the effectiveness of community based education programs for family independence in acute respiratory infection (ari) at community health centers simpang tiga aceh besar by: vitria erlinda std. no: 1209200180015 supervising commission: dr. dr. endang mutiawati r, sp.s (k) teuku tahlil, s.kp, m.s, ph.d abstract acute respiratory infection (ari) is one of disease which often happened for toddlers and increased every year. in this case, family need some effort of health information to make their independence in prevention of ari will increasing with various method of education. the purpose of this research was to find out the effecctivity difference of education and lecture method for family independence in toddlers acute respiratory infection (ari). the method of this research was a cross sectional research design device of pretest and postest with family who had toddlers with ari experienced at community health centers simpang tiga aceh besar as the population.