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[The Impact of Environmental Factors on Malaria Prevalence in a Peri-Urban Community in Kwara State, Nigeria ]]>
<![CDATA[Olubunmi Ajike Mokuolu]]>;
<![CDATA[Oluwayemisi D Adegboye]]>;
<![CDATA[Olugbenga A Mokuolu]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 3, No 3: September 2014 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v3i3.4690
<![CDATA[There is a consensus on the relationship between Malaria Prevalence (MP) and Environmental Factors (EF); however, there is a dearth of published data providing this evidence in a quantifiable way. This community based study was undertaken to identify the magnitude of the relationship between MP and key environmental factors in Okelele, Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria. A multi-staged sampling procedure was adopted for the selection of 501 children from 200 households. Children under the age of 14 years in the selected households were sampled to obtain baseline MP using malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test (mRDT) kit. Key household informant interviews and structured questionnaire were used. Relevant socio-demographic characteristics of the households, EF and non EF were determined. Acquired data was analyzed using statistical tools to determine the relationship between various independent variables and mRDT. Variables were also entered into a multiple regression equation for the generation of a mathematical model. Ethical consent was obtained from the parents before samples were taken.The study showed that EF contributed to MP in the study area. Integrated waste management system, and regular environmental sanitation were recommended.]]>
<![CDATA[The Design of Intervention among Survivors of Disaster ]]>
<![CDATA[Siti Urbayatun]]>;
<![CDATA[Erlina Listyanti Widuri]]>;
<![CDATA[Ani Muttaqiyatun]]>;
<![CDATA[Dewi Eskawati]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 3, No 3: September 2014 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v3i3.4689
<![CDATA[Indonesia is a region that is frequently hit by disasters, especially the earthquake because of geological factors. Earthquake in 2006 in the region of Yogyakarta and Central Java still has problems to this day, the basics of the economy has not fully recovered , disabled people coud not work as usual, people experience a variety of stressors such as income and material stress and emotional stress. The aimed of this study was to find out the effect of cognitive and religious intervention to cope with stress of disaster. The subjects of this study were people in Bantul who exposed to stress due to disasters such as disability and individuals who have low self-confidence because of disabilty. The method of the study was a responsive action research. Data were collected through observation, interviews, focus group discussions, psychoeducation and training. The study found that cognitive and religious intervention has positive impact on recovery of the subject, for example increase on self-confidence of individual and decrease in the mean of SUD (subjective unit disturbances) score of familie’s subject member. The interventions were usefull to improve the future intervention of disabled persons and people who experience stress of family member’s disability.]]>
<![CDATA[Do Males and Females Differ in Terms of Their KAP Regarding Halal Pharmaceuticals? ]]>
<![CDATA[Saleha Sadeeqa]]>;
<![CDATA[Azmi Sarriff]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 3, No 3: September 2014 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v3i3.4688
<![CDATA[There is an increasing awareness amongst Muslim consumers to avoid all items containing non-Halal ingredients including medications. Male and female are different both biologically and psychologically, it therefore, needed for a study to compare KAP of males and females regarding Halal pharmaceuticals. Methods:This was a cross-sectional study using a structured , self-administered questionnaires to compare the knowledge, attitude & perception regarding Halal pharmaceuticals, among males and females in Penang state of Malaysia. Results revealed that there is no significance difference in the knowledge, attitude and perception of males and females. This is concluded that males and females are equally aware and have same attitude and perception regarding Halal pharmaceuticals. P value of .05 or less was taken as statistically significant.]]>
<![CDATA[Parity Early Stage of Marriage with Incidence of Postpartum Depression ]]>
<![CDATA[Eny Retna Ambarwati]]>;
<![CDATA[Ria Listiyani]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 3, No 3: September 2014 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v3i3.4687
