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[Assessment of precautionary measures against COVID-19 in Indonesian workplaces ]]>
<![CDATA[Muhammad Ricky Pratama]]>;
<![CDATA[Agung Supriyadi]]>;
<![CDATA[Nurhalina Sari]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 10, No 2: June 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v10i2.20663
<![CDATA[As the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic spread across Indonesia, the precautionary measures have been taken by nearly all stakeholders, including industries and employers. The purpose of this study is to assess the measures took against COVID-19 pandemic in the workplaces across the country. This research involved participants from 103 different companies using a questionnaire adapted from Better Work Indonesia (BWI), occupational safety and health association (OSHA) and centers for disease control and prevention (CDC) COVID-19 guidelines. The data analysis conducted with descriptive statistics that resulted with the following key findings. Indonesian companies have taken precautionary measures against COVID-19 at their workplace. Most aspects of COVID-19 preventive measures: policy and procedure, operational aspect, health and safety, and external activities have been observed by the vast majority of the subjects. This study found that among 30 COVID-19 programs, the emergency exercise at work was the only one that had not been conducted by more than half of respondents. As the number of active cases still growing at the time this study conducted, all precautionary measures against COVID-19 shall be carried out with consistency by the company management).]]>
<![CDATA[Nurse competence in implementing public health care ]]>
<![CDATA[Suprapto Suprapto]]>;
<![CDATA[Trimaya Cahya Mulat]]>;
<![CDATA[Nur Syamsi Norma Lalla]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 10, No 2: June 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v10i2.20711
<![CDATA[Health development is a way of increasing awareness, willingness and ability to live healthy for everyone so that an optimal degree of public health can be achieved. The purpose of knowing how the relationship between nurse competence and community health care activities. This study employed quantitative approach and correlation analysis. The population was nurses who work at public health center in Makassar City, Indonesia, however there were 118 nurses who meet the criteria in their selection. There were relationships between attitudes, skills, and competencies with the level of implementation of community health services and that there is an interaction between competence and training. The results of the competency analysis obtained an OR value of 6.429, meaning that public health center nurses who have good competence have a chance of 6.429 times to carry out community health care activities optimally. Most dominant with the implementation of public health care is the interaction between competence and training. The competence of nurses need to be improved in order to optimize the implementation of community health services through training, coaching through assigned teams, and collaborating with peers and providing support in the form of policies for rewards and sanctions such as nurse career paths.]]>
<![CDATA[Risk factors of leptospirosis incidence in agricultural area ]]>
<![CDATA[Mitoriana Porusia]]>;
<![CDATA[Annisa Fauziah Dwi Andari]]>;
<![CDATA[Windi Wulandari]]>;
<![CDATA[Duangruedee Chotklang]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 10, No 3: September 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v10i3.20858
<![CDATA[The rate of leptospirosis incidence in Boyolali regency, Indonesia, during 2017 was high and showing an increasing trend. According to Boyolali District Health Office the number of leptospirosis cases in 2017 was 34 cases. Factors related to leptospirosis in the agriculture area should be understood well to take the right measurements for leptospirosis control in a typical agricultural area. Several risk factors, such as personal hygiene, environmental sanitation, wound presence, occupation, are the factors of leptospirosis infection. This study aimed to determine the risk factors associated with the leptospirosis incidence in Boyolali regency, Indonesia. This research used an observational method with a case-control design. The total number of case sample was 33 people, and the control sample were 99 people (ratio 1:3) with matched by a living area. Data collection were carried out with interviews using a questionnaire to respondents related to personal hygiene, environmental sanitation, wound presence and work as a farmer. The data were tested using logistic regression. Most of the case respondents work as a farmer and worker. The results showed that the risk factors associated with leptospirosis incidence were a wound presence (OR:17.014;95% CI:5.487-52.761) and worked as a farmer (OR:5,186; 95%CI:1.682-15.989). Unrelated variables were bad personal hygiene (95%CI:0.647-7.885) and environmental sanitation (95%CI:0.793-8.773). The dominant risk factor that causes Leptospirosis was wound presences and occupation as a farmer. Therefore people who work mostly touch the water like farmers must cover any wound on feet and keep personal and environmental sanitation to prevent infection.]]>
<![CDATA[Perceptions dynamics about antiretroviral treatment among HIV patients in Bali ]]>
<![CDATA[Anak Agung Sagung Sawitri]]>;
<![CDATA[I Nyoman Sutarsa]]>;
<![CDATA[Tuti Parwati Merati]]>;
<![CDATA[Made Bakta]]>;
<![CDATA[Dewa Nyoman Wirawan]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 10, No 3: September 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v10i3.20917
