The relationship between environmental sanitation and helminthes disease on primary school children in terminal disposal waste area.

Helminthes is one of public health problem in Indonesia with a prevalence of 45%. Worms is incident to the entry of worm eggs and infects the human intestine that is generally referred to as soil- transmitted helminthes (STH). Helminthes disease generally more common in toddlers and children of primary school age caused more activity related to land, that the incidence of intestinal worm is closely related to environmental sanitation. Terminal disposal waste area is an area that risk to helminthes due to unhealthy environmental sanitation. This cross sectional study wants to analyze relationship between environmental sanitation and helminthes in 52 primary students as sample. Primary data consist of environmental sanitation and helminthes status. The result showed that 51.9% primary student have not eligible environmental sanitation such as not all of student have latrine in their home, 46.2% source of clean water come from wells that is not qualify to healthy. Helminthes prevalence in primary student is 17.3%.

There is no significant relationship between environmental sanitation and helminthes status.