The Relationship Between Environmental Sanitation Risk Factors And The Incidence Of Diarrhea In Children Under Five In Pauh District, Padang City

Abstract

Diarrhea is an environmental-based disease with the dominant factors being clean water facilities and a place for excreta disposal. This study was to analyze the relationship between environmental sanitation risk factors and the incidence of diarrhea in children under five in Pauh District, Padang City. Cross sectional research with observational methods and spatial analysis. There were 100 toddlers as the sample and the research instruments were observation sheets and fly grills. Data were analyzed by univariate andbivariate. Under-five diarrhea was related to the type of clean water facility (p = 0.000), clean water quality (presence of E. coli) (p = 0.000), final household waste treatment (p = 0.000), condition of waste water channels (p = 0.000), quality of garbage bins (p = 0.001), quality of sewerage (p = 0.000), density of flies in trash cans (p = 0.017), and density of flies in sewerage (p = 0.089). There is an effect of environmental sanitation, especially the type and quality of clean water facilities, the storage and final processing of waste, the quality of the sewerage, and the density of flies in the household trash with the incidence of diarrhea in children under five. It is hoped that the sanitation workers of the Pauh Health Center will often carry out inspections and interventions to the community's home environment in order to pay attention to environmental health and prevent the occurrence of environmental-based diseases, especially diarrhea.

Author Biographies

Tri Joko

Diponegoro University

Mursid Raharjo

Diponegoro University