PENINGKATAN PERILAKU HIDUP BERSIH DAN SEHAT (PHBS) DAN KESETIAKAWANAN SOSIAL MELALUI ARISAN JAMBAN SEHAT
The application of Clean and Healthy Lifestyle should become a daily habit. Although it seems simple, in reality there are still many people who do not pay attention to the importance of Clean and Healthy Behavior for the health of themselves, their families, and the surrounding environment. Clean and Healthy Lifestyle is a movement that aims to improve the quality of life and public health. Among the Clean and Healthy Lifestyles is the habit of defecating in healthy latrines. Data from the Seluma District Health Office shows that there are still many residents in Seluma District who defecate openly. Various efforts have been made to accelerate the reduction of open defecation; but the results are not optimal. The healthy latrine social gathering system is expected to be a “leverage tool” in realizing healthy latrine ownership and mobilizing the values of community social solidarity. The target of the activity is families in Kungkai Baru Village, Air Periukan Subdistrict, Seluma Regency, Bengkulu Province who do not yet have permanent healthy latrines, are committed to “latrine social gathering groups”, and get recommendations for “good behavior” from community leaders. The results of the activity show that: 1. There has been an increase in the quality of environmental health and family health, especially for underprivileged groups, 2. This activity supports the achievement of the Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Health for 2020-2024 concerning Clean and Healthy Lifestyles, 3. This activity is a response to the problems of poor families who have not been able to build latrines so that they have healthy latrines which have an impact on improving the health quality of the village environment which is getting better, healthier, clean and comfortable as well as increasing social solidarity. 4. This latrine social gathering program is a complement to the “zero open defecation” program and the renovation program for uninhabitable houses, and 5. This activity initiated the realization of Kungkai Baru Village as a village free of open defecation.