SUMMARY
The high number of maternal and Neonatal death rate in Indonesia frequently background by of three kind of delay (3T) one of which is delay in recognizing emergency signs and making decision where to refer to. This research aimed to recognize factors that related to husband's knowledge about danger signs at pregnancy time, partum, postpartum and neonat period, at Garut sub-province West Java in 2007. The researt using secondary data from "Survey Basic Data of Neonatal Essential Health Services Improvement Model at Garut sub-province, West Java, 2007", which has been conducted by Center of Health Research University of Indonesia & Center of Health Promotion Study FKM-UI in cooperation with Save the Children, at July until October 2007, in 40 villages from 10 district at Garut sub province. The research design is cross sectional. Sample that used is the husband who having wife with baby or infant age 0-11 months. Total sample is 209 couples husband and wife. The data source from the module survey of husband and wife. The multivariate analysis result from regression of the last candidate model, multivariate model result that education variable is the dominant factor which related with husband knowledge about danger sign at pregnancy time, partus, postpartus, and neonates. Suggestion for Health Department of Republic Indonesia especially Health Promotion Section is to improve the cooperation in communication and information especially with national television institute for putting health information displaying event specially about danger sign at pregnancy time, partus, postpartus and neonates. sub-province Health Department shall; Advocate to the Garut sub-province local government for next affluent to Nasional Education Department to do education improvement for Garut sub-province people, suggested to health officer always to support the husband to develop their role in increasing knowledge of health maternal and neonatal, especially knowledge of danger sign in pregnancy time, partus, postpartus, and neonates, with event or agenda that interest the society. Keywords : Husband's knowledge about danger sign at pregnancy time, partus, postpartus and neonates.