KEMAS 13 (2) (2017) 145-151 Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat http://journal.unnes.ac.id/nju/index.php/kemas RELATION BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING DHF WITH PSN BEHAVIOR AMONG THE COMMUNITY AROUND THE CAMPUS Masnuh Eva Kurniawan1, Ani Mazlina Dewi Mohamed2, Nur Siyam1  , Nirmala Fatikha1, Nova Alvia Fitriani1 1Semarang State University, Public Health Major, Sport Science Faculty 2Fakulti Pendidikan UITM Puncak Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia Article Info Article History: Submitted October 2017 Accepted November 2017 Published November 2017 Keywords: Knowledge; attitude; behavior of PSN; DBD DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.15294/ kemas.v13i2.12069 Abstract Te city of Semarang as the capital of Central Java province is a DHF endemic city and has a high risk of dengue fever. Based on data from Central Java Provincial Health Ofce in 2015, DBD IR from 2012 to 2015 has increased. Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) in the work area of Puskesmas Sekaran, Gunungpati in 2013 there are 7 cases of DHF patients, the highest number of Dengue fever is in Sukorejo Village with 6 patients then followed by Kelurahan Sekaran with 1 patient. Te purpose of this study is to determine the relationship Knowledge and Public Attitudes about DHF with the Behavior Eradica- tion Mosquito Nest (PSN) in the Village Sekaran Gunungpati District Semarang City. Tis type of research is observational analytics with cross sectional approach. Te sample of this research is the community of Village Saving as many as 52 people. Te research in- strument used questionnaires and observation sheets. Data analysis using chi square test. Te result of this research is that there is no correlation between knowledge about den- gue behavior toward PSN behavior (p = 0,477) and there is no correlation between public attitudes about DBD on PSN behavior (p = 1,96). Conclusion from this research that there is no relation between knowledge and attitude of society about DBD to behavior of PSN DBD. human. Te host factor, the dengue virus, the sustainable environment and the vector which is Aedes aegypti mosquito are the determined factors of DHF incident (Arunachalam, 2010; Mangguang, 2015). Research result regarding DHF risk factors mentions that it also afected by nutrition factor (Kalayanarooj, 2005; Siyam, 2014). Republic of Indonesia Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) data shows that in 2015, the number of DHF patients reported are 129,650 cases with mortality rate 1,071 patients (IR/ Introduction Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is a desease caused by Dangue virus transferred by mosquito bite from Aedes genus, particularly Aedes aegypti (Ae. aegypti) and can causing mortality if does not seriously taken care of (Fauziah, 2012). Te DHF disease is still an Indonesian community health problem since the wide range of infection, number of region or city (Karyanti, 2009; Rosanti, 2017). Te infection of DHF could be caused by the factors supporting the transferring from vector to  Correspondence Address: Semarang State University, Public Health Major, Sport Science Faculty Email : nursiyam@mail.unnes.ac.id pISSN 1858-1196 eISSN 2355-3596