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Timorese Journal of Public Health
ISSN : -     EISSN : 26854457     DOI : https://doi.org/10.35508/tjph
Core Subject : Health, Social,
Timorese Journal of Public Health is a public health journal that covers discipline and practice related to preventive and promotive measures to improve the degree of public health through various scientific approaches. The focus of this journal covers fields and scope such as biostatistics, epidemiology, health education, and promotion, health policy and administration, environmental health, public health nutrition, reproductive health, and occupational health and safety. Publication mechanism through peer-review anonymously by expert colleagues appointed by the editor. Articles published in this journal can be in the form of original articles or review articles.
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Factors Affecting The Use of Contraceptives in Women of Childbearing Age in Wemeda Village Lado, Bonavantura Lama; Ndoen, Honey Ivone; Sahdan, Mustakim
Timorese Journal of Public Health Vol 3 No 4 (2021): Timorese Journal of Public Health
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35508/tjph.v2i4.5179

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Contraceptive use is one of the variables that affect fertility. In using contraceptives, women need to consider several factors including the degree of health status, the emergence of side effects of failure or pregnancy that is not expected by each partner's consent, environmental and family cultural values. as many as 98 people but in 2020 experienced a decrease of 64 people. The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors that influence the use of contraception in women aged fertile soil in Wemeda village, East Malacca district, Malacca district. This type of research is an analytic survey with a cross sectional research design. The population in this study was 310 WUS and the sample was 74 WUS using simple random sampling technique. The research location was in Wemeda village, East Malaka District, Malacca district in April - December 2020. The results showed that the factors related to the use of contraceptives were: age (p-value = 0.005), level of knowledge (p-value = 0.009). family income (p-value = 0.023), husband's support (p-value = 0.015), and number of children (p-value 0.021), while factors that do not have a relationship with the use of contraceptives include education (p-value = 0.774). , support for health workers (p-value= 0.493), and distance to health facilities (p-value= 0.347).
Factors Related to Incidence of Malnutrition in Toddler at The Tena Teke Health Center Pandak, Regina Soli; Talahatu, Anna; Limbu, Ribka
Timorese Journal of Public Health Vol 3 No 4 (2021): Timorese Journal of Public Health
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35508/tjph.v3i2.6085

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Malnutrition is a condition where nutritional intake is insufficient to meet metabolic needs, with nutritional status based on body weight index for age (BB/U<-3SD). Malnutrition has a negative impact on physical and mental growth, reduces body resistance, intelligence and even causes disability and increases morbidity and mortality. This study used a case-control research design with a ratio of 1:1. The sample used was 50 selected by simple random sampling consisting of 25 cases and 25 controls. Analysis of the data used is a simple logistic regression analysis using statistical tests with a significance level of = 0.05. Mother's education showed a value (p = 0.002 OR value 0.107), mother's knowledge (p = 0.001 OR value 0.091) toddler eating habits consisted of main meals (p = 0.025 OR 0.259), breakfast (p = 0.045 OR 0.219), snacks (p=0.013, OR 0.291), family food availability (p=0.002, OR 576.000), and a history of infectious diseases (p=0.005, OR 22.154). From the results of the research, some respondents showed that there was a significant relationship between poor nutrition and maternal education, knowledge of maternal health nutrition, eating habits of children under five, availability of family food and infectious diseases. This is indicated by the results of a simple logistic regression analysis. Mothers must also take advantage of existing health services and pay attention to the nutritional intake of toddlers to prevent malnutrition.
Personal Hygiene of Sonaf Maneka Catholic Orphanage in Kupang City Faykusa, Delince; Sahdan, Mustakim; Landi, Soleman
Timorese Journal of Public Health Vol 4 No 1 (2022): Timorese Journal of Public Health
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35508/tjph.v4i1.6088

