Sanitation and Hygiene in Early Childhood Development

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10.2991/978-2-38476-301-6_20How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Home Environment Sanitation; Personal Hygiene; Preschool-Age Children

Abstract

Improper sanitary conditions become a breeding ground for infectious diseases that will affect the physical development of preschool-age children. Maintaining proper sanitation in the home environment, balanced with optimal personal hygiene practices, is essential to improving family welfare and supporting children’s development. This study analyzes the relationship between sanitation in the home environment and personal hygiene in preschool children, which can affect childhood development. The research method is a quantitative correlation. The population is all mothers who live in RW 01 Kegiren and RW 02 Syechmagelung Cirebon City, totalling 1335. The number of respondents is 98 housewives with children 3-6 years old using a purposive sampling technique. The instruments used were the Environmental Cleanliness Clutter Scale (ECCS) and the A Scale for Measuring Hygiene. The results showed a positive and significant relationship between home environmental sanitation and personal hygiene of preschoolers by 9%; other factors influenced the remaining 91%. These results indicate that if the sanitation of the home environment is in the clean and healthy category, the personal hygiene of preschoolers is in the clean category so that they can optimize their growth and development. Applying sanitation and hygiene in early childhood can improve cognitive, language, and physical/motor development.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Prastiti Laras Nugraheni
AU  - Vania Zulfa
AU  - Afriyani Rahmawati
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/11/25
TI  - Sanitation and Hygiene in Early Childhood Development
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Learning Innovation and Quality Education (ICLIQE 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 200
EP  - 209
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-301-6_20
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-301-6_20
ID  - Nugraheni2024
ER  -