Latar Belakang: Swamedikasi adalah pengobatan diri sendiri secara mandiri tanpa konsultasi dokter. Pengobatan mandiri ini bisa mengakibatkan kemungkinan yang lebih besar untuk terapi yang tidak tepat. Pengetahuan dan perilaku merupakan faktor yang terpenting dalam swamedikasi.
Tujuan: Mengetahui gambaran pengetahuan & perilaku orang tua tentang swamedikasi antibiotik pada anak di apotek Kota Cirebon.
Metode: Penelitian Observasional dengan pendekatan Cross sectional. Sampel adalah orang tua pembeli antibiotik anak di apotek kota Cirebon sebanyak 96 responden. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan consecutive sampling. Analisis data menggunakan metode univariat pada program Microsoft excel.
Hasil: Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa tingkat pengetahuan orang tua 8,3% tergolong kurang, 31,3% tergolong cukup dan, 60,4% tergolong baik. Perilaku swamedikasi pembeli obat amoxixilin syrup dengan presentase (85,41%), cefadroxil syrup (14,58%).
Kesimpulan: Tingkat pengetahuan swamedikasi orang tua tergolong baik akan tetapi Perilaku swamedikasi orang tua tergolong kurang baik.
Kata Kunci: Swamedikasi Antibiotik, Orang Tua, Pengetahuan, Perilaku

Background: Self medication is self medication indepently without consulting a doctor.this self medication can lead to a greater possibility of inappropriate therapy.kowledge and behavior are the most important factors in self medication
Objective: To know the description of the knowledge & behavior of parents about self medication of antibiotics in children at Cirebon districts pharmacies.
Method: Observational research with Cross Sectional approach. The sample was parents who had taken children antibiotics at the Cirebon districts pharmacy as many as 96 respondens. The sampling technique usef consecutive sampling. Data analysis using the univariat methode in the Microsoft excel program.
Result: The result showed that the level of knowledge of parents was 8,35% classified as poor, 31,3% classified as sufficient and, 60,4% classified as good. Self-medication behavior of drug buyers amoxixilin syrup with a percentage (85,41%), cefadroxil syrup (14,58%).
Conclusion: Based on the research result, the level of knowledge of parents self-medication is good. But the behavior of parents self medication is not good.
Keywords: Antibiotics, Self Medication, Parents, Knowledge, Behavior