Determinants of Environmental Sanitation Related to the Incidence of Diarrhea among Infants

Background: Incidence of diarrhea increased by poor
environmental conditions factors. The several factors of
environmental health are housing, disposal waste, clean water
supply, and sewerage. This study's purpose was to determine the
determinants of environmental sanitation related to the incidence of
diarrhea in infants at the work area of Pusat Kesehatan Masyarakat
(Puskesmas) Singa, Karo District. Method: This research was
quantitative research as a case study of diarrhea among infants in
Puskesmas Singa. The subjects were housewives who had infants
and suffered from diarrhea in the last six months of the study, with
225 total population and 63 people selected by simple random
sampling. The data analyzed used logistic regression to found the
influence of environmental sanitation on diarrhea. Results: The
results found there were six variables analyzed, there were three
variables that influenced the incidence of diarrhea, the variable
ownership of feces disposal facilities was the most dominant factor
with Exp B 18.267 (p-value 0.003; 95% CI: 2.750-121.334), and the
quality of clean water are variables that influence the incidence of
diarrhea with Exp B 5.763 (p-value 0.026; 95% CI: 1.234-26.904),
food and drink sanitation are variables that influence the incidence
of diarrhea with Exp B 12.451 (p-value 0.004; 95% CI: 2.190 -
70.773). Conclusion: It concludes that diarrhea among infants has
a dominant relationship of water sanitation, disposal sanitation, and
food sanitation as determinants. It needs to improve basic sanitation
to decrease the count of diarrhea.