavior of keeping oral hygiene has influenced the rate of dental aches. Health cadres as representatives of health providers were expected to inform people trying to prevent from getting problems with their teeth and to promote dental care in their areas. Self-efficacy is the confidence a person feels about performing a particular activity including confidence in overcoming barriers in performing those behaviors. This research was a quasi experimental with pre-post test group design. It was conducted in Gondang Wetan Subdistrict, Pasuruan Regency East Java Province. Samples were 92 health cadres in the area of Gondang Wetan Health Center. Data for a significant increase of self-efficacy after an intervention was statistically analyzed by Hotelling "S? trace. The self-efficacy of the cadres through a process of affective abilities on dental health behavioral change was analyzed using Structure Equation Models (SEM). Results of the research, it was concluded that: (1) there was a significant increase on affective abilities of the cadres after the intervention, (2) self efficacy had a positive and significant effect on affective abilities of the health cadres, (3) the affective abilities of the cadres had a positive and significant effect on dental behaviors.

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