Abstract

"> Introductions: The high incidence of dengue fever occurs because of the behavior of society thatharms the health and motivation of the people who lack in maintaining personal hygiene andenvironment, it will cause the risk of DHF transmission in the family and community. The purposeof research to determine the effect of health education to increase family head motivation inpreventing the occurrence of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. Methods: The design of this research ispre experiment type one group pre test-post test design. Population of research that is all of Headof Family in RT 1 Kota Pagatan Village Kusan Hilir District Tanah Bumbu Regency as much as43Head of Family. The sample was taken by random sampling technique as many as 39 Head ofFamily. There are two research variables that are counseling as independent variable and familyhead motivation in preventing DBD as dependent variable. Instrument used is questionnaire sheetand analyzed by Wilcoxon test. Results: The results showed that the value of ρ = 0.00, <α = 0.05then H0 rejected means there is influence of health education to increase family head motivation inpreventing the occurrence of Dengue Fever. Discussions: The results showed that counseling canaffect the motivation of the head of the family in preventing dengue hemorrhagic fever. The familyshould keep trying to increase its knowledge about prevention of DHF so that it can increasefamily motivation in doing DHF prevention can be more increase.