Pemeliharaan Jamban Keluarga (JAGA) dan Perilaku Buang Air Besar (BAB) di Jamban Pasca program Gerakan Sanitasi Total (GESIT) (Studi di Desa Sukorambi Kecamatan Sukorambi Kabupaten Jember)

Abstract

One of approaches used to overcome the problem of sanitation, especially the issue of open defecation, is Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS). Sukorambi Village, District of Sukorambi, Jember Regency is one of the 5 villages in Jember Regency which are declared to have a Village ODF (Open Defecation Program). For this reason, through this academic work, the author discusses the issue with the title: Maintenance of JAGA and Behavior BAB on Toilets Post GESIT Program (A Study in Sukorambi Village, District of Sukorambi, Jember Regency) with the formulation of problem: How is maintenance of JAGA and behavior BAB in toilets and GESIT Program in the community of Sukorambi Village, District of Sukorambi, Jember Regency. This research was aimed to analyze knowledge, attitude, consistency of defecation behavior, maintenance of JAGA, and the success of GESIT program post- GESIT program. This research applied qualitative method with qualitative-descriptive. The research results showed that most of the informants could not appropriately answer the knowledge of defecation in toilet and the maintenance of family toilet, all informants had supportive attitudes toward defecation behavior in toilet as well as the maintenance of JAGA. All informants had defecation behavior in toilet although there was a person who did not have toilet but the informant used Communal Toilet/WC. Not all toilets were categorized as healthy toilets since there were some respondents who had a toilet, but condition was far from clean. The maintenance of toilet carried out by most informants was by brushing the floor and the toilet with a toilet brush. The fact on the field indicated that the many of the community members of Sukorambi Village, District Sukorambi, Jember Regency, remained to defecate in the river or, in other words, did not have access to family toilet. Based on these findings, there should be periodic monitoring from the related Health Department with the region/area of GESIT Program, mentoring and guidance by Health Department during the running of the GESIT program for the Natural Leader.