THE EFFECT OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS TO BEHAVIOR TO DO DEFECATION ON LATRINE AFTER THE TRIGGERING IN WORKING AREA OF TANJUNG BATU PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

Abstract

Background: Sanitation development challenge is one of social-culture and people’s behavioral matter who usually do open defecation. Indonesia is the most second country which is most found people with a habit to do open defecation. Behavior to defecate on latrine uneven in each area, another thing shown in each area have been experienced different problems to change their behavior. Various efforts has been done to overcome this problem. The objective of this study is analyze the effect of internal and external factors to behavior to do defecation on latrine after triggering Method: The design of this study is cross sectional with sampling of total population with a size of 137 people. Result: The result of analysis shown 84 people (61.3%) had experienced the change of behavior to do defecation on latrine after triggering. There is income effect (p value = Income is the most influences factor to change of behavior to do defecation on latrine after triggering. Conclusion: This study expected people to perform latrine regular social gathering, then community leaders and health workers are together with stakeholder conduct the mutual cooperation in case of building the communal toilets and increasing the number of home industry in working area of the primary health care, to make people change their behavior about defecation on latrine also to adding the income so people could set aside of money to build a proper latrine. Keyword: Behavior, Defecate, Trigger