Optimalisasi Jambanisasi di Desa Bekiring, Kecamatan Pulung, Kabupaten Ponorogo

The latrine program is a government effort towards the community, which aims to overcome the problem of open defecation by changing people's behavior from unhealthy to healthy ones. This research is motivated by the lack of public awareness in maintaining a clean environment, especially practicing open defecation. So that the formulation of the problem of this study "how to analyze the latrine program in Bekiring Village, Pulung District, Ponorogo Regency?". This research uses qualitative methods that are descriptive. The informants of this study were the village head, village officials, and the community who were the administrators and received assistance from the latrine program. Research data collection techniques using interview techniques, observation, and documentation. The research analysis used 4 (for) stages, namely the stage of data collection, data reduction, data presentation or display and drawing conclusions. Based on the research conducted by the author, this research is a program that provides material assistance for the construction of healthy latrine facilities for people who do not have healthy latrines. The results of this study indicate that with the socialization of the village government and community participation in the process of building healthy latrines accompanied by monitoring from the health department, the construction of healthy latrines is well aligned, the status of bekiring village to the village stage of Odf (Open Defecation Free), as well as the behavior and behavior latrines program. Public awareness is still very low not to defecate in the open because it has been a community habit for a long time. So that the latrine program in Bekiring village really helps the community to minimize unhealthy community behavior such as open defecation