Clean and healthy living behavior of Baubau city: A geographic information system approach
1 Department of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Halu Oleo University, Kendari, Indonesia.
2 Department of Environmental Helath, Health Office of Baubau City, Indonesia.
Research Article
World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 11(03), 139–156.
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjbphs.2022.11.3.0111
Publication history:
Received on 08 August 2022; revised on 26 September 2022; accepted on 29 September 2022
Abstract:
Background: The main determinant of the degree of public health apart from environmental conditions is the behavior of the community. Riskesda 2007 data shows that only 38.7% of households that have practiced clean and healthy living behavior have practiced clean and healthy living behavior. In Baubau City, people still wash their hands and defecate improperly. So, they are still at risk of contracting infectious diseases.
Objective: This study aims to determine the risk areas for clean and healthy living behavior in Baubau City.
Methods: This type of research is an observational study with a Geographic Information System (GIS) approach. The number of respondents was 1.720 in 43 villages. Each village was represented by 40 respondents with the sampling method in each village namely simple random sampling.
Results: Based on the calculation results obtained a maximum total risk index of 38 and a minimum total risk index of 9. to obtain an interval value is 7. Villages with clean and healthy living behavior Very high risk in 3 villages. High risk in 13 villages. Medium risk in 21 villages and less risky in 6 villages.
Conclusion: Most of the villages in Baubau City are included in clean and healthy living behavior at medium risk.
Keywords:
Behavior; Living; Clean; Healthy; Risk
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