International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS)
International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes material on all aspects of public health science. This IJPHS provides the ideal platform for the discussion of more sophisticated public health research and practice for authors and readers world wide. The priorities are originality and excellence. The journal welcomes high-impact articles on emerging public health science that covers (but not limited) to epidemiology, biostatistics, nutrition, family health, infectious diseases, health services research, gerontology, child health, adolescent health, behavioral medicine, rural health, chronic diseases, health promotion, evaluation and intervention, public health policy and management, health economics, occupational health and environmental health.
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<![CDATA[The Determinants and Subsequent Effect of Self-Rated Health Status on Survival among Elderly Americans ]]>
<![CDATA[Guangming Han]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 3, No 2: June 2014 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v3i2.4677
<![CDATA[The main aim of this study is to explore the patterns, determinants and subsequent mortality prediction of change in self-rated health in the elderly American population. To achieve this purpose, we constructed logistic regression models and Cox proportional hazard regression models with the complex survey dataset from the National Second Longitudinal Study of Aging (LSOA II) to calculate the odds ratios (OR)/ hazard ratios (HR) and confidence intervals (CI) of risk factors. Our results show that chronic disease condition and difficulty in daily activities are the main reasons for change in self-rated health status. Furthermore, change in self-rated health has significant impact on survival function in the elderly populations. When change in self-rated health status was considered, self-rated health was a stronger and more flexible predictor of mortality for elderly populations. These findings will provide important information to establish effective strategies for prolonging lifespan by improving self-rated health status for elderly populations.]]>
<![CDATA[A literature review of complementary and alternative medicine used among diabetes mellitus patients ]]>
<![CDATA[Anita Joeliantina]]>;
<![CDATA[Oedojo Soedirham]]>;
<![CDATA[Mangestuti Agil]]>;
<![CDATA[M. Bagus Qomaruddin]]>;
<![CDATA[Kusnanto Kusnanto]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 8, No 2: June 2019 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v8i2.16537
<![CDATA[Diabetes is a chronic disease that requires regular and sustainable health management that involves proper treatment. Some diabetic patients use CAM, as well as conventional medicine, to maintain their health and control their blood sugar. This literature review aimed to 1) determine the prevalence of CAM used by patients with diabetes, summarize and evaluate the CAM use that includes: characteristics, patterns, types and reasons, 2) propose a conceptual model associated with CAM used by patients with diabetes. Systematic reviews were searched using an electronic database. The systematic reviews were published between 2005 and 2015 by using specific keywords. The number of systematic reviews obtained as a search result is 14 articles from 14 countries. The prevalence of CAM used by patients with diabetes ranged from 16.6% to 76%. Determinants associated with the CAM use were age, gender, family income, occupation, residence, and the characteristics of the disease, such as the length of time since diagnosed and complications. Most patients used CAM, along with the conventional treatment, and did not inform health professionals about the CAM use. The CAM use by patients with diabetes was relatively high and the confidence of patients believed the benefits of CAM. Therefore, integration with health professionals to develop CAM management is highly required.]]>
<![CDATA[Ethnicity, Obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes of Adults in Urban Populations of Central America ]]>
<![CDATA[William G Wuenstel]]>;
<![CDATA[James A. Johnson]]>;
<![CDATA[James Humphries]]>;
<![CDATA[Cheryl Samuel]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 6, No 1: March 2017 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v6i1.6529
<![CDATA[The purpose of this meta-analysis was to examine the impact of ethnicity and obesity as it relates to Type-2 Diabetes (T2D) in specific Central American countries. A meta-analysis was conducted to determine the association of ethnicity, obesity, and T2D. Four studies that qualified for inclusion were identified by searching MEDLINE and PubMed databases. The studies on the association of ethnicity and T2D had a combined population resulted in 265,858 study participants. Two studies on the association of obesity and T2D had 197,899 participants. An analysis of the data was conducted utilizing the relative risk ration, odds ratio, and forest plots. The comparison of the relative risk of T2D across ethnic categories by studies range for Blacks was 1.59 to 2.74, Asians was 1.43 to 2.08, and Hispanics .92 to 2.91. The ethnic difference in the prevalence of diabetes was almost two-fold higher in all ethnic groups than among the Caucasians with a significance level of 95%. A comparison of relative risk of T2D across weight categories was significantly higher among those with a diagnosed of diabetes in all reported areas. The odds ratio was very close to the risk ratio in both ethnicity and obesity to the development of T2D.The meta-analysis findings documented that an association does exist between ethnicity and obesity to the development of type 2 diabetes.]]>
<![CDATA[Risk Factors of Low Vision in Children ]]>
<![CDATA[Tiur Dianawati]]>;
<![CDATA[Liena Sofiana]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 4, No 2: June 2015 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v4i2.4720
