Advancing Health Quality for Students in Islamic Boarding Schools through Enhanced Hygiene Practices in Depok and Banten, Indonesia

One of the group life problems faced by students in Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia is a lack of cleanliness. Health problems in Islamic boarding schools are an essential public health problem. Diseases that often occur in boarding schools are hives, scabies, shortness of breath, fever, fainting, common cold, gastritis, toothache, diarrhea, menstrual pain, and urinary tract infections. This study aims to determine the factors influencing students’ hygiene practices in combined Islamic boarding schools (salafiyah-ashriyah) in urban and rural areas. The type of this research was sequential explanatory, with a cross-sectional design or research prevalence. The research approach was based on the Precede-Proceed model in Health Promotion Planning and Health Education. This study combined two personal hygiene perspectives in general and, according to Islam, involving 97 respondents. Data were collected through interviews and filling out questionnaires, then analysed using the Chi-square test. The results showed that health program support at boarding schools’ health posts affected the practice of personal hygiene and the incidence of infectious diseases. This study proves that the behaviour of students’ hygiene in urban and rural Islamic boarding schools is influenced by the health services available in Islamic boarding schools.