<![CDATA[People living along the river must use the river in their daily lives, whether washing, cooking, bathing and drinking. When they use the river water is polluted, there will be adverse effects are felt. The main side effects are accepted by society is a disease. Diseases that occur generally is diarrhea. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of hygienic behavior of healthy communities in the utilization of river water for their daily needs with the incidence of diarrhea.This research used Cross Sectional. Sample of 41 respondents taken by purposive sampling technique. Measurement instruments behavior in the use of the river using a questionnaire, and measurements of diarrhea cases using observation sheets and questionnaires. Analysts data using chi square test. The result showed most respondents do clean and healthy behaviors in the utilization of river water in the bad category as many as 17 respondents (41.5%) and almost all respondents had experienced diarrhea as many as 33 respondents (80.5%).Chi-square test results obtained significance value chi square = 0.011 <0.05 so that H1 accepted which means that there is a relationship of hygienic behavior and healthy communities in the utilization of river water with the incidence of diarrhea.The results showed that the worse the behavior of clean healthy water utilization of rivers, respondents tend to experience diarrhea. But still the respondents who do healthy hygiene practices, utilization of river water pretty well but still has diarrhea can be caused by factors other than environmental factors river water.]]>
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