Community Empowerment in Management Community-based Total Sanitation through Health Education in Majene Ganing Abdul1, Abu Asrie2, Harpenas2, Muslimin Irma2, Adam Adriyani3 1Environmental Health Department Mamuju Health Polytechnic of Health State Ministry. Poros Mamuju Kalukku Street. KM.16 Tadui, Mamuju. Post Code 91511, Indonesia 2Nursing Major, Mamuju Health Polytechnic of Health State Ministry. Poros Mamuju Kalukku Street. KM.16 Tadui, Mamuju. Post Code 91511, Indonesia 3Nutrition Departement, Mamuju Health Polytechnic of Health State Ministry. Poros Mamuju Kalukku Street. KM.16 Tadui, Mamuju. Post Code 91511, Indonesia Online published on 2 February, 2019. Abstract Efforts to empower communities in community-based total sanitation program through health education methods play an important role in program effectiveness. This study aims to determine the effect of health education by using lecture and discussion methods towards knowledge, attitude and action changes of the community in East Tande Sub-district and Adolang Dhua Village, Majene District. This study is a quantitative research through experimental approach with design non-equivalent control group with pre-test-post-test which is conducted from September-October 2016. Method of determining samples in this study using purposive technique so that obtained 66 people consist of 2 groups, the group with discussion method treatment in Tande Sub-District, and the group with lecture method treatment in Adolang Dhua Village. Data collection conducted by giving pre-test questionnaire, and then gave them intervention, and end up by giving the post-test questionnaire to the respondents. Data were analyzed using paired t-test, wilcoxon test and Mann-Whitney test. Independent variables in this study are health education by using lecture method and group discussion method while the dependent variables are knowledge, attitude and action. The results showed that the knowledge variable infuenced by lecture method but not infuenced by group discussion method, while the attitude variable is not infuenced by lecture and group discussion methods. For the third variable, the action variable is not infuenced by the lecture method but infuenced by the group discussion method. Meanwhile, the lecture method is more effective in changing respondent knowledge, attitude and action in the effort to empower communities to obtain STBM facilities. Top Keywords Community empowerment, health education, community-based total sanitation. Top |