Strengthening Pharmacists' Knowledge in Phytopharmaceutical Services with Information System Support Through the Health Belief Model Approach in Semarang City

Abstract

Improving the degree of public health can be done by using phytopharmaceutical preparations for preventive or curative purposes. The government's efforts to increase the use of phytopharmacology have been vigorous with the issuance of regulations and programs. The success of the program requires the capability of pharmacists to educate the public on the use of phytopharmacology. The reality is that the development of phytopharmacology has not been accessed easily, the emergence of new products has not been widely recognized due to the lack of information media which causes pharmacists to lack the knowledge to recommend phytopharmaceutical preparations. The development of technology allows quick access to information about phytopharmacology. The purpose of the study was to measure the strengthening of pharmacists' knowledge in the service of phytopharmaceutical preparations with the support of the Sifita information system using the health belief model method in Semarang City.Experimental research design, quantitative data. The treatment provided was phytomedicine information system support. The population is pharmacists practicing in pharmaceutical service facilities in Semarang City as many as 801, the sample calculated by the Slovin formula was 268, purposive sampling technique. The instrument is a valid and reliable questionnaire sheet to reveal capabilities and behavior with the Mann Whitney U test. Research results p value = 0.00 <0.05 means that there is a significant difference in knowledge before and after using the SIFITA Information System with six HBM constructs namely vulnerability, severity, benefits, barriers, perceived confidence and cues to action provide strengthening of pharmacist knowledge in phytomedicine services in Semarang City.