摘要:The people’s understanding of waste affects their attitudes and modes in waste management.The attitudes towards health-community-based waste management has their positive impact i.e.improving environmental and community health and in the end promoting community’s economy.This research aimed at understanding the effectiveness of health-community-based waste management in Yogyakarta indicated by the residents’ knowledge of waste,attitude,behavior,and the existence of desease vector and economical condition.This was a social action research,which applied a quantitative method.The research was conducted through implementing waste management based on community health perception.The data-collecting technique involved observation participant technique.There was a significant difference between people’s knowledge on waste management before and after waste management counselling with p value 0.000 < 0.05.There was a significant difference between the people’s attitude before and after waste management counselling with p value 0.021 < 0.05.There was a significant difference between the people’s behavior before and after waste management counselling with 0.033 < 0.05.There was a significant difference between the density of fly population before and after waste management counselling with p value 0.013 < 0.05.The average of 30 participants’ income earned from garbage is IDR 55.952.83 quarterly or IDR 18.650.61 (IDR 13.450.00 = 1 US$).The conclusion is knowledge,attitude,behavior indicators and vector density improved after the training of health-communicty based waste management.