| dc.description.abstract | Poor environmental sanitation is suspected to be one of the causes of soil transmitted helminthes (STH)
infection. Environmental sanitation consists of water sources, latrine, sewerage, garbage disposal
facilities, and floor type. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between
environmental sanitation and the incidence of STH infection in primary school children. This was an
observational analytic study with cross-sectional design. The subjects were 80 students of two
elementary schools in Jember. Stool samples were collected and examined by Kato-Katz method. Data of
environmental sanitation was collected by questionnaire and direct observation. Kato-Katz examination
showed that 9 samples (11,3%) infected by Ascaris lumbricoides. The majority respondents had not
fulfilled requirements of good environmental sanitation. The result of Spearman test showed that there
was a significant correlation between STH infection and latrine (p=0,02) but there were no significant
relationship between STH infection and environmental sanitation (p = 0.165), gender (p = 0,669), age (p =
0,92), water source (p = 0.084), sewerage (p = 0.146), garbage disposal facilities (p = 0,728), and floor
type (p = 0,065) | en_US |