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Personal hygiene is an effort made to maintain cleanliness and health of oneself both physically and mentally. Individual hygiene includes bathing behavior, dress behavior, hand washing behavior, dental and mouth care behavior, and hair care behavior. Kupang City in 2018, skin tanners were included in the top 10 diseases with the number of cases 9,562 (5.5%). The purpose of the study is to know the picture of personal hygiene consisting of: habits of bathing, washing hands, cutting nails, caring for teeth and mouth, caring for hair and changing clothes. This type of descriptive research with suvey methods is conducted from April to May 2021. The population is 117 people. Sampling using purpossiv sampling technique so that the sample is 49 people. Catholic Orphanage in Kupang City with good criteria of 85.71%, the habit of changing clothes 63.26% with good criteria, Hand washing The results showed that of 49 respondents who studied the bathing habits of pre-adolescents and adolescents at Sonaf Maneka habits 89.80% with good criteria, nail cutting habits 79.60% with good criteria, ability to care for teeth and mouth 48.98% with sufficient criteria, and the habit of caring for hair 93.87% with good criteria. This research can be concluded that the personal picture of hygiene in Sonaf Maneka Catholic Orphanage in Kupang City in 2021 is good.
Factors Related to Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour with Scabies Incidence at Kuanfatu Health Center Alunpah, Marchelino; Salmun, Johny A.R; Purnawan, Sigit
Timorese Journal of Public Health Vol 4 No 1 (2022): Timorese Journal of Public Health
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35508/tjph.v4i1.6208

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Scabies is a skin disease caused by Sarcoptes Scabiei Var hominis. In Indonesia, scabies is called kudis, gudik, or buduk, anyone who comes into contact with S. Scabiei can be infested with scabies. Scabies is a disease that is always included in the 10 most common diseases in the work area of ​​the Kuanfatu Health Center from 2018 to 2020. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between the knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of people aged over 10 years with the incidence of scabies in the work area of ​​the Kuanfatu Health Center 2021. Research design uses analytical survey with the case-control method. The case population in this study were people aged over 10 years with the incidence of scabies and the control population was those who were not scabies. Case sampling was carried out by total sampling, while the control sample was taken using the purposive sampling method with the number of samples of cases and controls is 41people with ratio 1:1. The results obtained in this study stated that there was a significant association between knowledge (p = 0.008), bathing and changing behavior with the incidence of scabies (p = 0.006) and there was no significant association between attitudes with the incidence of scabies (p = 1.00). This study shows that there is an association between knowledge, bathing behavior, and changing people's clothes in the Kuanfatu Health Center with the incidence of scabies. Suggestions in this study are to provide understanding for the community through health promotion related to scabies disease so that people can understand and know the causes and ways to prevent scabies disease
Factors Associated Between House Sanitation Conditions and Incidence of Tuberculosis in Waepana Village Soa District Ngada Regency Dhiu, Maria Ermelinda; Adu, Apris A.; Doke, Soni
Timorese Journal of Public Health Vol 4 No 2 (2022): Timorese Journal of Public Health
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35508/tjph.v4i2.6362

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Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium mycobacterium tuberculosis. Most of the tuberculosis germs have attacked lung tissue, but can attack other organs in the human body.Early prevention efforts have been carried out, namely the BCG immunization package for toddlers. However, Indonesia is not 100% free from this disease. Mycobakterium tuberculosis is a rod-shaped bacterium that is grouped or called colonies. The environmental component itself includes the area of the house that is not proportional to the house that is not proportional to the occupants which will result in high density of housing, poor ventilation, type of house floor, type of house walls, lighting, temperature and humidity. Waepana village tuberculosis case data in 2019 amounted to 215 cases and in 2020 as many as 159 cases. The specific purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between occupancy density, ventilation area, floor type, wall type, lighting, temperature and humidity of the house with the incidence of tuberculosis in Waepana Village. The type of research used is an analytical survey with a case control research design. The location of the research in the village of Waepana which was carried out from August to September. The case population in this study were all tuberculosis patients, totaling 159 people and the control population were residents who lived in the village of Waepana with the criteria of not having tuberculosis, and the samples in this study were 74 people who were divided into two namely 37 case samples and 37 control samples. The data analysis used is univariate and bivariate analysis with chi-square test. The results of the study show that (p=0,000<0,05) there is relationship between residential density and the incidence of tuberculosis, (p=0,002<0,05) there is a relantionship between the type of floor with the incidence of tuberculosis, (p=0,000<0,05) there is a relantionship between the walls of the house with the incidence of tuberculosis, (p=0,001<0,05) there is a relationship between temperature and the incidence of tuberculosis. (p>0,433) there is no relationship between ventilation with the incidence of tuberculosis, (p>0,241) there is no relationship between lighting and the incidence of tuberculosis, (p>0,816) there is no relationship between humidity and the incidence of tuberculosis.
Description of Sanitation in Traditional Markets in Atambua City Hanmina, Matildis Yulisti; Salmun, Jhony; Doke, Soni
Timorese Journal of Public Health Vol 3 No 4 (2021): Timorese Journal of Public Health
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35508/tjph.v3i3.6365

