Health Seeking Behavior for the Non Communicable Disease and Mental Disorderct Arif Widodo (a*), Mustika Adelia b), Reny Novia Karlina c), Wiwin Renny Rahmawati d)
a), b), c) Nursing Program - Faculty of Health of Sciences - Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta - Indonesia
* arif.widodo[at]ums.ac.id
d) Poltekkes Kemenkes Semarang
Abstract
One of the functions of the family is foster care, which is towards the need for maintenance and care so that health is always maintained so that it is physically, mentally, socially and spiritually healthy. This research is a qualitative research using descriptive analytic method.
This study aims to health seeking behavior t for Non Infectious Disease and Mental Disorder.
The type of research is qualitative research with descriptive narrative which emphasizes meaning, understanding, concepts, characteristics, symptoms, symbols and descriptions of a phenomenon and multi-methods that are natural and holistic. Data collection was carried out through in-depth interviews, documentation and then analyzed using descriptive analytic techniques where the results of the interviews were presented in narrative form.
The results of the findings this study showed that the people with non-communicable disease believed in traditional medicine. Alternative treatment that is natural and does not cause side effects.The health seeking behavior people with mental disorders there were two types of traditional medicine services using skills, namely therapists and ruqiah
Non communicable diseases that were mostly owned by the elderly in Pabelan Village are- Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, and Cholesterol. Suggestions for this research are shown to related institutions, families and future researchers for non-communicable diseases and people with mental disorders, more trusted tratment to rhe health profesionals.
Keywords: Health seeking behavior, mental health, non-communicable disease
