International Research Journal of Engineering, IT & Scientific Research Available online at https://sloap.org/journals/index.php/irjeis/ Vol. 3 No. 3, May 2017, pages: 11~19 ISSN: 2454-2261 https://sloap.org/journals/index.php/irjeis/article/view/560 11 Identification of Risk Factors and Symptoms Pulmonary Tuberculosis of Community Health Work in Gunung Sari Area West Lombok District in 2016 Agus Supinganto a Syamdarniati b Raudatul Jannah c Ni Ketut Metri d Article history: Abstract Received: 9 November 2016 Accepted: 30 March 2017 Published: 31 May 2017 Background: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This bacterium is a bacterium bacillus very strong so takes a long time to treat. As a chronic disease, pulmonary tuberculosis has several risk factors of symptom Tuberculosis factor. Objective: The objective of this study is to identify risk factors and symptoms of pulmonary Tuberculosis. Methods: The design used in this study is a cross-sectional descriptive study, with a non-random sampling method, is purposive judgmental (samples consideration) with the qualitative data. The research conducted by distributing questionnaires to the respondents after informed consent. Result: the risk factors that affect the incidence of Tuberculosis is high, can be seen from public education is low, the number of society who do not have jobs, people's incomes far below the standard wage area, many people who have children under five and there are still many who do not give BCG immunization, the number of people who are elderly, and home community is still high that smoke, the houses are solid, some people with Tuberculosis in the process of healing their patients with positive Tuberculosis who do not seek treatment, their pain smear + who interrupt their treatment, many people who have a family history of previously positive Tuberculosis, when it concluded that the people on the ground in public health Gunung Sari at high risk of Tuberculosis. Conclusion: In terms of risk factors for pulmonary Tuberculosis include age, education, occupation, income, have a toddler who has not been given the BCG vaccine and toddlers below the red line, have a family of the elderly, the respondent family who smoke, the home environment, lighting and air circulation in the house, and the presence of Tuberculos patients around the residence. Keywords: bacteria; factors and symptoms; identification; mycobacterium; tuberculos; 2454-2261 © Copyright 2017. The Author. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-SA license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) All rights reserved. a Lecturer in STIKES Yarsi Mataram, Indonesia b Lecturer in STIKES Yarsi Mataram, Indonesia c Lecturer in STIKES Yarsi Mataram, Indonesia d Nurse in Gunung Sari Community Health, Indonesia