Institusion
Universitas Sriwijaya
Author
FEBRIANTI KOMALASARI (STUDENT ID : 10012681822009)
Hasyim Hamzah (LECTURER ID : 0026127303)
Windusari Yuanita (LECTURER ID : 0014096907)
Subject
RA565-600 Environmental health. Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances,
Datestamp
2022-07-14 04:44:13
Abstract :
Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) is an infectious disease caused by Ascaris lumbricoides Trichuris trichiura, and hookworms transmitted from the soil. The risk of STH will
increase in areas with contaminated water, poor sanitation, and personal hygiene conditions, and it can be found in landfills. In the landfill, there are many adults and
child scavengers who collect garbage. Then, the risk of worm infection is increasing as a result of children's scavenger activities. They directly touched the garbage, it
considered as poor personal hygiene practices. This study aimed to analyze personal
hygiene determinants for the STH in child scavengers at the landfill. The study design
was cross-sectional, with 65 respondents as child scavengers in the landfill. The
independent variables in this study were clean nails, washing hand with soap before
eating or drinking, washing hand with soap after defecating, and the use of footwear.
Data analysis techniques used were univariate, bivariate, and multivariate. The results
showed that 29.2% of child scavengers were infected with STH. The variables in this
study that were significantly related to worm infection were nail hygiene (p-value
0.003), washing hand with soap before eating or drinking (p-value 0.002), washing
hand with soap after defecating (p-value 0.000). Nail cleanliness was the most
dominant variable affecting STH in child scavengers after being controlled with other
variables (PR = 4.944). The researcher suggests holding counseling related to the good
personal hygiene application as well as providing handwashing facilities in the landfill.
Then, medical checkups for children to identification the STH infection and giving
deworming medicine to adult and child scavengers.