Factors Related to Medicinal Plant Selection as First Aid For Health Problems In Communities Around Air Dingin Landfill Area

ABSTRACT The increasing population growth, technological developments, and environmental pollution have an impact on human health. To treat various health problems, people today tend to prefer to use modern medicine (synthetic chemistry) compared to the use of medicinal plants (herbal medicine). The Theory Health Belief Model can be used as the basis for the behavior of medicine plant selection in treating health problems. This study aims to determine the factors associated with medicine plant selection as first aid for health problems in communities around the Air Dingin Landfill. This research is a quantitative analytic with a cross-sectional design. The research was conducted in August 2019 in the residential around the Air Dingin Landfill area. The sample in this study were all heads of family or wives living around the landfill area with 66 respondents with the sampling technique was the total population. Then, the data were analyzed by univariate and bivariate using the SPSS program with the chi-square test to see the relationship between independent variables (knowledge, attitudes, perceived benefits, and economic status) with the dependent variable (medicinal plants selection).There are the relationship between Knowledge (p-value 0,004), Attitude (p-value 0,00), Beneficial Perception (p-value 0,001), and Economic Statues (p-value 0,03) with Medicinal Plant as the First Aid in Health Problem around Air Dingin Landfill Area. Key w ords: medicinal plant, knowledge, attitude, benefit, Landfill