Pengaruh penerapan program Sanitasi Total Berbasis Masyarakat (STBM) dengan kejadian diare di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Darul Imarah

Abstract

Background: Sanitation is a dominant environmental health problem. Poor environmental conditions make contracting diseases such as diarrhea and infectious diseases easier. The problem in this study was how to evaluate the implementation of the community-based total sanitation program with the incidence of diarrhea in the working area of the Darul Imarah Health Center.Objectives: This study aimed to determine the effect of community-based total sanitation program pillar 1 (Stop BABS) on the incidence of diarrhea.Methods: This type of research is descriptive research with a cross-sectional study design. The sample in this study was the total population of 32 villages in the working area of the Darul Imarah health center. This study was conducted in February 2022. Primary and secondary data were collected. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and documentation studies at the Darul Ilmarah Health Center Data Section. The data collected included data on STBM programs in all villages, open defecation data, and open Defecation Free) data. Data analysis was performed descriptively to compare this study.Results: Most of the residents who have private permanent healthy latrines built their sanitation facilities before the StBM program was first introduced by the government and puskesmas sanitation officers. The types of latrines used varied, with the average resident using a gooseneck squatting latrine and a gooseneck sitting latrine, most of which were equipped with a sanitary final disposal site for feces, namely a septic tank.Conclusion: Implementing the first pillar of the STBM program or stopping defecation in the working area of the Darul Imarah Health Center has not yet reached the 100% target, and no village has reached ODF conditions. In addition, the incidence of diarrhea has increased from 2020 to 2021.