Indonesia still bears a significant public health problem of stunting among under-5 (U-5) children. Environmental factors have been demonstrated to be associated with stunting as indirect causes. However, the extent to which the environmental factors determine the stunting burden in rural Indonesia is stil underexplored. Hence, this study investigates environmental factors that determine stunting among U-5 children in the rural areas of Indonesia. We employed data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey 2014/2015 (IFLS5) and selected a sample size of 2,571 children under five years of age residing in rural areas. We performed a multivariable logistic regression analysis and estimated the “population attributable fraction” (PAF) of drinking water, sanitation, and garbage collection on stunting. The results suggest that unimproved drinking water source and improper garbage collection correspond with higher odds of child stunting. Inadequate sanitation facility, however, was not found to be significantly influencing the odds of stunting. Moreover, household wealth is protective of risk of stunting. Furthermore, the PAF analysis demonstrated that 21.58% of the stunting burden among U-5 children residing in rural areas are preventable by providing access to an improved drinking water source and better household solid waste management to prevent repeated infections.

Abstract.Provision of basic water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in health-care facilities is gaining increased attention, given growing acceptance of its importance to the maternal and newborn quality of care agenda and the universal health coverage framework. Adopting and contextualizing an emerging World Health Organization/United Nations Children’s Fund Joint Program Monitoring service ladder approach to national data collected in 2010/2011, we estimated the national coverage of primary health centers (PHCs) (N = 8,831), auxiliary PHCs (N = 22,853), village health posts (N = 28,692), and village maternity clinics (N = 14,396) with basic WASH services in Indonesia as part of a Sustainable Development Goal baseline assessment. One quarter of PHCs did not have access to a combination of basic water and sanitation (WatSan) services (23.6%) with significant regional variation (10.6–59.8%), whereas more than two-third of PHCs (72.0%) lacked handwashing facility with soap in all three locations (general consulting room, immunization room, and delivery room). More than a half of the three lower health service level facility types lacked basic WatSan services. National health facility monitoring systems need to be urgently strengthened for tracking the progress and addressing gaps in basic WASH services in health facilities in Indonesia.

Antenatal care (ANC) is a prevention healthcare for maternal health and their babies. In order to fulfill the needs of them, an accessible health facility that provides ANC with qualified services for the community is needed. This study aims to determine the utilization of maternal health services as preparation for safe delivery. Analysis of this study used the data from National Health Indicator Survey (Sirkesnas) 2016 and Village Potential Census (Podes) 2014. The analysis technique was multivariable logistic regression. The results showed that the use of qualified ANC tended to be used by mothers who were examined by midwives in health centers, highly educated mothers, those who were living in moderate and good neighborhoods, not living in slums (social environment) and residing in Java-Bali region. It can be concluded that midwives and location of ANC provided important role to improve the utilization of ANC services as an ideal preparation for safe delivery.

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AbstrakAsma merupakan penyakit kronis yang dapat mengganggu kualitas hidup.Hingga saat ini, jumlah penderita asma semakin meningkat termasuk diIndonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi faktor-faktor yang berhubungan dengan kejadian asma dan pencetus asma pada anak usia 6 - 14 tahun di Indonesia. Metode penelitian adalah desain potong lintang dengan menggunakan data Riset Kesehatan Dasar tahun 2013 di 33 provinsi di Indonesia. Variabel bebas adalah karakteristik responden, faktor lingkungan, dan perilaku merokok anak dan orangtua. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa jenis kelamin laki-laki, kondisi sosial ekonomi rendah, riwayat asma pada orangtua, anak yang merokok atau pernah merokok, dan orangtua yang merokok atau pernah merokok adalah faktor risiko yang berhubungan secara signifikan dengan tinggi kejadian asma pada anak (nilai p < 0,05). Sedangkan variabel yang tidak berhubungan secara bermakna (nilai p > 0,05) adalah usia, kepadatan hunian, bahan bakar memasak, penerangan dalam rumah, dan penanganan sampah. Lima pencetus utama asma pada anak adalah udara dingin, flu dan infeksi, kelelahan, debu, dan asap rokok. Oleh karena itu, orangtua harus mendorong anak untuk bergaya hidup sehat agar anak terhindar dari serangan asma.AbstractAsthma is a chronic disease that can disrupt quality of life. Up to now, thenumber of asthma is more increasing including in Indonesia. This studyaimed to identify factors related to the incidence and triggers of asthmaamong 6 - 14 year-old children in Indonesia. Method of study was cross sectional design using 2013 Basic Health Research data in 33 provinces over Indonesia. Independent variables were characteristics of respondents, environmental factors and smoking behavior of children and parents.Theanalysis result showed that male sex, low socio-economic status, parentalasthma record, children and parental smoking were the risk factors significantly related to the increasing prevalence of asthma incidence among children (p value < 0.05). Meanwhile, age, housing density, cooking fuel, home lighting and waste handling were the other variables significantly not related (p value > 0.05). Five potential triggers of asthma in children are cold weather, flu and infections, fatigue, dust and tobacco smoke. Therefore, parents should encourage their children to get a healthy lifestyle in order to prevent them from asthma attack.