PENGARUH FAKTOR LINGKUNGAN FISIK RUMAH TERHADAP KEJADIAN KUSTA ANAK DI KABUPATEN PASURUAN

Abstract

Pasuruan Regency is one of  leprosy endemic area in East Java Region. The number of new cases of leprosy
tends to decrease every year. Among the new cases of leprosy in Pasuruan Regency, there are childhood leprosy
cases. Childhood leprosy is every leprosy cases that affected children between the age of 0-14. The existence of
new leprosy cases in children indicates that there’s still active leprosy infection in certain places. The objective of
this study is to analyze the effect of Physical Environment of Housing toward Childhood Leprosy in Pasuruan
Regency. This study is an analytical observational study using case-control design. The number of each case and
control sample are 16, so the number of all samples are 32. The independent variables of this study are the area
of children’s bedroom ventilation, walls material, floors material, children’s bedroom light exposure, children’s
bedroom density, and children’s bedroom humidity. The dependent variable of this study is the incidence of
childhood leprosy in Pasuruan Regency between the age of 0-14. All data are acquired by observing and
measuring the respondent’s houses. The analysis of the influence of independent variables to dependent variable
is using binomial logistic regression. The result of logistic regression shows that childhood leprosy in Pasuruan
Regency are determined by the area of children’s bedroom ventilation
Keywords:
childhood leprosy, physical environment of housing, density, ventilation