Gambaran Perilaku Hidup Bersih dan Sehat pada Masyarakat Desa Kota Datar Kecamatan Hamparan Perak Kabupaten Deli Serdang

Abstract

PHBS (Clean and Healthy Living Behavior) is an effort to empower family members to be aware of, willing to, and able to do PHBS or to maintain and increase their health, to prevent the risk of being affected by diseases, to protect against it, and to be active in any health movements. This research uses a descriptive quantitative method with observational analytic and cross sectional approaches. The results of the research show that all family members (100%) give birth with the assistance of healthcare providers, 60.6% of them breastfeed with exclusive ASI (breast milk), 89.9% of them weigh their babies, 100% of them use clean water, 26.6% of them wash their hands with clean water and soap, 90.8% of them use healthy latrines, 100% of them combat larvae, 63.3% of them consume fruit and vegetables every day, 100% of them do physical activities every day, and 64.2% of them do not smoke. It is recommended that family members are aware of the importance of PHBS, especially about cigarettes. It is also suggested that every family understand the danger of smoking and the related parties provide information about the danger of smoking.