Relationship of Environmental Conditions to Health Events

Abstract

Environmental health is an optimum environmental condition or condition so that it has a positive effect on the realization of optimum health, the environment, and individual health. Diarrhea is currently one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality. Almost all geographic areas of the world and all age groups are attacked by diarrhea, serious illness, and high mortality, especially in infants and children under five. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between environmental health and health events which included the characteristics of clean water and sanitation and personal hygiene variables. The method used to collect primary data (interviews using a questionnaire instrument, observation, and measurement), and secondary data (health data). The results of the study concluded thatThe characteristics of clean water that have a relationship with the incidence of diarrhea are in terms of processing drinking water before drinking (p-value = 0.021), while the characteristics of sanitation and personal hygiene in terms of the availability of hand washing places (p-value = 0.073) and the method of disposal of toddler feces ( 0.772) indicates that there is no relationship to the incidence of diarrhea that occurs in Simpang Warga Village, RT.