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[Uniting hearts and minds: experiences from a pilot festival of youth creative expressions on mental health in India ]]>
<![CDATA[Shivani Mathur Gaiha]]>;
<![CDATA[Gulfam Fazlur Rahman]]>;
<![CDATA[Iram Siddiqui]]>;
<![CDATA[Vijayluxmi Bose]]>;
<![CDATA[Sujaya Krishnan]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 1: March 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i1.21804
<![CDATA[Mental-health-related social stigma prevents youth from seeking timely help for mental health problems. The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a pilot arts intervention to reduce such stigma among college youth in India. The intervention included three sessions, focused on i) mental health education, ii) developing mental-health-themed art, and iii) a mental-health-themed festival to display art for an invited audience. We assessed feasibility through creation of student-generated art and acceptability in post-intervention surveys and video recordings. The intervention was completed by 371 participants who created 86 works of art (paintings, puppet-shows, drama, dance, and poetry), which was displayed to 434 audience members at uniting hearts and minds: a festival of creative expressions on mental health. Participants self-reported understanding causes and symptoms of mental health problems, interpreting experiences and expressed empathy (n = 194). Our pilot intervention engaged youth, showing potential to reduce mental-health-related stigma and to address feasibility issues related to reaching all colleges uniformly.]]>
<![CDATA[Improving patient knowledge on rational use of antibiotics using educational videos ]]>
<![CDATA[Muhammad Thesa Ghozali]]>;
<![CDATA[Bagus Hidayaturrohim]]>;
<![CDATA[Izdihar Dinah Amalia Islamy]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 1: March 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i1.21846
<![CDATA[Providing proper knowledge on the rational use of antibiotics plays a role in the success of the treatment process of infectious diseases and the prevention of antibiotic resistance. In this modern digital era, healthcare professionals can utilize video as a medium for patient education. This study was meant to determine the efficacy of a video-based educational intervention in improving the levels of knowledge on the rational use of antibiotics. The study used a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with a control group design and involved 140 participants. Data collection utilized a questionnaire that was carried out from July to December 2021 at the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The intervention was conducted for four weeks with a lecture and group discussion using video as educational media. The results of this study found that educational videos significantly improved the levels of knowledge on the rational use of antibiotics, known by an increase in the mean value of the treatment group by 2.590 with a p-value of 0.001, and a difference in the mean value of posttest scores of both groups by 1.900 with a p-value of 0.001. It could be concluded that video could be utilized as an effective medium of patient education, notably the use of antibiotics.]]>
<![CDATA[The relationship between family support system with maternal postpartum rage ]]>
<![CDATA[Miftahul Fikri]]>;
<![CDATA[Neviyarni Neviyarni]]>;
<![CDATA[Afdal Afdal]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 1: March 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i1.22011
<![CDATA[This study investigated the mediating effect of social support with postpartum rage on young mothers during the first to twenty-four months. Method in this research is c a cross-sectional survey design was used in this quantitative non-experimental research. Subject of young mothers who have delivered the children aged one to twenty-four months women who lived in the area of west Sumatera. This study used edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS) to measure which focuses on postpartum rage and the social support system scale to measure social support. Data analysis spearman Rho correlation, analysis of variance (ANOVA) test and path coefficients. After data from 121 participants were analyzed, the results of measurement showed a significant difference between postpartum rage that occurred in the group of young mothers who had their first child, which was greater than those who had a second or third child. Pregnancy has a partially mediating effect on the relationship between anger during pregnancy and postnatal depression in the first month. Findings highlight the importance of social support with high postpartum rage and provide interventions to increase their social support.]]>
<![CDATA[Development and validation of proactive coping smoking cessation in adolescents ]]>
<![CDATA[Wini Hadiyani]]>;
<![CDATA[Nisha Nambiar]]>;
<![CDATA[Faridah binti Mohd Said]]>;
<![CDATA[Linlin Lindayani]]>;
<![CDATA[Windy Rakhmawati]]>;
<![CDATA[Neti Juniarti]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 1: March 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i1.21817
