| Abstract |
In recent years, stunting has remained a nutritional issue for toddlers. Tuban Regency is one
of three regencies with a high rate of open defecation, at 5.18 percent. The goal of this study was to analyze
the relationship between water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and stunting in children aged 0 to 59 months
at Merakurak Health Center in Tuban Regency. The study used quantitative with an analytical observational
research design with a cross-sectional approach. The sample size is 56 mothers, and the sample was collected
using a total sampling technique. The dependent variable was stunting in toddlers aged 0 to 59 months and
WASH. A questionnaire was utilised as the instrument. The chi-square test is used for descriptive and
inferential analysis. the findings revealed no significant association between drinking water source variables
(p=0.39) or physical quality of drinking water (p=0.93) and stunting in toddlers. Meanwhile, there was a
significant association between toddler stunting and latrine ownership (p=0.024) and hand-washing behaviours
(p=0.048). Poor hand-washing practises and the provision of training courses that do not fulfil the standards
are acts that are closely tied to infectious diseases, such as diarrhoea. Types of healthy latrines and Clean and
Healthy Life Behavior, specifically the practise of washing hands with soap after defecation, after throwing
away children's excrement, before feeding children, and after eating, would help to shorten the disease
transmission chain. |
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