The Effect of Counseling on the Level of Knowledge abaout DAGUSIBU in the Jetis Caturharjo Sleman Comunity

Abstract

DAGUSIBU is a movement launched by the Indonesian Pharmacist Association in order to encourage  people to manage drugs properly. Community knowledge about DAGUSIBU is very important so that the goals of treatment can be achieved properly. This study aims to determine the effect of counseling on the level of knowledge about DAGUSIBU in the community of RW 13 Jetis hamlet Caturharjo Sleman. This type of research is pre-experimental with one group pretest-posttest design. The research subjects were the people of RW 13 Jetis hamlet Caturharjo Sleman. The sampling technique used purposive sampling. The number of samples used was 70 people. The data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon test to compare the level of knowledge before and after counseling. The results showed that there was an influence of counseling on the level of public knowledge. The average level of knowledge of the people of RW 13 Jetis hamlet Caturharjo Sleman before counseling was in the sufficient category (63,3%) whereas the average level of knowledge of the people of RW 13 Jetis hamlet Caturharjo Sleman after counseling is in the good category (84,0%).