Abstract :
Background: A healthy house is a house that has infrastructure and facilities such as
the provision of clean water and waste disposal sanitation. A healthy house condition
is highly important because an unhealthy house will contribute to the health effects and
risks. Knowledge is a process of recalling and reidentifying objects that have been
previously learned towards a particular field through five senses.
Purpose: This research aims to identify Portrait of Knowledge on Healthy House
Standard at the Community of Urban Village X Palembang.
Method: This quantitative research type employed the Descriptive Survey method. The
total Sampling technique that involved 42 families was used to collect the data. The
data were analyzed by using univariate analysis to identify the characteristics (Age,
Gender, Education) and knowledge on healthy house standards at the Community of
Urban Village X Palembang.
Result: The average age of the respondents was 42.83 years. The majority of the
respondents were male (83.3%), graduated from Elementary School (85.7%), and had
good knowledge (61.9%).
Suggestion: The result of this research is expected to be a source of information related
to knowledge about healthy house standards and to provide information dealing with
the requirements of a healthy house.
Keywords: Knowledge, Healthy House Standard.