Clean and Healthy Living Behavior Factors That Influence Environmental-Based Diseases in Lampung Province, Indonesia: A SEM-DWLS Analysis

Abstract

This research aims to determine the factors of clean and healthy living behavior that influence environmental-based diseases in Lampung Province, Indonesia using structural equations with the Weighted Least Square diagonal estimation method. Data were collected from students living in all districts in Lampung Province, Indonesia (n = 8524). Our findings show that environmental-based diseases are influenced by the clean and healthy living behavior of students in Lampung Province, Indonesia. The cleaner and healthier a society is, the smaller the incidence of environmental-based diseases in the community. Factors such as the use of clean water, the habit of washing hands, the use of clean water in latrines and the habit of not smoking, can reduce the number of people suffering from environmental-based diseases by 31%, 4%, 12%, 16%, respectively.