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[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[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]]>
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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[The spirituality and spiritual care of clinical nurses in Indonesia ]]>
<![CDATA[Rosnancy Renolita Sinaga]]>;
<![CDATA[Donald Loffie Muntu]]>;
<![CDATA[Sedia Simbolon]]>;
<![CDATA[Sri Susanty]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 10, No 3: September 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v10i3.20906
<![CDATA[This study aimed to investigate associated factors of spirituality and spiritual care in clinical nurses in Indonesia. Cross-sectional descriptive and correlational research designs were used in this study. Purposive sampling was applied among 204 participants in private hospitals, Medan and Bandung, Indonesia. The questionnaires consisted of demographic and characteristics information and the spirituality and spiritual care rating scale (SSCRS). Mann Whitney test was used to investigate associated factors of spirituality and spiritual care in clinical nurses in Indonesia. This study found that there was statistically significant between department with spirituality (p=0.017), receiving spiritual care lessons during nurse training with spiritual care (p=0.032), and receiving spiritual care lessons during nurse training (p=0.013) and educational background with nurses’ perception of spirituality and spiritual care (p=0.040). Receiving spiritual care lessons during nurse training, and educational background were statistically significant with spirituality and spiritual care in clinical nurses in Indonesia. The findings of this study provide information for clinical nurses and generally of nurses to understand the perception of spirituality and spiritual care in hospital for care patient in a hospital in Indonesia. It is also suggested that appropriate strategies to improve knowledge and perception of spirituality and spiritual care should be developed shortly.]]>
<![CDATA[Eating behavior and physical activity of senior citizens during the COVID-19 lockdown ]]>
<![CDATA[Denson M. Liday]]>;
<![CDATA[Mary Rose C. Liwag]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v10i3.20827
<![CDATA[A new coronavirus has arisen, causing a pandemic of serious respiratory syndrome in humans. The COVID-19 pandemic has a major effect on human health, resulting in abrupt lifestyle changes, social distances and loneliness at home. The goal of this study was to examine the immediate effect of the pandemic on eating behavior and physical activity among the elderly population aged 60 years and older. Data on the features of the senior citizens' profile, eating habits and physical activity during the lock-up were evaluated and analyzed in this report. In addition, the correlation, key and interaction effects of some of the essential variables in the analysis were also evaluated. The findings of the study revealed a need to promote eating habits that may help to minimize the health inequalities created by eating disorders. Moreover, the synergies between the various determinants of eating habits were found to be deficient. Home restrictions and confinement of the participants also reduced the overall physical activty level of the participants. Income class appeared as a factor on the interaction between eating behavior and physical activity. Recognizing these findings may be significant in developing health promotion programs for older people during the remaining period of quarantine or future ones. There is a need for health education as a response scheme to COVID-19 in low-income settings, and it is essential that approaches are contextually suitable with the vulnerable age group.]]>
<![CDATA[Healthy diet social media campaign among Indonesian college students ]]>
<![CDATA[Adella Adella]]>;
<![CDATA[Elisabeth Rukmini]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 10, No 3: September 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v10i3.20842
<![CDATA[Despite rise of self-perception towards eating balanced meals, obesity incidence remains high all over the world, reaching more than half billion people. It is worrisome since it leads to sedentary lifestyle that contributes to non-communicable diseases. Therefore, having adequate knowledge about healthy lifestyle, diet and eating habits from early age is crucial. Leveraging on the high usage of social media, educational intervention seems promising. In this study, we assess the impact of using social media campaigns through Instagram to raise knowledge and encourage behavioral changes. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses were performed. Freshmen (n=144) were selected as respondents and divided to two groups through random sampling. Those in intervention group received various information via Instagram for four months. All respondents had to fill self-administered knowledge questionnaires and food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) each month as evaluation. To evaluate the on-going campaign even more, we also collected qualitative data by interviewing respondents (n=14). Data were analysed using constant comparative method (CCM). By the end of campaign period, there was only positive increasing trend in knowledge. Instagram was perceived as a suitable campaign media despite needing improvements. Overall, Instagram educational intervention had only successfully raised awareness and knowledge, not students’ eating habits.]]>
<![CDATA[Interventions to improve vaccination coverage of children in hard-to-reach population: A systematic review ]]>
<![CDATA[Cyntia Puspa Pitaloka]]>;
<![CDATA[Samsriyaningsih Handayani]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 10, No 3: September 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v10i3.20875
<![CDATA[In the last decade, vaccination has reduced a quarter of child deaths worldwide. Vaccination coverage increased, but the coverage remains low in the hard-to-reach population. We searched articles from Pubmed MEDLINE, SCOPUS, Web of Science, and Science Direct to systematically review interventions to improve children's vaccination coverage in hard-to-reach populations. The expected outcome was vaccination coverage, which mentioned Odds Ratio, mean difference, or difference-in-difference with a 95% CI or p-value. Out of 102 articles identified, five articles from four different countries met the inclusion criteria. Four of the five studies reported a positive impact in increasing vaccination coverage. Interventions that showed good effectiveness in increasing the coverage of childhood immunizations were the application of mHealth given to vaccinators, multiple interventions involving the community, modification of immunization schedules during outreach activities, and immunization screening cards. Despite the inconsistent finding, mHealth with SMS reminders was the most effective intervention to increase vaccination coverage and relatively low-cost. More research was needed in developing a strategic intervention to increase vaccination coverage of children in hard-to-reach populations.]]>
