1Minister of Health Polytechnic, Semarang, Indonesia
2Minister of Health Polytechnic, Jakarta II, Indonesia
3Department of Business Administration, STIAMAK Barunawati, Surabaya, Indonesia
*Corresponding Author: Asep Tata Gunawan, Department of Environmental Health, Minister of Health Polytechnic, Semarang, Indonesia, email: aseptatagunawan@yahoo.co.id
Online published on 9 January, 2019.
Helminthiasis in Indonesia are still public health problems because the prevalence is still very high between 45%-65%. Even in certain areas with poor sanitation, the prevalence can reach 80%. This study aims to determine the relationship between the variables of the physical environment of the house with the incidence of infection of worm eggs in toddlers.
This type of research uses a cross-sectional design. The location of this study was in Sumbang District, Banyumas Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. The size of the research sample was 237 toddlers (age 12 months to <60 months). The process of data analysis uses univariate and bivariate analysis. Chi-Square test was employed to examine the relationship.
The results of this study indicate that there is a correlation between several variables of the physical environment of the house with the incidence of worm infections in the toddler including the home yard cleanliness (p = 0.003), house floor type (p = 0.017), wastewater disposal (p = 0.000), ownership of healthy latrines (p = 0.042), and house density (p = 0.000).
People can experience improver environmental sanitation conditions where toddlers have daily activities including having healthy latrines and improving access to sanitary restrooms for each family.
Home, Physical environment, Helminthiasis, Infection, Toddler
