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Training to Improve Community’s Knowledge, Attitude, Motivation and Behavior Related to the Building of Family Toilets in the Coastal Area

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the knowledge, attitude, motivation and behavior of the community before and after the experiment, and also to determine the effect of the experiment on increasing knowledge, attitude, motivation, and behavior related to the construction of family toilets in coastal areas. The study was conducted in Pangkep and Maros Regencies. A total of 50 heads of families were selected as participants using the purposive sampling method. 25 participants became the experimental group and 25 people became the control group. The research variables included knowledge, attitudes, motivation, and behavior of the community in building family toilets before and after the experiment. Data collection through tests, questionnaires, and observations to each participant. The research instruments were knowledge tests, questionnaires, and observations. Data analysis used descriptive and inferential statistical analysis, with the t-test. The results of the study showed that based on the experiment, knowledge had a significant effect with a correlation coefficient of 0.94, attitudes had an effect of 0.91, motivation was 0.756, and behavior was 0.865. It can be concluded that the construction of family toilets in the coastal areas of Pangkep and Maros Regencies, before the experiment, the knowledge, attitudes, motivation, and behavior of the community were in the low category, and after the experiment increased significantly to the high category. In addition, the results of the analysis showed that the experiment had a significant effect on increasing the knowledge, attitudes, motivation, and behavior of the community towards the construction of family toilets in coastal areas.

Source: Journal of Environmental & Earth Sciences

DOI: 10.30564/jees.v7i4.8130

Authors: Edy Sabara, Bakhrani Abdul Rauf, Desy Safitri, Arita Marini, Mithen Lullulan

Institutions: State University of Makassar, State University of Jakarta

Language: English

Topic: Public Health and Environmental Issues

Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Quality education, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4408949399