Journal of Aafiyah Health Research (JAHR)
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2021): JULY-DECEMBER

Community-Led Total Sanitation (CTLS) to Prevent Stunting among Toddlers in Indonesia

Dwi Fitri Ningsih (South Sulawesi Provincial Health Centre, Makassar, Indonesia)
Muhammad Ikhtiar (Master in Public Health, Postgraduate Program, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar, Indonesia)
Alfina Baharuddin (Master in Public Health, Postgraduate Program, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Dec 2021

Abstract

Background: Stunting is an emerging problem in Indonesia. Poor environmental sanitation conditions can cause environmental-based infectious diseases. Community-Led Total Sanitation (CTLS) program is one of the programs that can reduce stunting cases. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between Community-Led Total Sanitation (CTLS) to prevent infectious diseases and the incidence of stunting in the Kanjilo Health Center Work Area, Gowa Regency in 2021. Method: This study is a cross-sectional study. The sampling technique used was purposive Sampling with a total of 88 children under five. Data analysis was performed by univariate, bivariate with chi-square test and multivariate analysis with logistic regression by SPSS 20.0 version. Results: The study showed that the factors found to be associated with the incidence of stunting were defecations habits (p-value = 0.025), Washing hands with Soap Behaviour (WHSB) (p-value = 0.033), and bacteriology in water (p-value = 0.000). Bacteriology in water is the factor that has the strongest influence on the incidence of stunting with an OR value of 17,041. Conclusion: Suggestions in this study are expected to the community to maintain personal hygiene and environmental sanitation in order to prevent the emergence of environmental-based diseases, especially infectious diseases that can cause stunting on children under five years old.

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jahr

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Health Professions Public Health

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Journal of Aafiyah Health Research (JAHR) P-ISSN: 2722-4929, E-ISSN: 2722-4945 is an electronic and papers, open-access, and peer-reviewed journal. JAHR is dedicated to publishing results of research and literature review from different areas of public health, which includes the study of ...