Menstruation is the periodic production of blood, mucus and epithelial cells from uterus. Some women feel pain in the abdomen that comes from the uterine cramps that can spread to the lower back and limbs. This condition is known as dismenorrhea and occurs before and during menstruation. Dismenorrhea is thought to be derived from uterine contractions stimulated by prostaglandin. The purpose of the study was to analyze the influence of health education on the level of knowledge of the teenagers in SMAN 3 Kupang. This kind of research is quasi-experimental with one group pra post test design. The subjects for this experimental study will be 521 girls at Grade X and XI in SMAN 3 Kupang. The sampling techniques are using proposional stratified random sampling with the number of samples of 84 girls. The variables studied are using wilcoxon test. The result showed that there was an increase in girls' knowledge after being given a health knowledge, with the avarage score for 69,26 at pretest increased to 88,9 in the post test, with significant value of ρ = 0,000 or smaller value is α = 0,05, so health education affects to the improvement of adolescent knowledge about dismenorrhea and non-pharmacological treatment.

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Diabetes mellitus is a disease that causes public health problems because it is one of the causes of deaththroughout the world. This study aimed to analyze the risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus. The type ofresearch used is a case control study, with a retrospective approach. The location of this study is in BhayangkaraHospital on Kupang city. The sample in this study was divided into two groups, namely a case sample as muchas 37 people and a control sample as much as 37 people. Research instruments use questionnaires and medicalrecords. The data obtained were analyzed using chi square statistical test. From the results of the study it wasfound that the related factors were: age (p=0,018, OR=3,544; CI= 95%), obesity (p=0.015; OR=3.826;CI=95%), hypertension (p=0.019; OR=3,423; CI=95%), consumption pattern (p=0,017; OR=3,660; CI=95%),stress (p=0,036 OR=3,033; CI=95%). It is expected the hospital provides information through counseling orleaflets about risk and danger factors of Type 2 DM to the community and for community to be able to increaseawareness for risk factors of the Type 2 DM by diligently checking for self-detection so the treatment can bedone as early as possible.

Phubbing is a behavior or act of ignoring someone in the scope of the social environment by focusing on smartphones instead of paying attention to the interlocutor when interacting so that it affects interpersonal relationships. This study aims to determine the effect of phubbing behavior and the quality of friendship among students of the Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Nusa Cendana Kupang. This research method uses quantitative research with a simple linear regression analysis design. The number of samples was 100 students of the Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Nusa Cendana Kupang. The sampling technique used was simple random sampling. The results of this study indicate that the significance value (sig) is 0, 033 <of 0.05 and the value of t count> t table is -2.162> 1.984. This means that Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted that there is a negative effect of phubbing behavior on the quality of friendship among students of the Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Nusa Cendana Kupang.

This study aims to determine the consumption patterns of COVID-19 patients during self-isolation at home during PPKM Level 4 in the city of Kupang. The research method is quantitative research with a cross-sectional study design. The results showed that the consumption pattern in terms of the type of food consumed was in the moderate category with a total of 46 respondents (57.5%); in terms of the amount of food in the excellent category with a total of 63 respondents (78.75%); and in terms of eating frequency, 72 respondents (90%). The amount of information about balanced nutritious foods makes isoman patients wiser in choosing and consuming foods to increase immunity and speed up the recovery process. In conclusion, getting food for COVID-19 patients during the PPKM level 4 in Kupang city, mainly obtained from family assistance, consumption patterns in categories, and the amount of food consumed, is good.   Keywords: COVID-19, Independent Isolation, PPKM, Consumption Pattern

Diabetes mellitus is a condition of abnormality characterized by the presence of carbohydrate and fat metabolism that does not get enough insulin continuously, and causes acute and chronic complications. The decrease in the rate of development of complications requires the role of health workers in the puskesmas as the first service unit in the primary prevention of diabetes mellitus. The research aims to find out the characteristics of diabetes mellitus patients in the working area of Sikumana Health Center, Kupang City in 2019. This type of research is descriptive research. The research population was all diabetes mellitus patients in the period January-December 2019 which amounted to 484 patients who received services according to standards. Sampling uses quota sampling techniques and all members of the population are studied. The database collected is the medical record data of diabetes mellitus patients in the puskemas. Data processing and analysis is done descriptively. The results showed that the late elderly were the more diabetic (39.90%) and dominated by female gender (56.40%). Most diabetic patients have a basic education level (46.50%) and the work of most patients is housewives (42.40%). The type of diabetes mellitus cases suffered, most of which are old cases (85.30%). It is expected on the part of the management of non-communicable diseases in the puskesmas to make efforts to improve patient knowledge through the provision of health information periodically with diverse topics related to diabetes mellitus prevention and control measures.

AbstractThis research was conducted using beef extracted from Kupang (se’i meat), Indonesia. Se’i meat is a locally found food where the preferred mode of preparation is smoking the beef with the preservation using nitrites. Nitrite can cause health-related problems such as cancer. This research was carried out using a true experimental method with a complete randomized design with the aim of analyzing the effect of meat administration on the expression of wild-type p53 protein in colon cells of Balb/c mice as an indicator of carcinogenesis. The measurement of p53 is to observe the increase in the-over-capacity of p53 expression in the colon cell as a result of decrease in wild-type protein p53. This research provides scientific information about the effect of giving se’i meat on the expression of wild-type p53 in cells of Balb/c mice as an indicator of carcinogenesis. A total of 36 male mice of Balb/c strain weighing 23.8 g were divided into four groups classified as samples (P1, P2 and P3) and control (K), which were taken from modern and home industries in the city of Kupang. The results showed that consumption of nitrite-preserved beef se’i (traditional smoked meat) increased the p53 protein expression in colon cells of Balb/c strain male mice, and the least significant difference test also showed that there were differences in wild-type p53 protein expression among the four groups: P1 (mice that have been given the standard food, drinking water and se’i meat that contains no nitrite) has an average of 142 expressions, which is higher than that of P3 (mice that have been given the standard food, drinking water and se’i meat containing nitrite which come from the home industry) which has an average of 106.55 expressions and is higher than that of K (mice that have been given the standard food and drinking water) which has the total average of expression of about 78.11 expressions. The benefit of this research is to gain the scientific information about the effect of giving smoked meat on the expression of wild-type p53 in colon cells of Balb/c mice as a carcinogenic indicator.

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