<![CDATA[The use of herbal medicines in the community has continued to increase; however, their use needs to be supported by adequate knowledge toensure safe and rational utilization. This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge, the behavior of herbal medicine use, and therelationship between knowledge level and herbal medicine use behavior among the community of Kenali Asam Atas Subdistrict, Jambi. Thisstudy employed a descriptive-analytic design with a cross-sectional approach involving 95 respondents selected using a purposive samplingtechnique. Data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of 15 knowledge items and 15 behavioral items, and were analyzed using univariate and bivariate analyses with the Chi-Square test at a significance level of 5% (α = 0.05). The results showed that the respondents'knowledge levels were predominantly categorized as poor, with 53 respondents (55.8%), followed by moderate with 30 respondents(31.6%), and good with 12 respondents (12.6%), with a mean score of 54.61%. The behavior of herbal medicine use was predominantlycategorized as poor, with 46 respondents (48.4%), followed by moderate with 40 respondents (42.1%), and good with 9 respondents (9.5%), with a mean score of 54.82%. The Chi-Square test showed a significant relationship between knowledge level and herbalmedicine use behavior (p = 0.000 < 0.05), with a Contingency Coefficient of 0.625, indicating a strong relationship. It can be concludedthat there was a significant and strong relationship between knowledge level and herbal medicine use behavior among the community of KenaliAsam Atas Subdistrict, with better knowledge being associated with better herbal medicine use behavior.]]>
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