<![CDATA[Postpartum depression is a condition that may be experienced by women. If it is not addressed properly, it will have a negative impact. Determine the correlation between parity and the early stage of the marriage with the incidence of postpartum depression. This research used analytic observational method with cross sectional approach. The population in this research was postpartum mothers in Maternal Hospital Leonisa. The sampling was done using purposive sampling technique. The data analysis was done with univariate and bivariate analysis using Chi-square.The correlation between parity and the incidence of postpartum depression obtains the result of x2 count of 22.864 and p value of 0.000 with df2 and the significance level of (α) at 5% (0.05) x table at 5.591. Therefore, Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. The correlation between the early stage of the marriage variable with the incidence of postpartum depression obtains a result of x2 count of 12.965 and p value of 0.000 with df 1, the significance level at 5% (0.05), x table at 3.481, therefore, Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. There is a correlation between parity and the early stage of the marriage with the incidence of postpartum depression.]]>
<![CDATA[Predictors of Immunization Defaulting among Children Age 12-23 Months in Hawassa Zuria District of Southern Ethiopia: Community Based Unmatched Case Control Study ]]>
<![CDATA[Fikru Tesfaye]]>;
<![CDATA[Alemu Tamiso]]>;
<![CDATA[Yemane Birhan]]>;
<![CDATA[Tariku Tadele]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 3, No 3: September 2014 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v3i3.4692
<![CDATA[As part of the overall package of maternal and child health services in Ethiopia, all children are provided with free immunization services and it is available in all government health facilities, both in rural and urban areas. But significant number of children was defaulted from Immunization schedule, even after the health extension program was launched. Therefore, the study was assessed predictors of immunization defaulting among children age range of 12-23 months, in Hawassa Zuria district of southern Ethiopia. Unmatched case control study was conducted in six Kebeles which were selected from 26 kebeles by simple random sampling techniques. Cases were children in the age ranges of 12 - 23 months who did not complete the recommended immunization. All cases (105) and controls (209) in the kebeles were identified by using health posts Vaccine registration book. Bivariable and multiple logistic regression model were used to identify important predictor of immunization defaulting. P-value of less than 0.05 was considered as the level of significances. The study identified educational status, place of delivery, immunization related knowledge, ANC follow up and household wealth status as significant predictors of defaulting from immunization schedules. Sustained health education on vaccination related knowledge and institutional delivery services utilization will be needed. The household literacy and economic status should also get emphasis so as to decreases defaulting of children from immunization schedule.]]>
<![CDATA[Maternal Knowledge and Practices towards Sanitation and Their Relationships with Occurrence of Diarrhoea in Children ]]>
<![CDATA[Shriya Ankit Seksaria]]>;
<![CDATA[Mini K Sheth]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v3i3.4694
<![CDATA[Diarrhoea, a major contributor of childhood morbidity and mortality is mostly caused by poor hygiene and sanitation. Literature reveal that hygiene practices at household levels greatly affects the occurrence of diarrhoea among children. A cross sectional study was conducted to determine association between hygiene knowledge and practices of mothers with occurrence of diarrhoea in young children below 3 years in the tribal villages of Gujarat. Structured questionnaire was used to elicit information on personal hygiene (PH), food Hygiene (FH), and environmental Hygiene (EH) practices of 536 mothers with children between 6-36 months of age. Past one month diarrhoeal episodes were recorded using the recall method. The mean percent scores for FH, PH and EH practices were 77%, 88% and 80% respectively. Almost 35% children suffered from diarrhoea in the past one month of which 10 were admitted to the hospital. Diarrhoeal incidences were associated with FH and EH practices (p<0.001) and not with PH practices. Improvement in the environmental and personal hygiene practices of the mothers can contribute largely in reducing the prevalence of diarrhoea among children in Chikhli taluka of Gujarat.]]>
<![CDATA[Epidemiological Characteristics of Poliomyelitis during the 21st century (2000-2013) ]]>
<![CDATA[Tahir Ahmad]]>;
<![CDATA[Sania Arif]]>;
<![CDATA[Nazia Chaudry]]>;
