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[Knowledge about Obstetric Danger Signs and Associated Factors among Antenatal Care Attendants ]]>
<![CDATA[Mulugeta Shegaze]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 6, No 1: March 2017 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v6i1.6528
<![CDATA[Knowledge of mothers about obstetric danger sign is the basic influencing factor for utilization of skilled maternal and neonatal cares which reduce maternal and new born mortality and morbidity. Therefore this study intended to assess knowledge about obstetric danger sign and identify associated factors among antenatal care attendants. Institutional based cross- sectional study was conducted from April to June 2015 among 358 randomly selected antenatal care attendants. Epi Info version 7 and SPSS version 20 software were used for data entry and analysis respectively. Logistic regression was run to look for the association between dependent and explanatory variables; and using variables which have p-value ≤ 0.25 binary logistic regression was fitted. Association presented in Odds ratio with 95% confidence interval and significance determined at P-value less than 0.05. Most of the respondents able to name some of the accepted danger signs. Two hundred eight (58%), 182(51%) and, 161(45%) of mother were knowledgeable for obstetric danger sign which could occur during pregnancy, at child birth and post-partum period respectively. The most mentioned dander signs were bleeding, retained placenta and prolonged labor. The factors that associated with Knowledge of obstetric danger signs were urban residence (AOR=2.6; 95% CI: 1.8, 4.2), being literate (AOR=2.54; 95% CI: 1.14, 5.76), multiparity (AOR 1.5; 95% CI: 1.14, 2.3) and being informed (AOR=3; 95% CI: 1.6, 6.4). The study showed that attendant’s knowledge was low. This could be averted through strategies designed to address women’s through health extension workers and health professionals.]]>
<![CDATA[The Level of Malondialdehyde in People Exposed to Air Pollution ]]>
<![CDATA[Aguscik Aguscik]]>;
<![CDATA[Ridwan Ikob]]>;
<![CDATA[Sumitro Adi Putra]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 6, No 1: March 2017 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v6i1.6539
<![CDATA[Air pollution cannot be avoided by people especially those living in big cities. Rubber factories and landfill sites are two examples of activities that can trigger air pollution. H2S gas produced from rubber factories and landfill sites can create unpleasant smells and air contamination and increase free radicals in environment. This study was to assess the level of oxidative stress in people living near rubber factories and landfill sites. This was cross-sectional study involving 60 people as the study sample. The level of H2S gas was measured to determine the presence of air pollution. Blood collected from vena mediana cubiti was drawn to determine the level of malondialdehyde (MDA) as a marker of oxidative stress. Data obtained from this study were analyzed using independent t-test. The levels of H2S gas from landfill site were higher than those from rubber factory (0.482 ppm vs. 0.332 ppm). On the other hand, the average level of MDA in people living near the rubber factory was higher than that living near the landfill site (0.847 ± 0.269 nmol/mL vs 0.748 ± 0.253 nmol/mL). It was found no significant difference (p <0.05) in the average levels of MDA between people living near the rubber factory and those living near the landfill site. There was no significant difference in the average levels of oxidative stress between people living near rubber factory and those living near landfill site.]]>
<![CDATA[The Impact of Physical Education on Childhood Obesity in Ohio School Children: A Hierarchical Analysis ]]>
<![CDATA[Nicholas V. Cascarelli Jr.]]>;
<![CDATA[Karen H. Larwin]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 6, No 1: March 2017 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v6i1.6534
<![CDATA[Obesity that starts in childhood or adolescence creates greater risk for adult health problems such as heart disease, arthritis, stroke, and cancer. The literature shows that childhood obesity increases most rapidly during the early elementary school years. The current investigation examines the issue of obesity using a systematic stratified random sample of Ohio schools that reported their 3rd grader’s BMI scores for the 2009-2010 school year to the Ohio Department of Health. The sample included 25 schools and 1,006 students. Those schools selected were contacted via phone to ask how many minutes per week schools allocated for physical education in grades K-3, and how many minutes per day was allotted for recess in grades K-3. The analysis also examined potential moderators including the percentage of students receiving free or reduced lunch and the school building academic performance designations as indicated on the Ohio Department of Education webpage. The results suggest that the model run at the student level accounts for approximately 1% of the variation in BMI; the model run at the school level was not a significant predictor of the variance.While the model included for Ohio students did not indicate a strong predictor for childhood obesity, schools can play a significant role in addressing the childhood obesity issue.]]>
<![CDATA[Ethnicity, Obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes of Adults in Urban Populations of Central America ]]>
