Stay Home Management on Improving Health Status of Children Tubercolusis Patients in Banjarbaru City

Tuberculosis (TB) in the world continues to increase, Indonesia ranks 4th after India (2.0 million-2.5 million), China (0.9 million-1.1 million), South Africa (0.40 million-0.6 million) and Indonesia at 0.4 million-0.5 million cases, 155-222 cases/100,000 population/year (WHO, 2012). The prevalence of childhood TB in Indonesia in 2011 was reported to be 8.8% of the total TB cases and 2-16% at the provincial level (WHO, 2012). Child TB case data from Public Health Officeis 8.8% of 3,153 cases, the incidence of TB in South Kalimantan Province is 241 cases/year. Data on child TB in South Kalimantan Province from 2009-2011 found as many as 28 cases with AFB + age 0-14 years. In 2014 and 2015, the proportion of pediatric TB patients found in Banjarbaru City was 10.84% and 8.5% compared to all TB patients.

Housing Health is a matter that must be considered to reduce the risk of TB cases in children because it involves the characteristics of the conditions of the home environment that affect the degree of public health. This study was an intervention study with a cross sectional approach. The study population was children with TB who were recorded and reported to the TB program responsible/executor of the Banjarbaru City Health Office. The sample of this study were all children with TB in the Health care in the Banjarbaru City area in January-December 2018. The results showed that there was no significant correlation between the health of the home environment in the incidence of pulmonary TB in Banjarbaru City children (p-value = 0.883) and there was no significant relationship between houses to increase the health status of children with tuberculosis in Banjarbaru (p-value = 0.419).