<![CDATA[Low vision and blindness is a vision disorder that becomes an important issue with regard to a person's independence. According to data owned by the World Health Organization in 2011, the number of blind people in the world reached 39 million, 246 million for low vision and 285 million for blindness. The purpose of this study was to know the incidence of risk factors in children with low vision in Low Vision Service Center Pertuni Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This study was an observational analytic study employed cross sectional design. The subject participated in this study was 139 children. Data were analyzed using correlation analysis. The instrument used was check list. There were relationships between the sex with low vision (p = 0.028, RR = 1.308), there was no relationship between regular eye checkup with low vision incidence (p = 0.801, RR = 1.054). There was relationship between the use of vision aids with low vision (p = 0.000, RR = 0.640), there was a relationship between the cataract with low vision (p = 0.000, RR = 1.472), there was a correlation between the refractive disorderwith low vision (p = 0.000, RR = 0.625).There should be an awareness of health behaviours in the use of vision aids as needed and balanced diet with sufficient physical activity and regular.]]>
<![CDATA[Implications of physicians and nurses’ professional satisfaction on patient care ]]>
<![CDATA[Wilson Kipkirui Aruasa]]>;
<![CDATA[Linus Kipkorir Chirchir]]>;
<![CDATA[Stanley Kulei Chebon]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 8, No 3: September 2019 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v8i3.20238
<![CDATA[The patient outcomes of a health organization depend on the knowledge, skills and motivation of its individual employees. Therefore, it is important for health care employers to motivate their workers in order to meet the desired outcomes. It is widely acknowledged that health workers who are motivated facilitate the desired patient outcomes. This illustrates how the levels of physicians’ and nurses’ professional satisfaction influences the health care outcomes for patients based on a study of the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH). Descriptive quantitative research design was used. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire issued to a stratified group of 82 Physicians and 220 Nurses. All the completed questionnaires were entered into IBM SPSS 21.0 statistical software and data analysed for descriptive statistics. The results were presented in tables and figures. The study was powered to 95% confidence interval. With regards to effects of general practitioners’ and nurses’ work satisfaction on patient services, the study revealed that work associated with the respondents’ position allows contributions to be made to the hospital, the profession and to own sense of achievement. Furthermore, the study findings showed that praise received for work well done translates to improved job productivity and that the medicine/nursing practice allows autonomous professional decisions to be made which in turn promotes high levels of clinical competence. Based on these findings, the study concludes that health care practitioners’ work satisfaction has implications on patient care.]]>
<![CDATA[Hippocampal Brain Derived Neurothropic Factor Levels in Response to Anaerobic Physical Exercises ]]>
<![CDATA[Mohammad Zulkarnain]]>;
<![CDATA[Rostika Flora]]>;
<![CDATA[Juliastuti Juliastuti]]>;
<![CDATA[Anita Apriany]]>;
<![CDATA[Dewi Pujiana]]>;
<![CDATA[Septi Andrianti]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 6, No 2: June 2017 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v6i2.6643
<![CDATA[Anaerobic physical exercise does not only improve body fitness, but it also increases cognitive functions. The increase of cognitive functions is mediated by the increase of Brain Derived Neurothropic Factor (BDNF) level. Several studies revealed that anaerobic physical exercise can increase the BDNF level inhippocampal tissues. However, it is still questionable whether or notthe frequency of exercise influences the production of BDNF inhippocampal tissues. This study was to find out the BDNF mean level inhippocampal tissue of Wistarrats which were treated with anaerobic physical exercises conducted in different frequencies.This study used post test only control groupdesign. The research subject was 28 rats of Rattusnorvegicus strain wistar divided into 4 groups; 1 control group and 3 treatment groups (one-time, three-time, and five times a week treatment). The anaerobic physical exercise used animal treadmill running in the speed of 35m/min for 20 minutes at four-minute intervals. The mean levels of BDNF were increased in all treatment groups compared with control group (151.588 vs 57.059). The highest mean level of hippocampal tissue BDNF was found in the treatment group of three times a week (177.701). There was a significant difference in BDNF mean levels of Wistar rat brain tissues among the treatment groups.]]>
<![CDATA[Comparison of career decision difficulties between nursing freshmen and interns ]]>
<![CDATA[Ni Putu Wulan Purnama Sari]]>;
<![CDATA[Made Mahaguna Putra]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 8, No 3: September 2019 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v8i3.20281
<![CDATA[Career selection is one of the most important decisions an individual makes in his life. High career expectation could result in career decision difficulties. This study aimed to compare and analyze the career decision difficulties between nursing freshmen and interns. This cross-sectional study involved 110 and 66 nursing freshmen and interns respectively (n=176) in two private nursing colleges. Career decision difficulties questionnaire was used in data collection. Descriptive statistic and independent sample t test were used in data analysis (α<.05). Results showed that most respondents experienced moderate difficulties in both groups. Overall, there was no significant difference of career decision difficulty found between groups (p=.057), but indecisiveness, dysfunctional myths, lack of knowledge about the process of career decision making, lack of information, lack of information about occupations, lack of information about ways of obtaining additional information, and internal conflicts were significantly different between groups (all p<α). Career decision difficulties occur similarly both in nursing freshmen and interns.]]>
