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Abstract Diarrhea is one of the most common diseases affecting children around the world. According to the Health Service Data of Gianyar Regency, there are 214 diarrhea morbidities per 1000 population with the most diarrhea cases found in Tegalalang District. The role of mothers in giving treatment of diarrhea is important so that children do not fall into worse conditions. Mothers knowledge and behavior is one of the crucial determinants in giving treatment to children suffering from diarrhea. Mothers should know what steps to do first when the child has diarrhea in order to prevent the occurrence of dehydration. This study aims to determine the level of knowledge and behavior of mothers in the early treatment of diarrhea in Tegalalang District Gianyar regency. This research is a descriptive research by using questionnaire instrument which previously has been validated. The samples of this research are mothers who have children suffered from diarrhea six months prior to the research; the number of respondents is 37 which are determined by consecutive sampling. The data were analyzed using univariat analysis test. The results show that mothers with good knowledge level are 22 respondents (59.5%), mother behaviour with enough knowledge in giving treatment are 18 respondents (48.6%), and those who are still lack in providing zinc and how to give good nutrition. The conclusions of this study indicate that mothers with good level knowledge and mothers behavior with enough knowledge and those are still lack of knowledge in some early treatment of diarrhea on children in Tegalalang Gianyar in 2017. Based on this research, the researcher suggests to the related parties specifically to the Puskesmas (Primary Health Care) to conduct counseling on how to give initial treatment of Diarrhea, which can be done at home continuously and sustainably