Factors Associated with Development among Children in Flood-Prone Areas in Indonesia

Abstract

Abstract. Flood disasters caused losses and impacted disaster areas. The study aimed to examine the relationship between the economic factors, environmental sanitation, nutritional and psychological development among children in flood-prone regions of Gayaman Mojokerto Village. The samples were children who selected using the purposive sampling technique from flood-prone areas. Data were analyzed using the rho spearmen test. The statistical test showed the positive relationship between psychology, closeness, and child psychology of children with child development (p-value<0.05). Statistical tests on environmental sanitation on child development showed a positive correlation (p-value <0.05). Another factor showed no relationship between the family's economy with child development (p-value> 0.05). Statistical test on the nutritional status with child development is p-value 0.019 closeness value of 0.232, meaning that there is a nutritional status with child development. In conclusion, the findings explained that children's development was associated with psychological, environmental sanitation, and children's nutritional status. Good nutritional status among childhood would affect subsequent child development.