<![CDATA[The Effectiveness of Counseling through Vasectomy Module in North Kolaka, Indonesia ]]>
<![CDATA[Askrening Askrening]]>;
<![CDATA[Hendra Yulita]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 6, No 3: September 2017 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v6i3.7614
<![CDATA[The main problem faced nowadays is the low participation of men in terms of implementation of the Family Planning Program. The figures for family planning in Indonesia only demonstrate a high rate on contraception use in women not in men. The Strategy to improve knowledge by promotion activities of family planning of men with a variety of media and forms are expected to increase knowledge. This study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of media modules to improve knowledge and attitudes and also analyze the factors that lead to low participation of family planning in North Kolaka. This study used Mixed Method design which combines qualitative and quantitative method. The research was conducted in North Kolaka in July and August 2016. The population of this study was all of husbands who classified as a couple reproductive ages in North Kolaka with the total of 19,819 people. Samples were divided into two groups: the experimental group given counseling through modules about vasectomy were 124 people and the control group given counseling without a module were 126 people.The module is more effective to improving knowledge and attitudes than counseling without module. The most reason for rejection vasectomy was they want to have children, fear of surgery and religious issues. Health promotion through modules must be expanded and improved by the district government of North Kolaka. Implementing promotion programs shouldnt involve religious leaders.]]>
<![CDATA[Students’ Perception on Interprofessional Education ]]>
<![CDATA[Salmah Orbayinah]]>;
<![CDATA[Laksmi Putri Utami]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 4, No 4: December 2015 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v4i4.4747
<![CDATA[Unawareness of the roles and competencies of other health professions has led to many medical and medication errors in the treatment of patients in the hospital. It is considered important to give Interprofessional Education (IPE) to students at pre-clinic and clinical stage in order to have a good understanding about roles of other health professionas. IPE is an interprofessional collaborative learning to support promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and other approches related to health aspect. Perception is among the most important and highly needed skill in the implementation of IPE. This research aimed to determine the effect of IPE learning toward the perception among the students in Faculty of Medicine and Health Science of Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (FMHS UMY). This is an observational study adopting a cross sectional design. The sample of students was collected through purposive sampling technique. A number of 94 students met the inclusion criteria, comprised of 21 students of Medical Profession Education, 25 of Dentistry Profession Education, 25 of Nursing Profession Education and 21 Undergraduate students of Pharmacy. Samples were given questionnaire of Interdiciplinary Education Perception Scale. Comparative test was done by Kruskall-Wallis test. From 94 students of FMHS, 75.5% had good perception toward IPE. No significant differences appeared in perception (p=0.285) among the students of FMHS UMY. The Interprofessional Education (IPE) had significant effects toward the perception among the students of FMHS UMY.]]>
<![CDATA[Availability of Adequately Iodized Salt at Household Level and Associated Factors in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia ]]>
<![CDATA[Anteneh Berhane Yaye]]>;
<![CDATA[Negga Baraki]]>;
<![CDATA[Birhanu Seyum Endale]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 5, No 4: December 2016 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v5i4.4841
<![CDATA[In Ethiopia, Iodine Deficiency Disorder has been recognized as a serious public health problem for the past six decades. In 2011, an estimated 12 million school-age children were living with inadequate iodine, and 66 million people were at risk of iodine deficiency. One out of every 1000 people is a cretin mentally handicapped, due to a congenital thyroid deficiency, and about 50000 prenatal deaths are occurring annually due to iodine deficiency disorders. Only 5.7% of the households were using iodized salt in Dire Dawa city Administration, which is below the legal requirement.This study assessed availability of adequately iodized salt at household level and associated factors in Dire Dawa town, East Ethiopia. Community based cross-sectional study was carried out among households in Dire Dawa town during March 16-26, 2015. Multistage sampling technique was used. Data were collected using a pretested and structured questionnaire by a face-to-face interview technique. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed to check associations and control confounding. A total of 694 participants were participated. The availability of adequately iodized salt (≥15 parts per million) in the study area was 7.5% (95% CI; 5.6-9.5). Multivariate result showed that health information about iodized salt (AOR=8.96, 95% CI; 4.68-17.16) (p=0.03), good knowledge about iodized salt (AOR=9.23, 95% CI; 3.34-25.5) (p=0.01) and using packed salt (AOR=3.99, 95% CI; 1.48-10.73) (p=0.006) were associated with availability of adequately iodized salt at household level. Availability of adequately iodized salt at household level was very low. Hence, households should be sensitized about importance of iodized salt and its proper handling at the household level.]]>
