Healthy Home Assesment Using Healthy Home Environmental Health Inspection Form

Abstract

Home hygiene and sanitation are associated with health problems such as respiratory disorders, cardiovascular disease, infections, and mental health. A healthy home assessment needs to identify home variables that have met hygiene and sanitation requirements. This study was a descriptive cross-sectional design. Families of Diponegoro University Undergraduate Nutrition Study Program students became subjects in this study.  The respondent chose a total sampling technique (121 respondents). The healthy house assessment uses the Healthy Home Environmental Health Inspection form, which includes three parts: I. House components, II. home sanitation, and III. Occupant behavior. The data were processed and analyzed descriptively. Instrument validity analysis uses the Spearman Rho correlation test, while the reliability analysis uses the Cronbach value. Most of the subject's houses were included in the healthy house category (88.9%) both from the aspect of the house components, house sanitation, and occupant behavior. The aspects which the achievement < 80% and needs improvement are ventilation, kitchen smoke holes, sewage, waterproof and closed waste disposal facilities, opening bedroom windows everyday behavior, and opening family room windows every day. Most of the aspects in this home environmental health inspection assessment form (sections 1, 2, and 3) have met the element of validity (p<0.05). The range of values for Cronbach's sections 1-3 is 0.584; 0.644; and 0.638. Most of the subject's houses belong to the category of healthy homes, but some aspects still need to be optimized. Further studies are needed to analyze factors related to healthy home assessment.