Personal and domestic hygiene and its relationship to the incidence of diarrhoea in south Sumatera.
The association of risk factors and diarrhoeal disease incidence among children less than 3 years of age in District Rambutan, South Sumatera, was investigated by a 20-week case-control study of 48 households with a high incidence of diarrhoeal diseases and 111 households with low incidence. Among sociodemographic characteristics, television ownership had a significant negative association with diarrhoeal disease incidence (odds ratio [OR] 3.22). The hygiene behaviour significantly associated with diarrhoeal diseases were: disposing of children's faeces in open places rather than in a latrine (OR > 10.47); bathing children in rivers rather than at wells (OR 2.88); children eating with their hands rather than with spoons (OR 5.6); household members defecating in open places rather than a latrine (OR 2.56); house without sewage system (OR 6.98). To control diarrhoeal disease in the study area, we suggest targeting three groups of behaviour for modification: those related to a) faeces disposal, b) sanitary drainage, and c) handwashing with soap and using spoons for eating.
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Diarrhoeal Diseases Research and Study Group, School of Medicine, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia.
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D002654:Child Care; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005243:Feces; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D015994:Incidence; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012307:Risk Factors; D014881:Water Supply