Why do People in Bali Meet Traditional Healer?

—The Balinese have a unique belief in daily life including their behavior to seek various kind of health care either to professionals (medical doctor, psychologist, psychiatrist, etc.) or traditional healer ( balian ). Balian represents a person who is considered to have the power to heal illness. Balinese have no hesitation to meet traditional healer in order to get supplementary medical treatment for physical illness and psychological problems. Aim of this research was to explore the factors that influence Balinese in seeking treatment provided by traditional healer. This study was conducted using qualitative approach, and was divided into two phase, i.e. online survey phase (study 1) and interview phase (study 2). Participant of the studies were 118 Balinese (study 1) and 6 Balinese (study 2). Result of the study was Balinese decision to seek help from balian affected by many factors. In Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), participant’s behavior related to their individual belief about the positive impact after receiving treatment balian as attitude toward behavior. They had familial belief and family support as subjective norm that affect their decision to meet balian. Participant in this study also shown that they did not find difficulties to seek information or help from balian which illustrated the perceived behavioral control in TPB. For instance, individual and familial belief, family support, and perceived impact from balian played important role to Balinese behavior to seek health treatment from balian.