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.
Background: One area with high rates of positive sputum in West Muna district, high TB patients is in the Wuna Community Health Center work area. Positive smear pulmonary TB sufferers in 2015 recorded 25 positive cases, in 2016 as many as 41 positive cases, whereas in 2017 there was an increase from the previous year which was 45 positive cases. Objective: To find out the distribution of cases tuberculosis with positive sputum from 2015 to 2017, then to be related to population density. Methods: This type of research is observational with spatio temporal modeling, based on geographic information systems. Results: There has been a shift in the pattern of positive pulmonary tuberculosis pulmonary TB sufferers from 2015 to 2017. TB cases in Maperaha, Nihi, Bungkolo villages have been concentrated in the same area for three years, as well as Waulai Village during 2016 and 2017. In Wuna Village. In 2015 and 2016 cases of tuberculosis were still concentrated around the same area, but differed in 2017, the concentration of cases shifted to the west. Conclusion: Cases of tuberculosis with positive sputum in the working area of Wuna Health Center from 2015-2017 have increased.
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: The clean water obtained by most of the people of Kolaka Regency comes from groundwater which is easily polluted and most of the feces storage facilities owned are plunge type, this type is not impermeable so that it allows soil contamination by feces, it can even reach the water source used. Daily. Likewise, the community-owned wastewater disposal system, in terms of construction, is still at risk of polluting the surrounding environment. Therefore the study aimed to determine the level of risk of household wastewater contaminating the surrounding environment. Methods: This type of research is a quantitative research with a geographic information system approach. Data was collected by survey method using questionnaires and observation sheets. The sample in this study was 5,400. Results: On the safety variable of the feces storage tank, 11 sub-districts are included in the very high risk category, namely Iwomendaa, Samaturu, Latambaga, Kolaka Wundulako, Baula Pomalaa, Tanggetada, Polinggona, Watubangga and Toari sub-districts, 1 sub-district is included in the high risk category, namely Wolo sub-district. as well as on the pollution variable due to the contents of the feces storage tank, but there are sub-districts experiencing risk changes in this variable, namely the Wolo sub-district is at very high risk while the Tanggetada sub-district is at high risk. In the variable of pollution due to the wastewater disposal system, the medium risk category is 3 sub-districts namely Wolo, Pomalaa, Polinggona, high risk 6 sub-districts namely Samaturu, Latambaga, Wundulako, Baula, Watubangga and Toari, very high risk 3 sub-districts namely Iwomendaa, Kolaka and Tanggetada sub-districts. Conclusion: Kolaka District 91.67% of sub-districts have a high risk of pollution due to the safety of the feces collection tank and the contents of the feces collection tank, while the pollution caused by the wastewater disposal system is 50% including the high level of risk.
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