Background: Waste handling is one of the health issues that founded in Buton Utara regency. The waste originating from households has not been managed properly. Many people who live in coastal areas still disposed their garbage into the sea. This is due to the lack of waste management facilities such as temporary landfill and waste transport. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the community’s household waste handling. Method: A quantitative descriptive was conducted in this study. Data collection was carried out by survey method using questionnaires and observation checklists. Total amounted samples were 3,640 households and the respondents were housewife. Result: Most of the respondents (30,05%), burned their waste. Some of them, gave the waste to the informal collectors for recycling and the rest (0.27%) was composted. Conclusion: Burning is one way of handling household waste that is carried out by most communities in Buton Utara Regency.
Background: Diarrheal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under five years of age, and is responsible for killing around 525,000 children each year. South Buton Regency, Diarrheal Disease is still included in the order of the 10 most common diseases. The coverage of services for diarrhea sufferers for all ages in South Buton Regency was 39.77%, while the coverage of services for diarrhea sufferers in the toddler age group in South Buton Regency was 28.82%. From the results of the above achievements it can be seen that the coverage of services for diarrhea sufferers in 2021 in all age groups and the under five age group has not yet reached the target of 100%. Purpose(s): Knowing the relationship between latrine ownership and the incidence of diarrhea in South Buton Regency in 2022. Method: Type of research uses a quantitative descriptive with a cross sectional design. Data collection was carried out by survey method using questionnaires and observation sheets The sample in this study was 2800 houses, with housewives as respondents Results: The results of the statistical test using the chi-square test obtained a p-value = 0.005 <0.05 because the p-value is less than 0.05, then H1 is accepted and Ho is rejected, which means there is a relationship between latrine ownership and the incidence of diarrhea in toddlers in the Buton district. South in 2022. Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between latrine ownership and the incidence of diarrhea in South Buton District in 2022.
<p><em><span lang="EN-US">Malaria is one of the most common mosquito-borne infectious diseases in the world. Globally, deaths due to malaria infection reported in 2019 amounted to 405,000 deaths with a total number of sufferers of around 228 million cases. Although malaria cases have continued to decline in the last five years, including in Southeast Sulawesi Province, there are still regencies/cities in Southeast Sulawesi that have not been free from malaria. Therefore this disease continues to be a burden of pain. This study is a descriptive study using secondary data on positive confirmed malaria cases from the Southeast Sulawesi Provincial Health Office.This study aims to describe malaria cases in Muna Regency during the period from 2016 to 2020 based on epidemiological variables, namely people and time. The results showed that positive confirmed malaria cases in Muna Regency from 2016 to 2020 showed a significant decline. From the people variable, the majority 56.95% of positive confirmed malaria cases were men and only 43.05% were women. Meanwhile, based on the time in five years of observation, the highest prevalence of confirmed positive malaria occurred in 2016 and the lowest in 2020. Malaria prevention and control programs need to be carried out strictly to reduce morbidity and achieve malaria elimination programs in Muna Regency</span></em></p><p><strong><em>Key words</em></strong><em>: Malaria, confirmed positive, people, time. </em><em></em></p><p><em><br /></em></p>
Background: The low coverage of deliveries by health personnel is one of the causes of high maternal mortality cases. Globally every year there are 250,000 women die due to pregnancy and 30 million women due to failed preparation for childbirth, while in Indonesia the number of maternal deaths is increasing every year. In 2021 it shows that there were 7,389 maternal deaths, an increase from 4,627 deaths in 2020. This study aims to describe the selection of places and birth attendants in Indonesia.. Method: The research design used in this study is descriptive. This data uses secondary longitudinal data from the fifth wave of the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS-5) conducted in 2014. Result: Based on the choice of place of delivery, the majority of pregnant women gave birth in health facilities as many as 610 respondents (95.76%) distributed in government hospitals 20.39%, maternity hospitals 3.63%, polindes 6.05%, private midwives 21 .6%, health center 24.92%, private hospital 3.99%, private practice doctor 3.27%. Meanwhile, 27 (4.24%) gave birth in non-health facilities either at their own homes or at the dukun's house. Based on the selection of delivery attendants, the majority of pregnant women chose health professionals as birth attendants as many as 633 respondents (99.37%) which were distributed by doctors 45.53%, midwives 33.91%, village midwives 19.94%, no one helped 0.31%, posyandu cadres and others each 0.16%. Conclusion: In Indonesia, most deliveries are carried out in health facilities and assisted by health personnel, so a strategy is needed to increase the coverage of deliveries by health personnel through traditional birth attendants and health workers partners, health promotion and policies that are oriented towards increasing access to health services
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