Background: A prison or Detention Center is a closed community with a high risk of COVID-19 transmission. Preventive efforts to disseminate the virus are needed as soon as possible for the safety of assisted residents who have the possibility of conducting social distancing, considering that the number exceeds the ideal capacity of the detention centre. This study aimed to describe the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of assisted residents at Detention Center Class II B Kolaka regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic, which is very important as an evaluation of the condition of the inmates as a closed community and as a consideration for related parties for further local policymaking. Method: This was quantitative research using the cross-sectional design. There were 166 samples in Detention Center Class II B Kolaka. The instrument used was a questionnaire using 20 items. Data were analyzed using the chi-square test.Results: Out of 166 respondents, 92.8% had good knowledge, 87.3% had a confident attitude, 86.7% practised vigilance against the COVID-19 Pandemic. Based on the analysis using Chi-Square, it was found that p-value = 0.000, which means that there is a relationship between the level of knowledge and practice and between the respondent's attitude and practice.
Kebiasaan merokok masih menjadi salah satu masalah perilaku kesehatan yang berdampak pada berbagai organ dalam tubuh, terutama sistem kardiovaskuler. Kandungan zat kimia dalam satu batang rokok berefek pada kesehatan jantung dan merubah tekanan darah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan karakteristik merokok pada pria usia 30-65 tahun di Kabupaten Kolaka. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di 12 Kelurahan di Kabupaten Kolaka menggunakan desain cross sectional study yang melibatkan 112 responden yang dipilih secara purposive sampling dengan kriteria tertentu. Data yang terkumpul kemudian diolah dan dianalisis menggunakan uji chi square pada batas kemaknaan alfa 0,05. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa semua variabel yang tergabung dalam karakteristik merokok berhubungan dengan tekanan darah responden. Variabel jumlah batang rokok, lama merokok, jenis merokok dan cara isap rokok memiliki p value sebesar 0,000. Disimpulkan bahwa kebiasaan merokok dapat meningkatkan tekanan darah pada pria usia 30-65 tahun.
TB is an infectious disease which occurs in the respiratory system. Since the implementation of DOTS nationally in 2000 to 2014 has shown positive progress. However, there are still many challenges that must be faced by the government. One of them is the knowledge of TB sufferers themselves who still need to be improved regarding all matters relating to TB disease, especially regarding the DOTS strategy In 2015, the number of pulmonary TB patients treated at the Pipit Hospital in Anutapura General Hospital in Palu from January to May totaled 115 patients. Based on preliminary studies at Anutapura General Hospital, the majority of TB patients stated they did not know or had never heard of DOTS. They only know the common signs and symptoms of pulmonary TB, which are coughing for more than two weeks and know the combination of TB drugs that must be taken. This study aims to analyze the relationship between patient knowledge about pulmonary TB with the DOTS strategy. The design of this research is analytic with Cross Sectional approach. The population in this study was all patients in the Pipit treatment room at Anutapura General Hospital, Palu in January-March 2019, amounting to 114 people. The sample in this study was 24 people using simple random sampling technique. Data analysis use chi-square test. The results showed a relationship between the levels of knowledge regarding pulmonary tuberculosis with the DOTS strategy in Anutapura Regional Hospital in Palu (p-value = 0.011)
Wonosidi Lor dan Dipan) semuanya masih rentan terhadap temefos dengan kematian larva 100%. Daerah sporadis seperti Driyan berada dalam status rawan dengan Angka Kematian (AK) = 100%, Durungan dan Kriyanan status toleran (AK = 88% dan 97%). Wilayah potensial seperti Kauman dan Janten termasuk kategori rawan (AK = 100% dan 98%), Panjatan dalam status toleran (AK = 84%). Daerah endemik, sporadis dan potensial semuanya resisten dengan AK = <80% terhadap i Serotipe virus Dengue di daerah endemis adalah Dengue 2 dan Dengue 3. Di daerah potensial ditemukan Dengue Serotipe 3, sedangkan di daerah sporadis tidak terdapat serotipe virus. Status resistensi nyamuk Aedes aegypti di daerah end organofosfat (temefos) berada pada rentang toleran, sedangkan semua status daerah terhadap piretroid sintetis (cypermethrin) resisten.
Introduction: Occupational health and safety are a system designed to ensure a good safety and health in the workplace. Nurses have a higher risk of accidents and occupational diseases due to managing patients The goal of analyze the relationship or the influence of predisposing, enabling and reinforcing factors, and the concept of core and care in nurses’ safety and occupational health issue nurs in managing patient. Methods: Type of study is explanatory research using cross sectional design. Proportional random was chosen by consecutive sampling technique amounted to 100 respondents based on criteria. The variables measured were predisposing factors (knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and values), reinforcing factor (officers who became a role model), enabling factors (facilities, rules/regulation), core-care (interpersonal, concern), as well as safety and occupational health. Data were analyzed using Partial Least Square (PLS). Result and Analysis: Predisposing factors affecting safety and occupational health, value by t-count of 2.82 > t-table of 1.96. Reinforcing factors do not significantly affect occupational health and safety by t-count of 1.098 < t-table of 1.96. Enabling factors affecting occupational health and safety by t-count of 2.39 > t-table of 1. Factors of core and care factors affecting nurses’ safety and occupational health in managing patients in Benyamin Guluh Hospital, Kolaka Regency have t-count of 1.963 > t-table of 1.96. Discussion and Conclusion: Development of behavioral and nursing theories to nurses’ occupational health and safety showed R-square value of 39.5%. The new model structure are: predisposing factors (knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and values), enabling factors (facilities, rules / regulation), core (interpersonal relationships) and care (concern).Keywords: occupational health, behavior, nursing
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