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[Delphi study to develop maternal depression training materials for cadres ]]>
<![CDATA[Endang Retno Surjaningrum]]>;
<![CDATA[Tino Leonardi]]>;
<![CDATA[Fitri Andriani]]>;
<![CDATA[Tiara Diah Sosialita]]>;
<![CDATA[Bani Bacan Hacantya Yudanagara]]>;
<![CDATA[Husnul Mujahadah]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 2: June 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i2.22465
<![CDATA[This study aimed to obtain themes and constructs to develop modules and training curricula for cadres for the detection of depression in pregnant and breastfeeding mothers in Surabaya, Indonesia. The Delphi method through three stages was applied: i) searching for academic and non-academic references; ii) compiling themes and constructs based on the findings of the first phase and distributing them to expert panel; and iii) concluding a consensus according to the guidelines. The panel approved two training objectives, five training materials, six training methods, two training time, two training duration, two training evaluation method, and six trainer qualifications. The findings can be the basis for developing modules and curricula to detect maternal depression in pregnant and breastfeeding women for cadres in Indonesia.]]>
<![CDATA[Attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccine in Spain: correlational and configurational analyses ]]>
<![CDATA[Jorge de Andrés-Sánchez]]>;
<![CDATA[Mario Arias-Oliva]]>;
<![CDATA[Jorge Pelegrin-Borondo]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 2: June 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i2.22414
<![CDATA[This study explains attitude towards vaccination against COVID-19. It evaluates four cognitive, affective and normative (CAN) factors: fear of COVID-19 (FCOVID), fear of the vaccine (FVACC), efficacy (EFFICACY), and social influence (SOCINF) and three sociodemographic variables: gender, age, and income level. Ordered logistic regression showed a significant positive influence of FCOVID, EFFICACY and SOCINF and a negative impact of FVACC and income level (INCOME). Configurational analysis allowed observing that all evaluated factors are relevant for explaining the attitude towards vaccination and that the sign of the relationship in configurations between CAN factors and attitude is positive for FCOVID, EFFICACY and SOCINF and negative for FVACC. These variables symmetrically impact on willingness and unwillingness to use the vaccine. INCOME and regarding gender (GENDER) impact asymmetrically to induce acceptance and resistance to vaccination. The results in our paper have clear practical implications. Correlational analysis discovers the average strength of assessed factors on vaccine acceptation and so identifying the most relevant variables. On the other hand, configurational analysis identifies how factors combine to shape profiles of persons with willingness and unwillingness to get vaccinated. These last profiles are of special concern for health policy-makers since their resistance diminishes the effectivity of collective vaccination.]]>
<![CDATA[Determinants and barriers of prehospital emergency medical services utilization among general critical emergency patients in Thailand ]]>
<![CDATA[Songsak Poomsaidorn]]>;
<![CDATA[Kittipong Sornlom]]>;
<![CDATA[Wongsa Laohasiriwong]]>;
<![CDATA[Roshan Kumar Mahato]]>;
<![CDATA[Nikom Thanomsieng]]>;
<![CDATA[Chatree Charoencheewakul]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 2: June 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i2.22319
<![CDATA[This cross-sectional study identified the determinants and barriers of pre- hospital emergency medical services (EMS) utilization among general critical emergency patients in Thailand, using the data of general critical emergency patients (red zone) from the information technology for emergency medical system (ITEMS) of the National Emergency Medical Service Institute. The sample of 889 critical emergency patients was selected through multistage random sampling method. Data were analyzed by multiple logistic regression. The findings indicated that 41.51% of general critical emergency patients used EMS through the EMS rescue hotline system of the National Institute of Emergency Medicine in which most of them were diabetic patients (24.75%). The determinants relating to EMS utilization of general critical emergency patients consisted of level of knowledge on EMS system (AdjOR: 5.77; 95%CI: 2.8-11.87), confidence in the safety of service utilization (AdjOR: 5.04; 95%CI: 3.65-6.98), recognition in service and severity of illness (AdjOR: 3.22; 95%CI: 2.17-4.76), service adequacy (AdjOR: 1.92; 95%CI: 1.41-2.63), educational background (AdjOR:1.69; 95%CI: 1.13-2.53), and service satisfaction (AdjOR: 1.14; 95%CI: 1.07-1.21). Nearly half of the people were utilizing the EMS services in Thailand. However, required level of knowledge on EMS, confidence on safety on service utilization, service adequacy as well as patient’s educational background had tremendous role on the proper utilization of EMS.]]>
<![CDATA[SARS-CoV-2 transmission among healthcare workers and related potential stigma during COVID-19 pandemic ]]>
<![CDATA[Solikhah Solikhah]]>;
<![CDATA[Ratu Matahari]]>;
<![CDATA[Dwi Sarwani Sri Rejeki]]>;
<![CDATA[Fitri Arofiati]]>;
<![CDATA[Farah Nurul Yanis Syarifa]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 2: June 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i2.22680