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The market is one of the public places that need attention to environmental sanitation. This is because traditional markets in Indonesia are synonymous with dirty, smelly, muddy, stuffy places and become breeding grounds for disease-transmitting animals such as cockroaches, mice, flies and mosquitoes which can eventually transmit disease. The sanitation conditions of Pasar Baru and Pasar Lolowa generally have a dirty market environment, poor waste management system, smelly toilets and no hand washing facilities. This study aims to determine the description of market sanitation in traditional markets in Atambua City, Belu Regency. This type of research is quantitative with a descriptive design and a survey method approach. This research started in October-November 2021. The population in this study were all traditional markets located in Atambua, Belu Regency, while the samples of this study were Atambua Baru Market and Lolowa Market. Data were collected by means of observation and interviews with percentage analysis. The results showed that 40% of Atambua's New Market and 24% of Lolowa's Market were in a poor category according to the healthy market assessment form according to the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia in 2008. Healthy Market Sanitation for the New Market and Lolowa Market was categorized as lacking or not meeting the assessment requirements. Therefore, it is recommended to all parties, especially market managers to improve and improve market sanitation by providing trash bins, hand washing facilities, clean water facilities, closing the sewerage with lattices and dividing the existing toilets separately between men and women
Factors Related to Work Motivation of Volunteers at The Oepoi and Bakunase Public Health Center in Kupang City Lidi, Bertila Silvia; Kenjam, Yoseph; Ndun, Helga J.N
Timorese Journal of Public Health Vol 3 No 4 (2021): Timorese Journal of Public Health
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35508/tjph.v3i4.6385

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Motivation is a driving force that can encourage someone to work effectively, cooperate and be integrated with all efforts in achieving good work performance. Motivation is influenced by the provision of incentives, social interaction at work, working environment conditions and rewards. The general objective of this study was to determine the factors related to the motivation of voluntary workers at the Oepoi and Bakunase Health Centers, Kupang City. The specific objective was to determine the level of work motivation, the relationship between the provision of incentives, social interaction at work, working environment conditions and rewards with the work motivation of volunteers at the Oepoi and Bakunase Health Centers, Kupang City. The type of research used is an analytic study using a cross-sectional study design. The population in this study were all voluntary workers at the Kupang City Health Center, amounting to 130 people spread over 11 health centers. The sample in this study were 41 volunteers, namely 21 people from the Oepoi Health Center and 20 people from the Bakunase Health Center. This sampling was seen from the highest number of voluntary at the Kupang City Health Center. The data obtained were analyzed descriptively and bivariately using the chi-square statistical test with a significance level of = 0.05. The results showed that all variables had a significant (significant) relationship with voluntary work motivation, namely the provision of incentives (ρ = 0.000), working environment conditions (ρ = 0.000), social interaction at work (ρ = 0.001) and rewards (ρ). =0.021). Public health center needs to pay attention to providing incentives so that they can meet basic needs, pay attention to safety, and the comfort of volunteers in working so that voluntary can work optimally.
The Implementation of National Health Insurance in Manusak Village Pellondou, Indri; Ragaletha, Tadeus A. L.; Limbu, Ribka; Kenjam, Yoseph
Timorese Journal of Public Health Vol 3 No 4 (2021): Timorese Journal of Public Health
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35508/tjph.v3i3.6408

