1. Water Supply, Environmental Sanitation and School Health Education for Preventing Soil Transmitted Helminths Infection in Elementary Students
Retno Adriyani 1, Edy Suwandi2, Shinta Fauziah R.A3
1Environmental Health Department
Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University
2Postgraduated of Environmental Health Program
3Undergraduated of Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University
Background
Soil-transmitted helminths is one of common public health problem in elementary students in Indonesia. Risk factors of this disease are water supply, environmental sanitation, and personal hygiene. Sanitation is generally related to the sanitary condition and appropriate provision of facilities and participation of the target population in garbage disposal, wastewater disposal and safe human waste disposal.
The Facts are …
According to Suwandi (2011) at Ngabang, Landak, West Kalimantan, in general the parents of elementary student have 2 types of latrines, ordinary and floating latrines because their lives in a river’s tidal area. Suwandi found there were soil transmitted helminth egg’s in soil around their living area and the prevalence of helminth infection was among elementary students was 28%.
On the other area, where the geographic condition is very different, according to Fauziah (2009) at Bulak, Surabaya, East Java the prevalence of helminth infection was 14,6%. However, Suwandi and Fauziah found that the environment sanitation was a dominant factor for helminth infection.
In these two areas, the family of elementary student at Ngabang, Landak, West Kalimantan had no appropriate provision of waste water disposal (68,42%) and latrine (64,91%).
Conclusion
Health education programs in schools can contribute directly to a student’s ability to successfully adopt and practice behaviour that protect and promote health and avoid or reduce health risk, especially soil transmitted helminths infection. Different to the notion before, this is a really new idea, health education in school is design for empowering school community to prevent the soil transmitted helminths infection through a collaborative partnership that includes students, parents, community members, and the school staff. School community have to encourage for empowering the elementary students to initiate their community actions. The elementary student not only as an object but also encouraging them of being subject as peers educator in preventing soil transmitted helminths infection through better drinking water quality, environmental sanitation and personal hygiene.
Reference:
Eddy Suwandi, Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Infeksi Kecacingan pada Murid SDN 01 Di Desa hilir Tengah Kecamatan Ngabang Kabupaten Landak dan Manajemen Pencegahannya. Tesis. FKM Universitas Airlangga
Fauziah, Shinta, Pengaruh Sanitasi Lingkungan Rumah, Pengetahuan, Sikap dan Higiene Perorangan terhadap Infeksi Kecacingan pada Murid Sekolah Dasar. Skripsi. FKM Universitas Airlangga.
The American Cancer Society, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Heart Association, Health Education in Schools – The Importance of Establishing Healthy Behaviors in our Nation’s Youth.
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