<![CDATA[A limited number of studies are available on COVID-19 patients by disease cluster. We aimed to evaluate the healthcare cluster and stigmatization during the COVID-19 outbreak in Batam, Indonesia. A qualitative study using an empirical phenomenological approach and in-depth interviews with content and thematic analysis was conducted. The informants admitted that they were infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SAR-CoV-2) virus due to non-compliance to COVID-19 protocols, such as removing masks and talking face to face during breaks in meetings held in poor-ventilated rooms. A social stigma was experienced by these healthcare workers because people tended to keep their distance and ostracized them because they were afraid of COVID-19. Healthcare workers tend to be stigmatized and ostracized by the community. A clinical guideline and public health policy should be established by involving community leaders to minimize the psychological pressure experienced by healthcare workers. The results of this study can help policy makers to improve risk management standards in controlling the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in health center to create publich health trust in eliminating COVID-19.]]>
<![CDATA[Body weight training intervention towards weight loss of adolescent with obesity problem during COVID-19 pandemic ]]>
<![CDATA[Nourmayansa Vidya Anggraini]]>;
<![CDATA[Diah Ratnawati]]>;
<![CDATA[Ritanti Ritanti]]>;
<![CDATA[Mustika Widiyastuti]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 2: June 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i2.22370
<![CDATA[The COVID-19 pandemic has brought attention to the rising issue of sedentary behavior, which can lead to obesity. Obesity affects individuals of all ages, including children, adults, and the elderly. Obesity can have negative effects on adolescent body image. Several interventions, such as body weight training, have been shown to help obese adolescents lose weight. This paper proposes an investigation into the effectiveness of body weight training interventions as implemented by community nurses for weight loss in obese adolescents. The intervention involved three sessions per week over the course of four weeks and was administered to several obese adolescents. The results indicated that there was a weight loss of 3.7 kg for the first participant and 3.8 kg for the second participant over the four-week period. Statistical analysis using a paired t-test showed a p-value less than 0.005, indicating a significant effect of the body weight training intervention on weight loss in obese adolescents. It is hoped that community nurses can utilize body weight training as a useful intervention in helping obese adolescents achieve a healthy weight.]]>
<![CDATA[Factors related to family’s ability to care for schizophrenic patients ]]>
<![CDATA[Dwi Indah Iswanti]]>;
<![CDATA[Nursalam Nursalam]]>;
<![CDATA[Rizky Fitryasari]]>;
<![CDATA[Fery Agusman Motuho Mendrofa]]>;
<![CDATA[Kandar Kandar]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 2: June 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i2.22635
<![CDATA[Schizophrenic patients in family members makes the family helpless and unable to care for them. Patient, family, social environment, and health service factors can affect the family's ability to care for schizophrenic patients. The aims of this study are to analyze factor predictors of the family's ability to care for schizophrenic patients. This study used a correlational study design. The sample of this study is 135 schizophrenic families in the outpatient clinic of Dr. Amino Gondohutomo Regional Psychiatric Hospital with purposive sampling. The instruments in this study are the questionnaire which developed and modified from the experience caregiving instrument (ECI), inner resource scale (SAS-I), mental health inventory (MHI), Berkeley Expressivity Questionnaire, Barthel Index, caregiving tasks in caring for an adult with mental illness scale (CTiCAMIS). Data were analyzed using a multiple regression test. The result shows the family's ability to care for schizophrenic patients predicted by the variables of family resources (p-value=0.019) and social support (p-value=0.0.32). Family resources as the strongest predictor of the family's ability to care for schizophrenic patients (B=0.242). It is necessary to develop integrated family empowerment interventions that increase and activate the family's inner resources.]]>
<![CDATA[Detection and prediction of monkey pox disease by enhanced convolutional neural network approach ]]>
<![CDATA[Shaik Mazhar Hussain]]>;
<![CDATA[Syed Ghouse]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 2: June 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i2.22310
<![CDATA[Monkeypox is an infectious viral disease affecting both humans and animals. All symptoms are accompanied by a fever, swollen lymph nodes, and a rash that blisters before crusting. The interval between exposure and the development of symptoms is 5 to 21 days. Typically, symptoms last between two and four weeks. Although it is unknown to what degree it can happen without any signs. It has been found that not all outbreaks display the typical symptoms of fever, aches in the muscles, enlarged glands, and lesions appearing simultaneously. Cases may be severe, especially in children, pregnant women, or people with compromised immune systems. The problem can be detected and monitored at the early stages using some engineering solutions. Therefore, there is a necessity to develop accurate machine learning models for accurate interpretation before applying them in clinical trials. Hence, the proposed work has developed a model to diagnose monkey pox at the best accurate levels for accurate interpretation. The proposed enhanced convolutional neural network model is compared with the exisiting approaches. The obtained results were compared and indicate the superiority of the proposed algorithm.]]>