<![CDATA[Female students’ experience in preventing scabies ]]>
<![CDATA[Fithri Iradaty]]>;
<![CDATA[Edy Suyanto]]>;
<![CDATA[Budi Aji]]>;
<![CDATA[Abdal Chaqil Harimi]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 10, No 3: September 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v10i3.20580
<![CDATA[The purpose of this study was to examine the students' perceptions on the environmental health conditions related to the contagious skin disease of scabies and examine the implementation of clean and healthy behavior of the students. This research was done by adopting qualitative approach with phenomenological method. The qualitative data obtained were analyzed using thematic analysis with the help of the Maxqda 10 Program. The data were collected through purposive and snowball sampling techniques. The findings showed that the environmental sanitation of the Pesantren (Islamic boarding school) in some bedrooms are still not sufficiently ventilated and they needed clean water. The characteristics of Pesantren teaching which teaches students to live modestly, patiently, and prihatin (simple). The perceptions of Pesantren students about scabies that scabies was a normal thing to be experienced by students and that as long as the itching did not produce pus or blood it was not scabies. The healthy behavior of the students in this study were related with taking a bath, maintaining clean clothes, washing hands before eating of the students were still lacking. The efforts in improving the healthy living of the students was seen through the establishment of a health center in the Pesantren called Poskestren (Pesantren Health Services) but there were still limited facilities and the implementation of the administrators’ programs to prevent scabies is also seen to be not optimal yet.]]>
<![CDATA[Physical and psychological violence in dating with stress among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic ]]>
<![CDATA[Suci Musvita Ayu]]>;
<![CDATA[Liena Sofiana]]>;
<![CDATA[Nurul Karina Sabrina]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 10, No 3: September 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v10i3.20764
<![CDATA[Currently, the juvenile delinquency trend is still very high. Dating violence (DV) is one of the delinquencies that teenagers often commit. DV has negative impacts in the form of physical and psychological impacts. Physical impacts can include bruises, fractures. Meanwhile, the psychological impact can be a the form of depression, stress, anxiety, and sleep problems. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between physical and psychological violence in dating stress adolescents. This study used a cross-sectional design. Sample of this study was 314 students (15-19 years) in Bantul chosen through a purposive sampling technique. Data analysis was using multiple logistic regressions. The results showed that there was a significant relationship towards stress, namely gender (p-value=0.050), physical violence (p-value=0.000), and psychological violence (p-value=0.000). Age (p-value=0.653) and parents' income (p-value=0.100) had no significant relationship to stress. Psychological violence variable (p-value=0.000; OR=6.285, 95%; CI=3.683-10.726) was the most dominant in triggering stress in adolescents. So, there were relationships between gender, physical and psychological violence in dating with the incidence of stress among adolescents in Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic.]]>
<![CDATA[Work readiness during COVID-19 among taxibike online drivers in Samarinda, Indonesia ]]>
<![CDATA[Dina Lusiana Setyowati]]>;
<![CDATA[Swandari Paramita]]>;
<![CDATA[Riza Hayati Ifroh]]>;
<![CDATA[Tanti Asrianti]]>;
<![CDATA[Efi Fitriani]]>;
<![CDATA[Wahnadita Rahman]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 10, No 3: September 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v10i3.20870
<![CDATA[COVID-19 caused a pandemic around the world, including in Indonesia. This greatly affected the informal business sector, such as online taxibike drivers. The success of this program to control the spread of COVID-19 is greatly influenced by knowledge, attitudes, and actions in the community. The purpose of this study was to identify behavioral factors during the pandemic. An online survey was conducted with 100 online taxibike drivers using a structured questionnaire and Google Forms. Data were analyzed using the Spearman rank test with CI of 95%. Although most online taxibike drivers have sufficient knowledge about COVID-19, some drivers had important misconceptions about COVID-19, namely that COVID-19 is not contagious, weak immune resistance may cause them to contract COVID-19, and it is highly unlikely that they will contract COVID-19 when leaving the house without wearing a mask, and believing that handwashing with soap and using hand sanitizer will not prevent COVID-19. To address these misconceptions, interventions should be targeted to online taxibike drivers to increase their health education and literacy regarding the urgency of preventing COVID-19. It is also important to consider incorporating both interpersonal approaches and conventional and digital-based groups when encouraging changes in their attitudes and practices towards COVID-19.]]>
<![CDATA[Anti-inflammatory activity of Indonesian nutmeg seeds (Myristica fragrans Houtt): A topical gel formulation ]]>
<![CDATA[Azis Ikhsanudin]]>;
<![CDATA[Lolita Lolita]]>;
<![CDATA[Daniar Dyanas Rais]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 10, No 3: September 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v10i3.20921
<![CDATA[Herbal medicines have been shown as anti-inflammatory with potentially lesser side effects. The active compound of nutmeg seed is proven to accelerate the healing process of inflammation. This study aimed to evaluate the gel formulation of Indonesian nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt) seed extract for anti-inflammatory activity. A true experimental post test only with control group design was used in this study. The gel was formulated with various concentrations of nutmeg seed extract, namely formulations F1 (0%), F2 (2%), F3 (4%), F4 (8 %), and F5 (12%). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by the least significant difference (LSD) methods were performed with SPSS version 22. The results showed that all formulas had an opaque physical appearance, brownish-yellow color, soft texture, and aromatic odor. The increase of extract concentration in gel formula will affect the adhesion and spreadability. F5 showed the highest anti-inflammatory activity compared to other groups. This formula was generally identified as having a good physical appearance, homogeneity, and stability with a pH value of 6.16±0.24, adhesiveness of 51.12±0.15 sec, and a spreadability of 19.54±0.12 cm2. Therefore, Indonesian nutmeg has the potential to be well-acceptable as a candidate for topical anti-inflammatory agents in global health benefits.]]>
