Latar Belakang: Rabies merupakan penyakit menular yang disebabkan oleh virus. Jika kejadian rabies tidak segera ditangani maka dapat mengakibatkan kematian. Tujuan Penelitian: Untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan masyarakat dengan sikap penanganan awal gigitan anjing penular rabies di Desa Tirtasari. Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan desain analitik korelasi dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Populasi penelitian ini adalah masyarakat yang menetap di Desa Tirtasari. Sebanyak 246 responden yang dipilih menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Alat pengumpulan data berupa kuesioner yang berisi data demografi, kuesioner pengetahuan dan sikap. Data dianalisis dengan analisa bivariat menggunakan uji Spearman’s rho. Hasil: Hasil penelitian ini adalah mayoritas responden memiliki pengetahuan baik sebanyak 235 responden (95,5%), mayoritas responden memiliki sikap cukup sebanyak 185 responden (75,2%), dan ada hubungan antara pengetahuan dengan sikap masyarakat tentang penanganan awal gigitan anjing penular rabies di Desa Tirtasari dengan hasil korelasi p-value

Background. Rabies is an infectious disease caused by virus. If the incidence of rabies is not treated immediately, it can result in death. Aim. To determine the correlation between community knowledge and the attitude of initial handling of rabies-infected dog bites in Tirtasari Village. Method. This study employed correlation analytical design with cross-sectional approach. There were 246 respondents recruited as the sample through purposive sampling technique. The data were collected using questionnaire consisted of demographic data, knowledge and attitude. The data were analysed by bivariate analysis using the Spearman's rho test. Finding. The findings showed that the majority of respondents had good knowledge with number of 235 respondents (95.5%); further, 185 respondents (75.2%) had sufficient attitude. The statistical test indicated that there was a correlation between knowledge and community attitude about the initial handling of rabies-infected dog bites in Tirtasari Village with p-value