A Study on The Healthy Rental-Housing for College Students According to World Health Organization: Evidence from Surabaya City in Indonesia

Ardiani Putri Rahayu; Sharilla Aryananti Abidin; Afifah Faradilla Islami; M. Syafiq Hazlan Ruslan; Kiki Adi Kurnia

doi:10.14710/jphtcr.v4i3.10816

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14710/jphtcr.v4i3.10816

A Study on The Healthy Rental-Housing for College Students According to World Health Organization: Evidence from Surabaya City in Indonesia

Ardiani Putri Rahayu¹ , Sharilla Aryananti Abidin², Afifah Faradilla Islami², M. Syafiq Hazlan Ruslan³, Kiki Adi Kurnia⁴

¹Departement of Marine, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia

²Department of Marine, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia

³Fakulti Kejuruteraan Kimia, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam Selangor, Malaysia

⁴ Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia

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Received: 12 Apr 2021; Published: 30 Dec 2021.

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@article{JPHTCR10816,
    author = {Ardiani Rahayu and Sharilla Aryananti Abidin and Afifah Faradilla Islami and M. Syafiq Hazlan Ruslan and Kiki Adi Kurnia},
    title = {A Study on The Healthy Rental-Housing for College Students According to World Health Organization: Evidence from Surabaya City in Indonesia},
    journal = {Journal of Public Health for Tropical and Coastal Region},
  volume = {4},
    number = {3},
    year = {2021},
    keywords = {Healthy housing quality; rental-housing; evaluation indicator},
    abstract = {  Introduction: Many college students live far from their parents to study to get a better higher education, so they occupy a rental-housing. However,many rental-housings do not meet the health standards according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Therefore, this study aiming at evaluating the rental-housing quality used by college students in Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia .    Methods :This type of research is an observational study conducted with a descriptive observational design. The sample in this study was 52 college students who originated from outside Surabaya and currently living in the rental-housing in Mulyorejo, Surabaya, Indonesia.   Results :The results present observational data from 52 student respondents who live in boarding houses including the overview of boarding houses condition, ventilation and air circulation condition, trash management, clean water and wastewater management, and toilet condition.   Conclusion : Under the circumstance, this study was conducted to assess healthy rental-housing quality for college students, using the WHO's evaluation indicators. While some college students could afford to stay in proper and healthy rental-housing, some of them still suffer from lousy ventilation, the absence of clean water, and terrible trash management. },
   issn = {2597-4378},   pages = {125--131}  doi = {10.14710/jphtcr.v4i3.10816},
    url = {https://ejournal2.undip.ac.id/index.php/jphtr/article/view/10816}
}

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Introduction:Many college students live far from their parents to study to get a better higher education, so they occupy a rental-housing. However,many rental-housings do not meet the health standards according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Therefore, this study aiming at evaluating the rental-housing quality used by college students in Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia.

Methods:This type of research is an observational study conducted with a descriptive observational design. The sample in this study was 52 college students who originated from outside Surabaya and currently living in the rental-housing in Mulyorejo, Surabaya, Indonesia.

Results:The results present observational data from 52 student respondents who live in boarding houses including the overview of boarding houses condition, ventilation and air circulation condition, trash management, clean water and wastewater management, and toilet condition.

Conclusion: Under the circumstance, this study was conducted to assess healthy rental-housing quality for college students, using the WHO's evaluation indicators. While some college students could afford to stay in proper and healthy rental-housing, some of them still suffer from lousy ventilation, the absence of clean water, and terrible trash management.

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Keywords: Healthy housing quality; rental-housing; evaluation indicator

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