Analysis of Healthy Housing and TB Prevalence in Yogyakarta City

Abstract

Environmental health is one of the determinants factors toward the public health status. Transmission of tuberculosis (TB) is influenced by environmental factors. Based on previous TB data in local study, it shows that urban areas (urban) have a high case rate. Therefore, this study aims to reveal the disparity of urban TB sufferers, especially in the city of Yogyakarta based on indicators of the physical environment of the house from the coverage of healthy households. The method of study used is quantitative descriptive analysis of secondary data. The data used were the physical environment of the house which is obtained from healthy housing data and TB prevalence data in Yogyakarta City. The secondary data spread over 18 Public Health Center Unit Kota Yogyakarta. The data collected include healthy housing data and BTA (+) cases data in the study scope using total sampling technique. Results: Based on the trend analysis, it was found that there was a significant trend in data. The higher percentage of non-healthy housing coverage wasassociated in line with the higher the TB prevalence rate. It can be concluded that the physical environment factor of the house as an indicator of a healthy housing is closely related to the incidence of TB in Yogyakarta City. Environmental quality studies need to be carried out for comprehensive TB disease control towards elimination (End TB 2030) which is in line with national programs and SDGs goals.

Health Index for Tuberculosis Patients on Family Ability Based on Self-Care

“…The home environment as a residence for tuberculosis patients plays a role in the health index. 10,11 Furthermore, it can be used as an effort to prevent transmission to other family members. 12,13 It also helps in healing as planned or worsens the patient's condition.…”

Drug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis

“…A case-control research in Pamekasan Regency found that a healthy housing condition can reduce the incidence of pulmonary TB up to 35 times (Wahyudi et al, 2018). Other researches have also assessed the relationship between the occupants' density, ventilation, air temperature, humidity, and the incidence of pulmonary TB disease (Marbun, 2022;Musfirah et al, 2022;Siregar et al, 2022;Syamsuddin et al, 2020). Sutomo (2013) found that dense residential areas, inadequate ventilation, inappropriate air temperature, and the absence of natural lighting in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan housing increase the risk of developing pulmonary TB up to 2.2 times, 14.44 times, 13.14 times, and 17.54 times, respectively.…”

The relationship between the physical home environment and the event of tuberculosis

“…The internal environment is a state of mental processes in the individual's body (in the form of experience, emotional abilities, and personality) and procedures that trigger biological stressors (cells and molecules) from within the individual's body. The external environment can be in the form of physical, chemical, or pathological conditions or factors that are accepted by the individual and perceived as a threat [12][13][14].…”

“…Environmental health includes all physical, chemical, and biological factors affecting health [12]. Several factors become the risk of tuberculosis, one of which is the physical environment of the house, such as ventilation area, occupancy density, light intensity, type of house floor humidity, and temperature [13,14].…”