Background: An increase in COVID-19 cases has been accompanied by an increase in public misinformation of basic coronavirus facts, its transmission and prevention.Aims: This study described public knowledge of COVID-19 misinformation in Indonesia.Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study using online questionnaires for data collection from 4 to 11 April 2020. The questionnaires consisted of two parts regarding demographic characteristics and knowledge of misinformation. The sample in this study was 530 respondents. Descriptive analysis was used for data analysis.Results: The majority of respondents were below 25 years old (n = 342, 64.5%) and graduated from junior/senior high school education (n = 277, 52.3%). There were 13.2% of respondents who believed the COVID-19 can halt in Indonesia's climate, while 27.7% of them stated that COVID-19 is a biological weapon deliberaly created by a country. Meanwhile, 19.6% believed that gargling with salt water or vinegar can kill the COVID-19.Conclusion: A group of people still did not get misinformation of the COVID-19. Various efforts need to undertake to align community understanding of COVID-19 prevention, and thus they could get accurate information. Keywords: COVID-19, misinformation, prevention measures, SARC-CoV-2.
Poor knowledge and practices of newborn care may contribute to high neonatal mortality. This study aims to analyze the effect of prenatal education, namely 'mother class', on knowledge and practices of newborn care among mothers in Tangerang Selatan District, Indonesia. An intervention study with a quasi-experimental design was conducted. Using a questionnaire, 427 mothers were interviewed: an intervention group (n = 214) that attended mother class and a control group (n = 213) that had not. A home visit followed the intervention to assess newborn care practices. Mother class used Maternal and Child Health Handbook as the main reference material. Attending mother class significantly increased knowledge of breastfeeding initiation and hepatitis B immunization (p < 0.05). Mothers in the intervention group had the likelihood of practicing good newborn care compared with the control group (odds ratio: 1.812; 95% confidence interval: 1.235-2.660). Mother class improves knowledge and newborn care practices and strengthens interactions between mothers and health care providers.
Objectives The perceptions of family-planning (FP) acceptors regarding contraception influence the reasons for which they choose to switch their method of contraception. The objective of this study was to analyze the perceptions of contraception and rationales for switching contraceptive methods among female FP acceptors in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Methods This study involved the analysis of secondary data from the Improve Contraceptive Method Mix study, which was conducted in 2013 by the Center for Health Research, University of Indonesia. The design of the study was cross-sectional. We performed 3 stages of sampling using the cluster technique and selected 4819 women who were FP acceptors in West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia as the subjects of this study. The data were analyzed using multiple logistic regression. Results The predominant pattern of switching contraceptive methods was switching from one non-long-term method of contraception to another. Only 31.0% of the acceptors reported a rational pattern of switching contraceptive methods given their age, number of children, and FP motivations. Perceptions of the side effects of contraceptive methods, the ease of contraceptive use, and the cost of the contraceptives were significantly associated (at the level of α=0.05) with rational patterns of switching contraceptive methods. Conclusions Perceptions among FP-accepting women were found to play an important role in their patterns of switching contraceptive methods. Hence, fostering a better understanding of contraception through high-quality counseling is needed to improve perceptions and thereby to encourage rational, effective, and efficient contraceptive use.
Prevalensi diabetes melitus berdasarkan hasil Riset Kesehatan Dasar yang tertinggi di Indonesia terdapat di provinsi DKI Jakarta. Ketidakpatuhan berobat pasien diabetes melitus tipe 2 merupakan salah satu faktor yang mengakibatkan rendahnya kontrol glukosa darah dan meningkatnya resiko komplikasi. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui profil tingkat kepatuhan penggunaan obat di Puskesmas Kecamatan Makasar Jakarta Timur dan faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi kepatuhan penggunaan obat pada pasien diabetes melitus tipe 2. Penelitian ini berdesain cross sectional yang dilaksanakan pada April 2019 sampai Juni 2019 dengan total 175 responden diabetes melitus tipe 2. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan teknik wawancara terstruktur menggunakan kuesioner kepatuhan MMAS-8. Data diolah dengan menggunakan software statistik dan dianalisa menggunakan analisa distribusi frekuensi dan uji chi square. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 71 responden (40,6%) memiliki tingkat kepatuhan sedang dalam menggunakan obat antidiabetes. Alasan utama ketidakpatuhan responden adalah bosan (43,6%). Ada hubungan bermakna antara tingkat kepatuhan dan hasil tes gula darah. Untuk mengetahui lebih dalam hubungan antara tingkat kepatuhan dengan hasil tes gula darah maka perlu adanya penelitian lanjutan tentang hubungan studi prospektif hasil tes gula darah dengan tingkat kepatuhan.
Pandemi COVID-19 di Indonesia masih belum terkendali sampai saat ini. Berbagai upaya telah dilakukan pemerintah melalui kebijakan Kampanye 5M (memakai masker, mencuci tangan, menjaga jarak, menjauhi kerumunan, dan membatasi mobilitas dan interaksi), program vaksinasi dan penerapan Pemberlakuan Pembatasan Kegiatan Masyarakat (PPKM). Akan tetapi, angka pertambahan kasus melonjak tinggi yang disebabkan oleh mobilitas masyarakat pada saat libur hari raya Idul Fitri 2021 dan masuknya varian Delta ke Indonesia. Hal tersebut memicu terjadinya gelombang kedua COVID-19 di Indonesia. Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk menyediakan analisis data dengan pendekatan pemodelan matematika dinamis khususnya terkait vaksinasi dan PPKM serta situasi gelombang kedua. Model mendemonstrasikan bahwa pandemi COVID-19 gelombang kedua di Indonesia diperkirakan akan sampai pada puncaknya pada akhir Juli, selanjutnya pada awal Agustus 2021 kasus aktif mulai menurun. Besaran penurunan kasus aktif pada gelombang kedua akan membutuhkan waktu sekitar satu bulan lebih untuk sampai pada level puncak gelombang pertama yaitu pada awal September 2021. Pandemi COVID-19 di Indonesia diperkirakan sudah dapat terkontrol pada akhir bulan Desember 2021 dan kemungkinan akan berubah menjadi endemi pada pertengahan tahun 2022. Kebijakan vaksinasi dan PPKM yang diimplementasikan secara bersamaan berdampak pada penurunan kasus COVID-19. Program vaksinasi harus tetap konsisten dilaksanakan sesuai target dengan menjamin ketersedian vaksin apa pun jenisnya. Sedangkan PPKM dapat terus dilaksanakan terutama pada daerah dengan kasus COVID-19 yang tinggi sampai situasi terkendali. Selain itu, pelaksanaan protokol kesehatan tetap harus dijalankan secara ketat untuk melindungi semua masyarakat.
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