Kaitan Antara Pemanfaatan Jamban Dan Pemanfaatan Air Dengan Angka Kejadian Diare Di Desa Kracak Kecamatan Ajibarang Kabupaten Banyumas

Abstract

Diarrhea is a bowel movement in which the stool is liquid or semi-liquid, in which  its  water  content  is  more  than  200  ml/24  hours.  Health  center  1  in Ajibarang with  2.440  incidence cases of  diarrhea is a  health  center  with  the highest cases of diarrhea in Banyumas. Several factors which can affect the incidence of diarrhea include the latrines and water utilization.

The  purpose  of  this  study is  to  determine  the  relationship  between  the utilization of latrines and water with the incidence of diarrhea in the Village of Kracak Ajibarang in 2013. The number of samples were 72 respondents, 36 patients suffered from diarrhea and 36 didn’t. The design of this study was explanatory research with case-control approach.  The  analysis  of  the  data  used  univariate,  bivariate  analyzes  (Chi Square), and multivariate analysis.

The results show that Diarrhea sofferers in the village of Kracak who used clean latrines were 20 respondents (55.56%), and those who used clean water and didn’t suffer from diarrhea were 25 respondents (69.44%). From the relationship test, the p value of latrines utilization variable is 0.056 > 0.05, and p value of water  utilization  is    0.250  >  0.05.  It  indicates  that  there  is  no  significant relationship between the utilization of latrines and the utilization of water with the incidence rate of diarrhea in the Village of Kracak, Ajibarang 2012, the utilization of latrines has its significant value sig. = 0.813 > 0.05, and the utilization of water has its significant value sig. = 0.617 > 0.05. In conclusion there is no association between the utilization of latrines and the  utilization  of  water  with  the  incidence  rate  of  diarrhea  in  the  Village  of Kracak, Ajibarang.

Key Words   : Diarrhea, water, latrines