<![CDATA[William G Wuenstel]]>;
<![CDATA[James A. Johnson]]>;
<![CDATA[James Humphries]]>;
<![CDATA[Cheryl Samuel]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 6, No 1: March 2017 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v6i1.6529
<![CDATA[The purpose of this meta-analysis was to examine the impact of ethnicity and obesity as it relates to Type-2 Diabetes (T2D) in specific Central American countries. A meta-analysis was conducted to determine the association of ethnicity, obesity, and T2D. Four studies that qualified for inclusion were identified by searching MEDLINE and PubMed databases. The studies on the association of ethnicity and T2D had a combined population resulted in 265,858 study participants. Two studies on the association of obesity and T2D had 197,899 participants. An analysis of the data was conducted utilizing the relative risk ration, odds ratio, and forest plots. The comparison of the relative risk of T2D across ethnic categories by studies range for Blacks was 1.59 to 2.74, Asians was 1.43 to 2.08, and Hispanics .92 to 2.91. The ethnic difference in the prevalence of diabetes was almost two-fold higher in all ethnic groups than among the Caucasians with a significance level of 95%. A comparison of relative risk of T2D across weight categories was significantly higher among those with a diagnosed of diabetes in all reported areas. The odds ratio was very close to the risk ratio in both ethnicity and obesity to the development of T2D.The meta-analysis findings documented that an association does exist between ethnicity and obesity to the development of type 2 diabetes.]]>
<![CDATA[Needs Assesment of Adolescent Health Services ]]>
<![CDATA[Khoiriyah Isni]]>;
<![CDATA[Lina Handayani]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 6, No 1: March 2017 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v6i1.6535
<![CDATA[Health problems surround the adolescent rises everytime, yet it does unexcelled with their awareness or knowledge about that problems. The adolescent health service that are poorly accesced by the adolescent become the indicator that proves that the adolescent health services are not fully known and utilized yet. The assesment of adolesccent health services need has to be done so that it can be fully understand by the helper, target and stakeholder. This study aimed to analyse the adolescent health service need in Karang Bendo, Banguntapan, Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The study was conducted in 2016 using cross-sectional approach. The results revealed that the level of adolsecent’s knowledge are still relatively poor: reproductive health knowledge (44.1%), HIV/AIDS (41.2%), smoke (50%), drugs (58.8%), and healthy lifestyle () (47.1%). The majority of respondents said that they need health services about reproduction health (94.1%), HIV/AIDS (91.2%), smoke (91.2%), drugs (88.2%) and healthy lifestyle (91.2%).]]>
<![CDATA[Spatial Patterns Associating Low Birth Weight with Environmental and Behavioral Factors ]]>
<![CDATA[Donal Donal]]>;
<![CDATA[Hartono Hartono]]>;
<![CDATA[Mohammad Hakimi]]>;
<![CDATA[Ova Emilia]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 6, No 1: March 2017 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v6i1.6530
<![CDATA[Low birth weight (LBW) is a significant public health problem in the world. It was estimated globally by the World Health Organization (WHO) that prevalence of LBW was 15% of all births. In Murung Raya district LBW cases remain high. This paper aimed to identify and discuss the relationship between environmental risk factors with LBW in Murung Raya.A spatial analysis was conducted with 150 women as the total participantswho were recruited through the incidence data in 2013-2014. The questionnaires, medical records, and geographic data were measured by Stata software, ArcGis, SatScan, and Geoda. The study results indicated there was significant correlation between health behavior and environmental variables with the strength of external neighborhood effect across LBW risk factors. More intense clustering of high values (hot spots) was found through the spatial analysis showing that most of the cases were located near the defined buffer zone. This research demonstrates that the spatial pattern analysis provided greater statistical power to detect an effect that was not apparent in the previous epidemiology studies.]]>
<![CDATA[Physical Activity and Obesity Indicators: National Cross Sectional Study on Lebanese Adults ]]>
<![CDATA[Soha Hourani]]>;
<![CDATA[Nagham Hamadeh]]>;
<![CDATA[Mohamad Al-Iskandarani]]>;
<![CDATA[Sarine El Daouk]]>;
<![CDATA[Maha Hoteit]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 6, No 1: March 2017 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v6i1.6525
