Hubungan Antara Pengetahuan dan Sikap Terhadap Tindakan Pencegahan Penyakit Chikungunya pada Keluarga di Desa Kepenuhan Timur , Kec. Kepenuhan, Kab.Rokan Hulu, Propinsi Riau.

Chikungunya is a viral illness that is caused by Chikungunya virus and transmitted by Aedes sp. The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between knowledge and attitude with practice of chikungunya disease prevention to families in Kepenuhan Timur village Kepenuhan Subdistrict Rokan Hulu regency. The method of this research was analytic crossectional study. The sample size were 230 families. The amount of subject were determind using simple random sampling. The data were collected by using questionaires. The results of this research showed that 64,3% of respondent had lack of knowledge, 99,1% of respondent had positive attitudes and 84,8% of respondents had negative behavior in chikungunya disease prevention. There was no significant relationship between knowledge and attitudes with practice of chikungunya disease prevention in Kepenuhan Timur village with p value > 0,05.