<![CDATA[Eating behaviors related to nutritional status among adolescents: a cross-sectional study ]]>
<![CDATA[Eka Oktavianto]]>;
<![CDATA[I Made Moh. Yanuar Saifudin]]>;
<![CDATA[Suryati Suryati]]>;
<![CDATA[Supriyadi Supriyadi]]>;
<![CDATA[Niken Setyaningrum]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 2: June 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i2.22854
<![CDATA[Adolescents are still prone to the issues of under and overeating. Eating behaviors are one factor that affects adolescents' nutritional status. This study aimed to look at the relationship between adolescents' eating behaviors and nutritional status. The cross-sectional study was conducted between September and November 2022. The self-evaluation instruments were completed by one hundred seventy-two individuals. Spearman-rank correlation analyses were performed. The findings showed that 84 (48.8%) adolescents had normal nutritional status, compared to 73 (42.4%) adolescents who engaged in low-risk eating. Nutritional status and eating behaviors were substantially associated (r=0.41, p=0.03). This research shows that individuals with bad eating behaviors have a greater risk of experiencing nutritional disorders. This study has certain limitations, such as the sample's composition of adolescents from a particular Yogyakarta area, which restricts the applicability of our findings to other communities. A longitudinal study is required to ascertain the cause-effect relationship between eating behavior and nutritional status. Accordingly, the cooperation of various parties is needed to increase adolescent knowledge about the importance of optimal nutrition during the growth period and understanding related to a healthy diet. It is hoped that there will be further research on other factors that influence the nutritional status of adolescents.]]>
<![CDATA[Central obesity, obesity, and physical activity among university staffs ]]>
<![CDATA[Harikrishnan Ranganathan]]>;
<![CDATA[Manjit Kaur Khaira]]>;
<![CDATA[Raja Lexshimi Raja Gopal]]>;
<![CDATA[Abid Hussain Bhat]]>;
<![CDATA[Nabilah Ahmad]]>;
<![CDATA[Siti Esah Bahari]]>;
<![CDATA[Dina Adam]]>;
<![CDATA[Kamalambal Harikrishnan]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 2: June 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i2.21249
<![CDATA[Waist circumference (WC) is considered as a superior indicator to predict central obesity and its related comorbidities. Limited studies were conducted to infer central obesity using WC among university staffs. A cross-sectional study through the convenience sampling method was employed using the short form international physical activity questionnaire, anthropometric measurements, and WC measurement to infer a level of physical activity, body mass index (BMI), and central obesity. Seventy staff from three private universities in Malaysia participated in this study. There is a high prevalence (78.6%) of central obesity among the participants irrespective of their age. Majority of the participants fall under the overweight (37.1%) and obese (21.4%) category of BMI 48.6% reported to be involved in low level of physical activity. No difference in prevalence of central obesity based on age, gender, and level of physical activity. There is a moderately strong correlation between BMI and WC. In this study notably a high prevalence of central obesity in participants with underweight and desirable weight category of BMI was reported, which synergizes the concept of including WC measurement in health promotion activities. Appropriate multi- component and multi-level interventions can be considered to this population to prevent/combat obesity.]]>
<![CDATA[Predicting cardiovascular disease using different blood pressure guidelines ]]>
<![CDATA[Christopher M. Bopp]]>;
<![CDATA[William Briggs]]>;
<![CDATA[Catherine Orlando]]>;
<![CDATA[Raed Seetan]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 2: June 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i2.22188
<![CDATA[The criteria used to categorize patients as either hypertensive or normotensive were changed in 2017 by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC). The updated guidelines lowered the criteria by which individuals are classified as hypertensive; systolic blood pressure (SBP) cut-off from ≥140 mmHg to ≥130 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure from ≥90 mmHg to ≥80 mmHg. The purpose of this study was to investigate what effect these changes in diagnostic criteria had on the ability of supervised learning to predict cardiovascular disease. Three models were developed and tested. Two models using a binned hypertension measure based on either the AHA/ACC new released guidelines or the Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC7) original guidelines. The third model used SBP as a continuous variable. Data from 68,657 patients was processed through decision tree algorithm to determine which model offered the best accuracy. For both female and male subjects, the model with SBP returned the best area under the receiver operator characteristic curve and overall better sensitivity and specificity values. Our results showed that changing the criteria by which individuals are classified as hypertensive or normotensive negatively impacted the ability of decision tree to predict cardiovascular disease in both females and males.]]>