<![CDATA[Association between higher levels of physical activity and lower rates of obesity has been shown. The aim is to assess the relation between the prevalence of physical activity and the Physical Activity Index (PAI) of 300 Lebanese healthy adults, with age, gender, occupation, body mass indices and waist circumferences (WC). The cutoff points of WC for both genders were determined using the values of Body Mass Index (BMI). A cross-sectional study using self-reported valid questionnaire was conducted randomly on 150 men and 150 women, between 18 and 74 years, from Beirut region. Association between variables was performed using chi2, T-Test and ANOVA. Linear regression determined the WC cutoffs based on BMI. 22% of the population was obese with WC mean level of 92.47±14.4cm (87.71±14.4 cm for women and 97.24±12.96 cm for men). The prevalence of physical activity was 34% in overall population (27% in women and 40% in men).There was no significant association between BMI values and PAI (p< 0.085 for men and p< 0.300 for women). However there was an inverse association between WC values and PAI in both genders (p<0.043 in men and p< 0.036 in women). Linear regression showed WC cut-off point in Lebanese women with BMI ≥25 kg/m2 and ≥30 kg/m2 of 86 cm and 100 cm respectively, whereas for men it was 92.12 cm and 105 cm respectively. The prevalence of physical activity in Beirut is low with differences among genders. The highest physical activity index is associated with the decreased values of waist circumference.]]>
<![CDATA[The Effect of Rekattidiri Ovitrap towards Aedes aegypti Larval Density ]]>
<![CDATA[Malik Saepudin]]>;
<![CDATA[Soeharyo Hadisaputro]]>;
<![CDATA[Ari Suwondo]]>;
<![CDATA[Suhartono Suhartono]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 6, No 1: March 2017 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v6i1.6536
<![CDATA[Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is a health problem in Indonesia. The entire region of Indonesia at risk of contracting dengue disease. The study aims to prove the effect of modifications ovitrap rekattidiri on the density of larvae (HI: House Index, CI: Container Index and BI: Breteu Index) as well as comparing the differences between the mean larvae trapped between ovitrap Rekattidiri with standard ovitrap. Using a quasi experimental design, time series experimental design with Control group. Population subjects were Aedes aegypti at the endemic sites in Pontianak, West Borneo. The results showed larval density index in the intervention area decreased each ie HI from 26% to 3%, CI of 6.95% to 2.19 %, and BI from 29% to 13%. The number of larvae trapped in ovitrap rekattidiri ie 70% (12,770 larvae) more than the standard ovitrap in the control and intervention, namely: 17% (3,057 larvae) and 13% (2,334 larvae). It is concluded that there are significant modifications Rekattidiri ovitrap against larval density index (HI p-value: 0.025, CI p-value: 0.052, BI value of p: 0.04) and there are differences between the mean larvae trapped in ovitrap Rekattidiri and standard ovitrap with p value: 0.001.]]>
<![CDATA[Evaluation of Lactation Promotion as Part of Baby Friendly Hospital ]]>
<![CDATA[Arsani Lailatul Inayah]]>;
<![CDATA[Lina Handayani]]>;
<![CDATA[Azidanti Saufi]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 6, No 1: March 2017 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v6i1.6531
<![CDATA[Decrease of maternal and infant mortality as well as increasing of the exclusive breastfeeding are major public health priorities in Indonesia. In decreasing the maternal and infant mortality, the government developed a program for the community as Baby Friendly Hospital (BFH) to prevent the effects, to support, and to promote breastfeeding. PKU Muhammadiyah hospital in Yogyakarta was one of the BFH program managers. The purpose of this study was to determine the breastfeeding promotion activities as part of BFH at PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital in Yogyakarta.This was a qualitative descriptive study. The findings of this study were inputs consisting of 1) the knowledge and skills to better convey information indicates the quality of human resources. 2) promotion of the policies for all workers to reach the goal. 3) financial promotion is supported by the operating system in the hospital. 4) supporting facility to promote lactation leaflets, posters, ANC class, a breastfeeding counselor and nursing areas. Implementation of lactation promotion was conducted in accordance with program planning of BFH. ]]>
<![CDATA[Client Satisfaction towards Quality of Health Services: An Assessment at Primary Healthcare of District Gujranwala ]]>
<![CDATA[Kauser Aftab Khan]]>;
<![CDATA[Shahzad Ali Khan]]>;
<![CDATA[Zubia Qureshi]]>;
<![CDATA[Moazzam Ali Khan]]>;
<![CDATA[Fouzia Nadeem Gill]]>;
<![CDATA[Mudassar Mushtaq Jawad Abbasi]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol 6, No 1: March 2017 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v6i1.6526
<![CDATA[This survey designed to evaluate the satisfaction level and the factors that affect the patient satisfaction regarding health care delivery services with the aim to improve the services in the primary health care settings of Gujranwala. A Cross Sectional Study done on randomly selected patients attending the basic health units of Gujranwala, with more than18 years of age. Pretested structured "Liker scale questionnaire" was used for data collection. Out of total respondents, 62 (41.3%) clients were satisfied with the services provided by the basic health units of Gujranwala. The factors identified to determine patient satisfaction were accessibility of services, behavior of staff, health education, level of cleanliness, drug availability and miscellaneous services. Not a single ranked area of satisfaction noticed. Client’s occupation and income had significant relationship with the patient satisfaction level. Gender, age, and education of clients were not contributing factors; they not affect the client satisfaction level.Less than half clients were satisfied with the services provided by the basic health units. Management of health facilities needs to improve the services.]]>