<![CDATA[Sadia Anjum]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 3, No 3: September 2014 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v3i3.4686
<![CDATA[Poliovirus is the pathogenic agent of paralytic poliomyelitis that belongs to the picornaviridae family. Poliomyelitis has an extended history dating over to the Egyptian eighteenth dynasty. It was recognized as distinct disease in the late nineteenth century when the world was ravaged by large number of outbreaks and epidemics in many countries. Paralytic Polio, the rarest but the most severe form of the disease, is characterized by acute flaccid paralysis of any or rarely both of the limbs. Increasing epidemics during the late 19th and 20th centuries lead to the initiation of a worldwide global effort for polio eradication in 1988, super headed by WHO and various other organizations. The launch of Global Polio Eradication Initiative together with the introduction of two polio vaccines resulted in 99% reduction of wild poliovirus cases worldwide while the total number of polio-endemic countries dropped from 24 countries in the year 2000 to only three countries in 2012; Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. This review will focus on the general biology of poliovirus, some historic and geographic epidemiological aspects of poliomyelitis eradication during the year 2000-2012 and also on the major failing factors associated with the efficiency of the vaccines to eradicate polio in Pakistan.]]>
<![CDATA[Reliability and Validaty of St George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) into Indonesian Version ]]>
<![CDATA[Adnan Adnan]]>;
<![CDATA[Dyah Aryani Perwitasari]]>;
<![CDATA[Ully Adhie Mulyani]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 3, No 3: September 2014 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v3i3.4691
<![CDATA[Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the disease as the highest contributor to the disease burden in Indonesia. Tuberculosis can affect the patients’ quality of life, such as psychological, physical, and social functioning. St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) is a special instrument which was widely used to measure the patients’ quality of life with respiratory disease. The objective of this study was to validate the Indonesian version of the SGRQ as instrument to collect data. A descriptive cross section design with 61 subjects was conducted at the Pulmonary Clinics and Primary Health Centers in the region of Yogyakarta within 3 months. The validation process included the known group validity, convergent and discriminant validity and factor analysis. There were 14 items question numbers which did not meet the criteria for convergent validity and 9 items which did not meet the criteria for discriminant validity. Known group validity analysis on gender showed that of the three domains of SGRQ, the activity domain gave statistically significant result. The factor analysis showed the result of Kaiser Meyer Olkin analysis (KMO) was less than 0.5. With a few modifications, the Indonesian version of SGRQ is valid and reliable for measuring quality of life in tuberculosis patients.]]>
<![CDATA[Nutritional Intakes of Obese Elementary School Children Residing in the Shimokita Peninsula of Aomori, Japan ]]>
<![CDATA[Takako Kumagai]]>;
<![CDATA[Yumiko Nakamura]]>;
<![CDATA[Emi Naijo]]>;
<![CDATA[Akiko Sugimoto]]>;
<![CDATA[Barry Kavanagh]]>;
<![CDATA[Haruyuki Ito]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 3, No 3: September 2014 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v3i3.4693
<![CDATA[This research examined the lifestyles and eating habits of 42 elementary school fifth graders(20 boys and 22 girls) over a 3-day period; these children resided in theShimokita Peninsula, Aomori prefecture, which has the highest childhood obesityrate in Japan. The children’s nutritionalintakes were recorded via questionnaires and self-documented meal recorddiaries overa 3-day period (1 weekday and the weekend). The meal record diaries recorded which meals the children ate (including snacks) during the 3-day period. A regular feature of these children’s lifestyle was theviewing of at least 3 hours of television per day. Compared with the National Health and Nutrition Survey conductedby the Japanese government, the nutritionaland energy intake levels were the same but when we examined food group intakes,the vegetable intake was lower on weekends in comparison to the weekdays whenthe children were provided school lunches. In addition, salt intake exceededthe recommended standard in more than 80% of the study sample. We suggest thatthe pattern of reduced vegetable intake juxtaposed with high salt intake stemsfrom childhood and is repeated and passed down through generations; therefore, theguardians of these children require nutritional guidance and education.]]>