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Health insurance is a guarantee in the form of health protection so that participants get health care benefits and protection in meeting basic health needs that are given to everyone who has paid the Health Insurance Contribution or the Health Insurance Contibution is paid by the Central Government or Regional Government. That study aims to determine the implementation of the National Health Insurance (JKN) in Manusak Village, East Kupang District, Kupang Regency. The population and sample of this study were 41 people who were JKN Mandiri participants in Manusak Village. Sample was done by sampling technique. Data analysis was carried oit by univariate analysis of each research variable. The results showed that most respondents did not want to pay BPJS contributions if the contributions were insurezsed (70.7%), who were willing to pay BPJS contributions if the fees were lowered (51.2%), and there were respondents who had never paid BPJS contributions (53,7%). Most of the JKN Mandiri participants were unable to pay premiums anymore, namely as many as 22 respondents (53.7%) and as many as 19 respondents (46.3%) who were still able to pay premiums. The conclusion of this study is that most of the JKN Mandiri participants in Manusak Village do not want to pay dues anymore and most of them do not have the ability to pay the dues anymore, while with regard to access to health services, the community does not experience problems related to access to health services
The Incidence of Chronic Energy Deficiency in Pregnant Women at Borong Public Health Center Desiman, Natalia Veranda; Syamruth, Yendris Krisno; Riwu, Ruth Rosina
Timorese Journal of Public Health Vol 4 No 1 (2022): Timorese Journal of Public Health
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35508/tjph.v3i2.6437

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Chronic Energy Deficiency (KEK) is one of the issues that might arise during pregnancy when the intake and nutritional demands are out of balance. The Upper Arm Circumference (LiLA) of pregnant women less than 23.5 cm is used to determine Chronic Energy Deficiency (KEK). The goal of this study is to analyze the variables linked to Chronic Energy Deficiency (KEK) in pregnant women in the Borong Health Center's working area in East Manggarai Regency. This type of research quantitative research uses a cross-sectional study approach. This research was conducted in the working area of ​​the Borong Health Center with a sample of 56 pregnant women. The data analysis used was univariable and bivariable analysis with a chi-square statistical test. The results of this study indicate that there is a relationship between the variables of maternal age (p = 0.037), and the close relationship (-0.315), mother's occupation (p = 0.036) and the close relationship (-0.320), family income (p = 0.001) and the close relationship namely (0.474), gestational distance (p = 0.000) and the close relationship (0.559), energy intake (p = 0.017) and the close relationship (0.356), and protein intake (p = 0.001) and the close relationship (0.488) with the incidence of KEK in pregnant women in the working area of ​​the Borong Health Center. Meanwhile, factors that were not related to the incidence of KEK in pregnant women in the working area of ​​the Borong Health Center were the mother's level of knowledge (p = 0.244), the mother's education level (p = 0.136), and parity (p = 1,000). The conclusion is that there is a relationship between maternal age, mother's occupation, family income, pregnancy distance, energy intake, and protein intake with the incidence of CED. Pregnant women are expected to receive health education in pregnant women classes to prepare for pregnancy or counseling about nutritional needs before pregnancy and during pregnancy
Risk Factors to Incidence of Diarrhea in Toddler at Totok Village Dona, Erniati Timbu; Talahatu, Anna Heny; Toy, Sarci Magdalena
Timorese Journal of Public Health Vol 4 No 1 (2022): Timorese Journal of Public Health
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35508/tjph.v4i1.6496

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Diarrhea is a common disease in Indonesia, as a probable sickness of incident which is frequently outbreak by death. In the Southwest Sumba Regency in 2019, there were 9.271 instances of diarrhea spread over twelve Puskesmas operating districts. One of the Puskesmas is Rada Mata Health Center, which has 324 cases dispersed over many communities. Totok Village is one of the areas affected by the diarrhea outbreak, with 64 cases reported. This study aims to examine the factors that contribute to the incidence of diarrhea in children under five in Totok Village, Loura District, Southwest Sumba Regency. The type of research used is analytic observational with a cross sectional research design. The study was conducted in Totok Village, Loura District, Southwest Sumba Regency, in July 2021. The population in this study were all mothers of children under five, who were still active to weigh to the posyandu which were taken at simple random in Totok Village. 2021. The sample in this study was 70 mothers of children under five. The sampling technique was done randomly. Data analysis was performed using the chi-square test with a significance level of 0.05. All variables included mother's level of knowledge (p-value = 0.022), mother's attitude (p-value = 0.017), mother's behavior (p-value = 0.007), history of exclusive breastfeeding (p-value = 0.017), immunization status (p-value = 0.017), value = 0.014), and the availability of latrines (p-value = 0.027), were found to be associated with the incidence of diarrhea in children under five years of age. Therefore, the community, especially mothers of toddlers, should increase their knowledge about preventing diarrhea in children, one of which is providing exclusive breastfeeding to children to increase their immune system.

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