<![CDATA[Perceptions of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLHIV) about antiretroviral treatment (ART) is crucial for improving adherence. This study aims to examine the dynamics of perceptions during the early phase of ART. A longitudinal study involving newly diagnosed PLHIV was conducted. Interviews were carried out at the time of HIV diagnosis and at three months after ART initiation. Data were analyzed by comparing proportion of good perception across the continuum of HIV diagnosis, ART initiation and threemonths follow-up, and were tested using Chi-square. From 170 PLHIV participated in the study, 81.76% had initiated ART and 73.4% remained on ART at three-months of follow-up. Several positive perception items were significantly decreased: ability to take ART at work and ability to continue treatment if experiencing side effects, effectiveness of ART, confidentiality, unwanted disclosure, and level of support from outreach workers. Ability to follow instruction from physician was significantly increased, and negative attitudes toward ART were decreased across the continuum. Adherence to ART is a continuous process, and is influenced by the dynamics perceptions among PLHIV. Understanding these dynamics is crucial to formulate strategies that can promote and maintain positive attitudes toward ART as well as living with HIV more broadly.]]>
<![CDATA[Impact of home quarantine due to COVID-19 among Bangladeshi population ]]>
<![CDATA[S. M. Mustofa Kamal]]>;
<![CDATA[Md. Feroz Kabir]]>;
<![CDATA[Mohammad Habibur Rahman]]>;
<![CDATA[Jalal Uddin]]>;
<![CDATA[Md. Sujon Hosen]]>;
<![CDATA[Shahida Sultana Shumi]]>;
<![CDATA[Md. Ahnaf Al Mukit]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 10, No 1: March 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v10i1.20628
<![CDATA[COVID-19 is an emergency public health issue and home quarantine can prevent the transmission. Quarantine restricts the people’s mobility and it has a silent impact on physical, psychological and economical aspect. The purpose was to explore the impact of home quarantine among the general population in Bangladesh. This was a descriptive type of cross sectional survey with 600 samples from different district of Bangladesh by convenient sampling with a structured and language validated questionnaire. The results indicate the huge impact of home quarantine. Among 600 participants, 71.7% (n=430) showed impact on their psychological health, 48.5% (n=291) physical health and 82.5% (n=495) on their economy. Study showed strong association between gender and psychological impact (p<0.01) and very strong association between living area and their psychological impact (p<0.00).There has also very strong association between their occupation and impact on their economy (p<0.00). Home quarantine has a progressive negative impact on the individual’s psychological health, physical health and their economy. Individual’s gender, living area and occupations are strongly associated with those negative impacts due to home quarantine. Supporting agency should take initiative to mitigate this all negative impacts of home quarantine and need to develop protocol for maintaining for health during quarantine time.]]>
<![CDATA[Exploring the use of films/dramas in giving awareness towards mental illness in society ]]>
<![CDATA[Nor Mazlina Ghazali]]>;
<![CDATA[Edris Aden]]>;
<![CDATA[Azzahrah Anuar]]>;
<![CDATA[Fatahyah Yahya]]>;
<![CDATA[Anis Natasha Zulkifli]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 10, No 3: September 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v10i3.20967
<![CDATA[This study was exploring the use of films/dramas in giving awareness towards mental illness among society. Objective of this study was to explore the use of films in giving awareness on mental illness to the community. The study used qualitative research design. There were 11 participants of this study which consisted of three stages of human development (adolescent, early and late adulthood). They also come from varies background such as different work setting, age, occupation as well as level of education. The varies background among participants were provided different answers of questions. The method of data collection was an interview with semi-structured questions. Analysis of data using Thematic Analysis. Findings showed few themes have been found from the interview such as personality of participants that lead them to watch this type of films/dramas, effect after they watched this type of films/dramas, perception of participants towards mental illness films/dramas, learning process and suggestion to improve this type of films/dramas in Malaysia. The implication of this study, participants gaining more awareness on mental illness after watching type of films/dramas. They also found this genre of films/dramas enable to educate them to be open with people who suffer from mental illness. In conclusion, future researcher can explore the effect of watching mental illness genre films/dramas towards self-development among society.]]>
<![CDATA[Environmental sanitation factors as prevalence support of soil transmitted helminths ]]>
<![CDATA[Edy Sapada]]>;
<![CDATA[Wita Asmalinda]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 10, No 4: December 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v10i4.20966
<![CDATA[The prevalence of soil transmitted helminths (STH) is closely related to the defecation facilities for rural communities, such as: the habit of defecating openly on the ground, in gardens and using open latrines in rivers. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of environmental sanitation risk factors on the prevalence of STH infection. This study was included in an analytical epidemiological study at two locations, using a cross sectional study as the research design. The location were Sri Kembang Village, Bukit Village, which is included in Betung District, Banyuasin Regency, and South Sumatra, Indonesia for 30 days. There were 252 students as the research sample. Data analysis showed that the prevalence of T. trichiura was higher in Sri Kembang State Primary School Number 1 with mild to very severe infection degrees. The intensity of A. lumbricoides infection in Bukit State Primary School Number 1 got a higher prevalence than Sri Kembang. Open defecation, gardens or open latrines, and types of houses with dirt floors indicate environmental sanitation factors that are sufficient to support the prevalence of STH. For further research, it is recommended to examine socio-economic risk factors.]]>
