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 (Unknown)
Muhammad Ikhtiar (Unknown)
Baharuddin, Alfina (Unknown)



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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Journal Info

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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 ...