<![CDATA[Smoking is one of the most significant lifestyle factors contributing to the global disease burden. Individuals who use proactive coping will improve their environment and life rather than reacting to the past and planning for the future by constructing and pooling available resources to deal with stressors. However, instruments measured proactive coping toward smoking cessation are limited. This study aimed to develop and test the validity and reliability of proactive coping toward smoking cessation in adolescents. The data collection process was divided into two phases, namely instrument development and psychometric testing. Exploratory factor analysis and reliability testing were conducted on 300 adolescents. Proactive coping smoking cessation (PCSC) is the development of proactive coping inventory (PCI). Loading factor coefficient on support seeking 0.54-0.82, reflective coping 0.585-0.823, strategic planning 0.580-0.736, proactive coping 0.439-0.648, avoidance 0.586-0.826 and preventive coping 0.507-0.707. Cronbach's alpha for PCSC ranged from 0.970 to 0.972. PCSC shows the acceptable internal and external consistency and the results of the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) verify that the six-factor model correctly represents the original PCI factor structure. Future studies are required to test the instrument in different setting and culture.]]>
<![CDATA[Recommendation of precision medicine application in Indonesia from multiple perspective: a review ]]>
<![CDATA[Urfa Khairatun Hisan]]>;
<![CDATA[Muhammad Miftahul Amri]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 1: March 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i1.22010
<![CDATA[Recently, precision medicine has gained much attention. Precision medicine helps reduce trial-and-error prescribing and minimize adverse drug reactions while improving the drug's effectiveness. Precision medicine is a medical method that seeks to maximize healthcare quality by tailoring the healthcare process to each patient's unique characteristics. In the era of rapid technological growth and data explosion, precision medicine's development has become very promising. Development of techniques for obtaining medical data; significant reductions in the cost of bio sequencing; massive development of computing tools, storage systems, and wireless communication systems; as well as the development of data analysis techniques based on artificial intelligence have all become significant driving forces in the advancement of precision medicine. In this manuscript, we summarized previous studies on precision medicine development. In addition, we discussed the opportunities and potential challenges of precision medicine development, particularly in Indonesia. Despite its promising potential, many challenges remain to be overcome to develop precision medicine. Good regulations for patient data ownership and clinical data-sharing, followed by sufficient data infrastructure and human resource capabilities, are the most critical factors in ensuring success in precision medicine. Moreover, guaranteeing data safety, patient privacy, and genome fairness are other issues that must be addressed.]]>
<![CDATA[Control of industrial major accident hazard regulation in Malaysia: second decade in examination ]]>
<![CDATA[Rasyimawati Mat Rashid]]>;
<![CDATA[Radin Zaid Radin Umar]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 1: March 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i1.22002
<![CDATA[The Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards (CIMAH) regulations was introduced in 1996 to regulate workplaces with hazardous chemicals in their facilities. The Regulations provide a minimum standard to ensure precautionary measures related to major hazard risks are taken. Although the Regulations have been enforced for more than two decades in Malaysia, there have been limited efforts to review related information, trends and data since its inception. The study aimed to provide an overview of the position of CIMAH regulations after two decades of being enacted in Malaysia. Data were extracted from the published and unpublished reports and documentations by Department of Occupational Safety and Health of Malaysia (DOSH), as well as available publications from literary journals. Analysis of the contents revealed three categories of data: i) CIMAH regulations’ administrative governance changes; ii) major hazard industries–categorization and registration trends; and iii) CIMAH regulations’ punitive activities. The findings provide an overview of relevant trends and data related to CIMAH regulations in the past two decades, and may provide stakeholders such as policymakers, practitioners, and researchers a groundwork for improvement initiatives.]]>
<![CDATA[Peer facilitators’s role to support pregnant women in utilizing HIV services during the COVID-19 pandemic ]]>
<![CDATA[Artha Camellia]]>;
<![CDATA[Plamularsih Swandari]]>;
<![CDATA[Irwanto Irwanto]]>;
<![CDATA[Gusni Rahma]]>;
<![CDATA[Tuti Parwati Merati]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 1: March 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i1.21921
<![CDATA[Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence on pregnant women in Indonesia is estimated around 0.3%. The prevention of mother-to-child disease transmission (PMTCT) program has been implemented nationally since 2008, though, less than 50% of the total pregnant women each year get an HIV test and only 18% of those who are HIV positive get antiretroviral (ARV) treatment until now. COVID-19 pandemic, occurred since 2019, has brought significant changes to public health aspects including the utilization of HIV services. This study is aimed to determine factors influencing the PMTCT program services utilization during pandemic. This study used mix method approach with quantitative approach using a cross-sectional study design (174 HIV mothers from six provinces in Indonesia) and qualitative approach with in-depth interviews of 13 informants consisting of HIV mothers, health workers, program holders and peer facilitators. The results showed the HIV services utilization during pandemic was 52.3%. The most influenced factor was peer facilitators support (POR 2.96; 95% CI=1.45-6.03), HIV mothers who did not receive assistance from peer facilitators had 2.96 times chance of not utilizing the services compared to them who received. It requires to strengthen cooperation between health services and peer facilitators to support HIV mothers in accessing HIV services.]]>
