<![CDATA[Handwashing with soap is a health behavior that is easy to implement and can be taught to students from an early age at school. In order for this healthy habit to form, basic factors are needed to encourage students to do so, such as knowledge and a positive attitude towards washing hands with soap. Schools are places where students learn and play, which makes them vulnerable to contracting diseases if their hands are not clean. Various diseases such as diarrhea, intestinal worms, and typhoid can infect students through dirty hands if they do not get into the habit of washing their hands with soap. This study aims to analyze the influence of the availability of handwashing facilities on handwashing behavior with soap among elementary school students in the Healthy School Program in Kalipucang, Pangandaran, West Java. The research design is correlational, and the research framework is causal. The population in this study consists of 58 sixth-grade students from the top-ranked healthy school in Kalipucang, Pangandaran District, with the sample size determined using the Slovin formula, resulting in 50 participants. The sampling technique used in this study is simple random sampling. The analysis in this study used the Spearman's rank correlation test to test the significance of the associative hypothesis if the dependent and independent variables are not normally distributed. The analysis results yielded a p-value of 0.001 < 0.05, indicating that there is an influence of the availability of handwashing facilities on handwashing behavior using soap among students at the State Elementary School in the Healthy School Program in Kalipucang, Pangandaran, West Java.]]>
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