Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan Dan Peran Petugas Kesehatan Dengan Perilaku Babs Di Desa Kalianget Seririt Buleleng

The public habit of open defecation is one of the habits that individuals have as a result of imitating the behavior of those around them. Kalianget village is still implementing open defecation in the river. This is due to the low level of public knowledge which is triggered by the lack of role of healthy officer regarding counseling about healthy latrines. The purpose of this study is to determine knowledge about healthy latrines and healthy officer with open defecation in Kalianget Village, Seririt District, Buleleng Regency. The research was case control method with 90 families as samples. The results of obtained by the respondents' knowledge were the highest in the bad category, namely as many as 34 people (24.6%). With the role of health officer related to open defecation was highest in the good category, namely 39 people (43.3%). and the behavior of respondents related to open defecation and not open defecation at the same point, namely as many as 45 people (50%). The value of asymp.sig 0,000 0.05 was obtained where the results showed relationship between the level of knowledge and the role of healthy officer with public open defecation behavior. Suggestions that can be given are to conduct socialization activities about healthy latrines and it is hoped that people who don’t have latrines to share with their closest neighbors