JIMKESMAS JURNAL ILMIAH MAHASISWA KESEHATAN MASYARAKAT VOL. 2/NO.6/Mei 2017; ISSN 2502731X , 1 GAMBARAN PERILAKU MASYARAKAT TERHADAP KEBERADAAN JENTIK NYAMUK AEDES AEGYPTI DI KELURAHAN TOBUUHA KECAMATAN PUUWATU KOTA KENDARI TAHUN 2016 Nurfadila Maulidyah 1 Jafriati 2 Ririn Teguh Ardiyansyah 3 Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Halu Oleo 123 fadilla_maulidyah@yahoo.com 1 jafriati_jazuli@yahoo.co.id 2 ghegerchippe@gmail.com 3 ABSTRAK Demam berdarah dengue (DBD) merupakan penyakit yang disebabkan oleh gigitan nyamuk Aedes yang terinfeksi dengan salah satu dari empat virus dengue. Keberadaan Aedes aegypti dipengaruhi oleh faktor manusia dan lingkungan. Pengetahuan, sikap dan tindakan masyarakat sangat berperan untuk mengurangi populasi berkembangbiaknya vektor. Keberadaan jentik nyamuk Aedes aegypti penyebab demam berdarah disebabkan oleh Keberadaan tempat penampungan air yang sangat berperan dalam kepadatan vektor nyamuk Aedes aegypti, karena semakin banyak tempat penampungan air yang memadai, maka akan semakin banyak tempat larva nyamuk Aedes aegypti untuk berkembang biak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana pengetahuan, sikap dan tindakan masyarakat dengan keberadaan jentik nyamuk Aedes aegypti di Kelurahan Tobuuha Kecamatan Puuwatu Kota Kendari Tahun 2016. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif dengan menggunakan metode observasional. Hasil dari penelitian diketahui bahwa dari 100 responden (100%) memiliki pengetahuan baik sebanyak 76 responden (76%), memiliki pengetahuan kurang sebanyak 24 responden (24%), sikap baik responden 70 responden (70%), sikap kurang sebanyak 30 responden (30%), tindakan kurang sebanyak 52 responden (52%), memiliki tindakan baik sebanyak 48 responden (48%), 93 responden terdapat jentik dan 7 responden tidak terdapat jentik, disimpulkan bahwa pengetahuan baik dan terdapat jentik nyamuk sebanyak 73 responden (73%), sikap baik dan terdapat jentik sebanyak 66 responden (66%), dan tindakan baik dan terdapat jentik sebanyak 44 responden (44%). Kata Kunci: Pengetahuan, Sikap, Tindakan, Keberadaan Jentik, Aedes aegypti ABSTRACT Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is a disease that caused by the bite of Aedes mosquito which infected with one of the four dengue viruses. The existence of Aedes aegypti is influenced by environmental and human factors. Knowledge, attitudes, and action of the community are instrumental to reduce vector breeding population. The existence of Aedes aegypti larvae of hemorrhagic fever is caused by the existence of a reservoir of water that was instrumental in the density of the mosquito vector of Aedes aegypti. If there are more water shelters that adequate, there will be more places for the Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae breed. The aim of study was to determine the description of community behavior to the existence of Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae in Tobuuha region of Puuwatu district of Kendari city in 2016. The type of study was descriptive using observational method. The results showed that from 100 respondents (100%), there were 76 respondents (76%) who had good knowledge and 24 respondents (24%) who had less knowledge. There were 70 respondents (70%) who had good attitude and 30 respondents (30%) who had bad attitude. There were 52 respondents (52%) who had bad action and 48 respondents (48%) who had a good action. There were 93 respondents who had larvae in their reservoir and 7 respondents not. It was concluded that the respondents who had good knowledge and there were mosquito larvae in their reservoir as many as 73 respondents (73%), The respondents who had good attitude and there were mosquito larvae in their reservoir as many as 66 respondents (66%), and the respondents who had good action and there were mosquito larvae in their reservoir as many as 44 respondents (44%). Key words : Knowledge Attitude, Action, The Existence Of Larva, Aedes aegypti