The Relationship Between Personal Hygiene, Environmental Sanitation, and the Nutritional Status of Toddlers Age 12-59 Months in the Settlements Wetlands

Sunarsih, Elvi and Purba, Imelda G and Trisnaini, Inoy (2020) The Relationship Between Personal Hygiene, Environmental Sanitation, and the Nutritional Status of Toddlers Age 12-59 Months in the Settlements Wetlands. In: 2nd Sriwijaya International Conference of Public Health (SICPH 2019), 6-7 November 2019, Palembang.

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Abstract

Underweight among toddlers is a chronic problem in wetland settlements. The objective of this research, therefore, was to analyze the association between a toddler’s personal hygiene and environmental sanitation with nutritional status. The focus on this research was on children in Ogan Ilir Regency. Observational analytical research with a cross-sectional approach was used, along with multi stage cluster sampling, involving a total of 152 toddlers. Data was collected through interviews using questionnaires, and observations were made using a checklist. Data processing was performed using computer software. The data was then analyzed using a Chi-square test at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that there was a significant association between personal hygiene with a toddler's nutritional status (p=0.02). Also, a previous history of disease and infection significantly correlated with nutritional status (p=0.032), as did the physical quality of available water (p=0,002). It was also found that sewer wastewater quality (p=0,879), latrine quality (p=0,120), the presence of smokers in the home (p = 0.880), and chemical exposure (p=1,000) were not strongly associated with nutritional status. Therefore, it can be concluded that personal hygiene and the physical quality of clean water are determinant factors of a child’s nutritional status.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords: nutritional status, personal hygiene, history of infectious disease, physical quality of clean water, toddler
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA565-600 Environmental health. Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances,
Divisions: 10-Faculty of Public Health > 13251-Environmental Health (S1)
Depositing User: Dr Elvi Sunarsih
Date Deposited: 19 Oct 2020 01:52
Last Modified: 19 Oct 2020 01:52
URI: http://repository.unsri.ac.id/id/eprint/36883

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