Latar Belakang: Rabies merupakan penyakit menular yang disebabkan oleh virus rabies melalui gigitan dan luka yang terkena air liur hewan penular rabies (HPR). Tujuan: Mengidentifikasi hubungan pengetahuan dengan perilaku masyarakat pemelihara anjing dalam pencegahan rabies di Banjar Batanancak Desa Mas Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Ubud I. Metode: Jenis penelitian ini adalah analitik korelasi dengan rancangan crosssectional. Sampel penelitian adalah masyarakat pemelihara anjing sebanyak 145 responden menggunakan teknik snowball sampling. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan kuesioner dengan cara door to door. Hasil: Hasil uji Spearman Rank (Rho) menunjukkan ada hubungan pengetahuan dengan perilaku masyarakat pemelihara anjing dalam pencegahan rabies dengan pvalue 0,001 dan keeratan korelasi (r = 0,909). Kesimpulan : Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa, semakin baik pengetahuan yang dimiliki maka semakin baik perilaku masyarakat pemelihara anjing dalam pencegahan rabies. Sangat penting meningkatkan pengetahuan masyarakat dalam pencegahan rabies. Kata Kunci: Pengetahuan, Perilaku, Pencegahan Rabies

Background: Rabies is an infectious disease caused by the rabies virus through bites and wounds exposed to the saliva of rabies-transmitting animals (HPR). Purpose: To determine the correlation between knowledge and behavior of dog owners in preventing rabies at banjar Batanancak, Mas village, working area of public health center I ubud. Method: This study employed analytic correlation with cross-sectional design. There were 145 dog owners recruited as sample of the study which were selected by using snowball sampling technique. The data were collected by using questionnaire which administered door to door. Result: The Spearman Rank (Rho) showed that there was a correlation between knowledge and behavior of dog owners in preventing rabies with a p-value of 0.001 and the correlation strength of (r = 0.909). Conclusion: This study showes that the better the knowledge, the better the behavior of dog owners in preventing rabies. It is important to improve public knowledge on rabies prevention. Keywords: Knowledge, Behavior, Rabies Prevention