<![CDATA[Unconditional self-acceptance among the psychology students of University X, Malaysia: the role of mattering, perceived social support and state self-esteem ]]>
<![CDATA[Alycia Jia Ee Lim]]>;
<![CDATA[Zahari Ishak]]>;
<![CDATA[Kususanto Ditto Prihadi]]>;
<![CDATA[Abdul Aziz]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 1: March 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i1.22579
<![CDATA[Unconditional self-acceptance (USA) is important for mental health. Studies reported that university students would develop the USA when they feel socially supported, included, and matter. Nevertheless, those factors are dependent on social feedbacks. Amidst the COVID-19 outbreak is, they had to follow the social distancing protocols and interact online with each other. This change might have altered the way they perceive the social support and mattering. It is hypothesized that these alterations predicted their USA through their perceived social support (PSS) and the sense of social inclusion (state self-esteem). To test the hypothesis, 214 young adults (85 men, 129 women), aged between 18 to 25 (M=22.80, SD=1.92) were asked to complete a demographic form and the scales of each variable. Students from University X, Malaysia were chosen as the population as they studied fully online when we started this study; unfortunately, the university went back to physical study before we managed to collect our target sample size. The results of Bootstrapping with 5,000 samples and 95% confidence interval showed that state self-esteem (SSE) fully mediated the relationship between mattering and USA, while PSS did not. Therefore, the hypothesis of serial mediation was not supported.]]>
<![CDATA[Assessing students' 'clean and healthy living behavior' in an intervention program ]]>
<![CDATA[Henny Endah Anggraeni]]>;
<![CDATA[Yudith Vega Paramitadevi]]>;
<![CDATA[Fany Apriliani]]>;
<![CDATA[Ika Resmeiliana]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 1: March 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i1.21811
<![CDATA[The Indonesian government manages the health and environment of students through the post-Islamic boarding school program. However, it has not run optimally due to students' lack of knowledge and literacy on personal and environmental sanitation. This study identified the knowledge about an environmental-based sanitation approach among students at boarding schools. The study was conducted in October 2021 using the principle of the pre-post test method based on an intervention study. The students who participated in this study were 70 female students of Junior and Senior High School levels. The students were given practical training regarding the concept and benefits of 'clean and healthy living behavior' (CHLB), infectious skin diseases, the status of waste management, and health and environmental issues resulting from burning waste. The statistical analysis uses Chi-square descriptive analysis. There was an increase in the post-test results compared to the pre-test by 5% for students' understanding of the definition of CHLB and 60% for students' understanding of air pollution reduction efforts from the students' point of view. The students understand learning environment-based sanitation through practical intervention.]]>
<![CDATA[Prevalence of COVID-19 in flood relief centre ]]>
<![CDATA[Suriya Kumareswaran]]>;
<![CDATA[Siti Umairah Muhadi]]>;
<![CDATA[Jeyanthini Sathasivam]]>;
<![CDATA[Bala Murali Sundram]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 12, No 1: March 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i1.22162
<![CDATA[Since the beginning of 2020, people all around the world have been struggling with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Concurrently, major flooding and a pandemic have struck numerous regions of the world. As a result, relief centres for flood victims have been established in the affected regions. There is a risk of COVID-19 infection spreading among flood victims and workers at flood relief centres due to the enormous number of flood victims. This study focused on the Johor, Malaysia flood catastrophe. From the 1st to the 16th of January 2022, a cross-sectional study was conducted in johor flood relief centres using secondary data from E notification and COVID-19-line listing. 1,531 flood victims were examined for COVID-19 and Rapid antigen testing was performed. 711 victims were asymptomatic, whereas 820 victims were symptomatic. Six patients were identified as positive. During audits of multiple evacuation centres, few concerns were found. There was no sufficient ventilation, there was no distribution of face masks to victims, and there were no daily health checks. COVID-19 preventive measures in all evacuation centres need to be practiced and given attention by all occupants and agencies.]]>
