Technology is an important part of human life. Gadgets are a kind of technology that most widely used by humans. Theseinclude smartphones, tablets, iphone, blackberries, laptops and more others. Not only used for communication, gadgetsalso become a trend in today's cultures for life and knowledge. All information and daily activities such as shopping, payment and entertainment are provided by this device. Users of gadgets are very heterogeneous, from old peopleto young child. Many researchers believe that the use of gadgets can have an impact on the growth and development of early childhood. This paper presents the impact gadget usage in early childhood and it also describes parent's role to prevent children from the negative effects of gadget usage.
Background: Knowledge and stigma are the factors that determine the success of TB control. The people of East Nusa Tenggara still rely heavily on the support of God's servants in addressing health issues. God's servant is someone who is believed to have the gift of healing through prayer to the Lord Jesus. Aim: This study aimed to reveal God’s servants’ knowledge on and stigma to TB.Methods: This study is a descriptive quantitative study, in which the research aims to perceive God’s servants’ knowledge and stigma to TB in 2 community health centers with the most TB cases in Kupang. The population of the study was God’s servants in three areas of coverage of community health centers with the most TB cases. The sample of the study was the entire population (Total sampling) as many as 120 people. Data were collected through questionnaires and using mid-point score.Results: The results showed that the knowledge related to transmission, treatment, and prevention of Tuberculosis was low, amounted to 76%, similar to the stigma to TB that was amounted to 58%. God's servants still held the stigma that TB is a curse and disgraceful disease and they were unwilling to share with tuberculosis patients.Conclusion: God’s servants’ knowledge related to TB is low. As for stigma, even though mostly is low, there are still many God’s servants who give stigma to TB disease. Since God’s servant is a potential figure believed by some people to have the gift of healing, their knowledge and stigma needs to be improved in order to provide true information and support for TB patients.
Teen sexual behavior is any behavior that is driven by sexual desire either committed themselves, with the opposite sex or same-sex marriage in the absence of religion law. Regional Public Hospital of Kalabahi’s data found that in 2017, 10 teenagers had sexual before marriage. Factors that encourage teens women committing deviant sexual behavior due to the lack of knowledge about sexual behavior, positive attitude toward sexual behavior as well as access to social media on adolescent sexual behavior. The purpose of this research was to analyze the relationship of knowledge, attitudes and social media access with the sexual behavior of adolescent women in SMA Negeri 1 Kalabahi 2017. Type of this research was an analytical survey using cross-sectional technique. The population in this research consisted of 218 woman student in SMA Negeri 1 Kalabahi. The sample in this study was 140 students selected by using simple random sampling. The results of the analysis suggested that knowledge (p-value = 0.000), attitude (p-value = 0.000), and access to social media (p-value = 0.000) were associated with sexual behavior in adolescent women in SMA Negeri 1 Kalabahi 2017. Education to increase knowledge among female teens about teen sexual behavior as well as establishing related rules for social media access in school are necessary.
Uterine myoma is a benign tumor of the uterine muscle, accompanied by connective tissue so that it can be in solid form, because the connective tissue is dominant and soft. The incidence of uterine myoma in Indonesia at 2013 showed found 2,39 % - 11,70% in all gynecological cases suffererswhich generally occur in women age > 35 years. This study aims to determine the risk factors associated with the incidence of uterine myoma in patients at RSUD Prof. Dr. W.Z. JOHANNES kupang in 2019. This type of research is observational analytic with a case control design. The number of samples were 41 respondents who suffered from uterine myoma and 41 respondents who did not suffer from uterine myoma, who were randomly selected and total sampling with a level of confidence α = 0.05. Each variable examined was tested using the chi-square test to find out the relationship of risk factors for the occurrence of uterine myoma. The results showed parity variables, (p = 0.014, OR = 4.132, and 95% CI = 1.423-11.996), age of menarche (p = 0.001, OR = 5,624, and 95% CI = 2,030-15,583) and family history (p = 0.008, OR = 4,565, and 95% CI = 1,577-13,219) had a relationship with the incidence of uterine myoma, while the old variables were the use of hormonal contraception (p = 0.816, OR = 0.805, and 95% CI = 0.322-2.009) and obesity (p = 0.312, OR = 1,915, and 95% CI = 0.694-5,282) had no association with the incidence of uterine myoma. Advice for nulliparous women to carry out routine cheks on medical personnel for preventive measures and early diagnosis as well as women who experience early menstruation to check their reproductive organs if there are menstrual complaints or menstruation in order to establish an early diagnosis of myoma uteri.
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