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Abstract

Acute respiratory infections, together with malnutrition anddiarrheal disease, constitute the most common cause of illness anddeath among children under five years age in developing countries.

Acute respiratory infection also become s the major health problem inIndonesia. Host, environmental andsociocultural -related variablesmay act independently or in concert with other variables to influencethe incidence and severity of acute respiratory infection. Poor housingconditions are associated with a wide rangeof healt h condition,including respiratory infection.The aim of this article was to compare the result of relationship between housing sanitation and acute respiratoryinfection studies in three different areas,inPenjaringan Sari RungkutDistrict, Surabaya (Yusuf, 2004), in Sidomulyo village Buduran district, Sidoarjo (Suryanto. 2003) and in Tual Village Kei Kecil district,Southeast Maluku (Toanubun, 2003).Thehousing variables include dventilation, dampness, people density in house, natural lighting and temperature. Natural lighting subvariable also gave significantdifference in two areas, Sidomulyo and Penjaringan Sari.All of these studies had the same result in ventilation variable and people density. Ventilation and people density were significanlyt associated with acute respiratory infenction (Chi square, p <0.05).Dampness variable had significant difference between Tual area andPenjaringan Sari, while in Sidomulyo there was no significantdifference.Housing sanitation is important determinant i n health,especially in acute respiratory infection among children under fiveyears old. Improving housingsanitation is needed to reduce infectiousdisease.Keywords: acute respiratory infection, children under five year s old,housing sanitation