Sikap dan perilaku merokok tenaga kesehatan di Kabupaten Tolitoli

HUMOKOR, Artati P, Dra. Muhana Sofiati Utami, MS

2006 | Tesis | S2 Ilmu Kesehatan Masyarakat (Perilaku dan Promosi

Latar Belakang : Merokok merupakan masalah kesehatan masyarakat karena dapat menimbulkan berbagai penyakit dan kematian. Rokok merupakan salah satu zat adiktif yang bila digunakan dapat berbahaya bagi kesehatan individu dan masyarakat. Program anti tembakau termasuk dalam sepuluh program unggulan kesehatan yang bertujuan untuk mengubah perilaku dan memberdayakan masyarakat dalam mengurangi angka kesakitan dan kematian yang di sebabkan oleh rokok. Solusi merokok sangat tergantung pada kerja keras tenaga kesehatan, oleh sebab itu tenaga kesehatan harus mempunyai komitmen yang tinggi untuk meningkatkan perannya dalam penaggulangan masalah merokok. Sikap dan perilaku petugas kesehatan merupakan salah satu faktor penguat (reinforcing factor) yang dapat mempengaruhi masyarakat untuk berperilaku sehat. Untuk berperilaku sehat masyarakat bukan hanya memerlukan pengetahuan tentang sikap yang positif serta dukungan fasilitas saja, melainkan diperlukan perilaku contoh (acuan) dari petugas kesehatan sehingga dapat meningkatkan derajat kesehatan yang diharapkan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran sikap dan perilaku merokok tenaga kesehatan di Kabupaten ToliToli. Metode Penelitian : Kuantitatif, dengan rancangan cross-sectional. Sampel penelitian adalah tenaga kesehatan yang mempunyai kebiasaan merokok selama enam bulan atau lebih di Kecamatan Baolan. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan kuesioner, untuk mengetahui hubungan antara variabel penelitian menggunakan korelasi product moment. Hasil penelitian : Terdapat hubungan antara sikap dan perilaku merokok tenaga kesehatan. Sikap tenaga kesehatan dalam penelitian ini sebagian besar tidak mendukung terhadap perilaku merokok dan sebagian besar tenaga kesehatan berperilaku baik pada saat merokok.

Background: Smoking is a public health problem because it could cause various diseases until death. It is one of addictive substances that could endanger individuals and public health when it is used. Anti tobacco program is included in the ten health prioritized programs which aimed to change behavior and empower community in decreasing mortality and morbidity rate that is caused by cigarette. There were 127 health care providers who smoke in the district of ToliToli. This becomes major concern as health care provider has important role in health development. The solution for smoking is mainly depends on the hard working of the health care provider. Therefore, health care providers should have high commitment to improve their role in controlling smoking problem. Attitude and behavior of the health care provider is one of reinforcing factors that could influence community to have healthy behavior. In order to have healthy behavior, community does not only need knowledge regarding positive attitude as well as supporting facility but also example (guidance) behavior from the health care provider so that the expected health status could be improved. This research was aimed to find out the description of smoking attitude and behavior of health care provider in the district of ToliToli. Method: This was a quantitative research that used cross sectional design. The sample of this research was health care provider who had smoking habit for six months or more in the sub district of Baolan. Data was collected using questioner, and correlations product moment was used to find out the relationship between research variable. Result: The attitude of the health care provider did not support the smoking behavior. Smoking behavior of the health care providers was in the medium and high category which some of the health care providers still smoke in places that disadvantaged others and there was a significant relationship between smoking attitude and behavior of the health care provider. Conclusion: There was a significant correlation between smoking attitude and behavior of health care provider.

Kata Kunci : Perilaku Merokok,Tenaga Kesehatan