<![CDATA[Psychological impact among health workers in effort to facing the COVID-19 in Indonesia ]]>
<![CDATA[Dede Nasrullah]]>;
<![CDATA[Muhammad Natsir]]>;
<![CDATA[Retno Twistiandayani]]>;
<![CDATA[Lilis Rohayani]]>;
<![CDATA[Siswanto Siswanto]]>;
<![CDATA[Ni Made Sumartyawati]]>;
<![CDATA[Uswatun Hasanah]]>;
<![CDATA[Ade Herman Surya Direja]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 10, No 1: March 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v10i1.20524
<![CDATA[The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Indonesia has a psychological impact among health workers who are working in hospital and caring for patients with positive COVID-19. This study aimed to examines the psychological impact among health workers in effort to facing the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in Indonesia. Snowball sampling technique was employed to gather the sample in the eight islands. The health workers were responded to the depression anxiety stress scales (DASS-42) questionnaire, with the total of 644 respondents. The results of this study showed that about 65.8% of respondents experienced anxiety due to COVID-19 outbreak, There were 3.3% experienced extremely severe anxiety and 33.1% experienced mild anxiety. Whereas those experienced stress due to COVID-19 outbreak were 55%, extremely severe stress levels were 0.8% and mild stress were 34.5%. Health workers who experienced depression were 23.5%. There were 0.5% with very severe depression and mild depression was 11.2%. There is a closed correlation between anxiety (r=0.152 p=0.000), stress (r=0.086 p=0.029), and depression (r=0.111 p=0.005), to the worried of being alienated if infected coronavirus (COVID-19). The Indonesian government has to handle the anxiety, stress and depression that occurs in health workers in particular and can provide protection to medical personnel so that they do not feel alienated by those around them.]]>
<![CDATA[Modification of Calgary Cambridge for Indonesian medical students: Communication guidelines ]]>
<![CDATA[Galih Cahya Wijayanti]]>;
<![CDATA[Rizma Adlia Syakurah]]>;
<![CDATA[Mariatul Fadilah]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 10, No 2: June 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v10i2.20612
<![CDATA[Effective communication skill applied by doctors in the doctor-patient consultation process becomes one of important factors that can improve the consultation outcomes such as patient satisfaction, adherence to treatment and recovery process. However, effective doctor-patient communication is rarely applied in practice. Limited consultation time, patient overload, doctor burnout, and poor communication skills are among the factors that cause ineffective doctor-patient communication process. This study aimed to develop a new effective communication guideline for doctor-patient communication in Indonesia by modifying the Calgary Cambridge medical interview guide. This study uses qualitative approach within four stages: expert panel, student panel and focus group discussion, expert review, and trials. Informants were chosen purposively. Three points of high category, 24 points of middle category and 44 points of low category are resulted from expert panel stage which consists of specialist representatives from 12 clinical divisions in Dr. Moehammad Hoesin central public hospital (RSMH), Palembang, South Sumatera, Indonesia. The high and middle category were discussed by two groups of internships doctors in RSMH in student panel and focus group discussion (FGD) session. The results were validated by a doctor-patient communication expert (expert reviewer) and then tested by the internship doctors through role play at the trial stage. The final result yields eight main points and eleven effective tips of the Calgary Cambridge Guide checklist modification with five to six minutes effective consultation time. This modified guideline is appropriately applicable for doctor-patient communication in daily consultation in Indonesian practical, social and cultural context.]]>
<![CDATA[The health beliefs of patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus who use herbs as a complement to self-care ]]>
<![CDATA[Anita Joeliantina]]>;
<![CDATA[Hepta Nur Anugrahini]]>;
<![CDATA[Jujuk Proboningsih]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 10, No 2: June 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v10i2.20729
<![CDATA[Diabetes mellitus type 2 patients who have a tendency to use herbs, are based on the patient's health belief that herbal medicine is a natural ingredient that has efficacy and is safe. This study aimed to explore health beliefs as predictors of herbal use as a complement to diabetes self-care. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 230 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who had been clinically diagnosed, received medical treatment and used herbs. The data was collected using a questionnaire at seven community health centers (Puskesmas) in Surabaya City. Data analysis using Partial Least Square. The indicator of health belief variables has a loading factor value>0.5: perceived vulnerability and severity (0.820), perceived benefits (0.739), perceived barriers (0.822), sense of self-efficacy (0.695). Health beliefs have a significant effect on the use of herbs as a complement to diabetes self-care, the value of T>1.97 (T>10.07). Health beliefs consisting of perceived vulnerability and severity, perceived benefits, perceived inhibition, and perceived self-efficacy were strong predictors associated with the use of herbs as a complement to diabetes self-care. Nurses as part of health workers must pay attention to patient health beliefs in providing education to patients.]]>
