Background: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV2 recently became a pandemic worldwide, such as in Indonesia. Social distancing is one of the recommended mitigations to reduce the risk of disasters, such as morbidity and mortality caused by COVID-19. Community compliance with social distancing is a part of the pandemic control.Aims: This study identified knowledge, attitudes, and behavior towards the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 transmission through social distancing during COVID-19 pandemic among Indonesian community.Methods: This descriptive study applied a cross-sectional design and distributed closed questions with online  questionnaire randomly to 34 provinces in Indonesia on social media networks and e-mail. This study successfully collected 1,102 respondents from 29 provinces in Indonesia. The data were analyzed descriptively by calculating frequency, percentage, and cross-tabulation.Results: This study had successfully identified  99%, 59%, and 93% of respondents with good knowledge, positive attitudes, and good behavior respectively towards  social distancing..Among the respondents who had good knowledge showed positive attitudes (58.85%) and good behavior (93.3%). The respondents who had positive attitudes showed good behavior (96.7%).behaviorConclusion: Indonesian community had good knowledge, attitude and behavior towards social distancing as a way to prevent the virus transmission. This strongly supports disaster mitigation in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. Keywords: attitudes, behavior, COVID-19, knowledge, social distancing.

Kendali glikemik merupakan hal yang penting bagi penyandang Diabetes Melitus (DM) karena berimplikasi terhadap upaya pengelolaan DM. Tuberkulosis (TB) paru merupakan salah satu komplikasi yang banyak pada pasien DM yang berhubungan dengan proses dan hasil pengobatan penyakit tersebut. Penelitian bertujuan mengetahui kendali glikemik berdasarkan parameter kadar Glukosa Darah Puasa (GDP), glukosa darah 2 jam post prandial (GD2JPP) dan HbA1c pada pasien diabetes melitus tipe 2 (DMT2) yang mengalami TB paru. Penelitian potong-lintang dilakukan pada 45 subyek DMT2 dengan TB paru dan 45 subyek DMT2 tanpa TB paru yang berobat jalan di dua rumah sakit di Surabaya. Hasil pemeriksaan GDP, GD2JPP, dan HbA1c yang dianalisis secara deskriptif, ditampilkan berupa nilai rerata dan Standar Deviasi (SD). Diperoleh rerata dan SD adalah GDP (202,11 ± 78,68 mg/dl), GD2JPP (283,20 ± 107,20 mg/dl), dan HbA1c (11,20 ± 2,61%) pada subyek DMT2 dengan TB paru sedangkan pada subyek DMT2 tanpa TB paru diperoleh GDP (175,29 ± 61,38 mg/dl), GD2JPP (208,22 ± 75,60 mg/dl), dan HbA1c (9,34 ± 2,22%). Nilai rerata GDP, GD2JPP dan HbA1c pasien DMT2 dengan TB paru lebih tinggi daripada DMT2 tanpa TB paru. Hal ini menunjukkan kriteria pengendalian DM yang belum mencapai sasaran sehingga perlu dilakukan upaya pemantauan kendali glikemik yang lebih baik

BACKGROUND: The low adherence to consumption of Fe tablets in adolescent girls illustrates that the iron supplementation program has not been maximized, so the proportion of anemia in the adolescent group is still high. School-based weekly Fe tablet intervention together with education is effective and ideal in preventing anemia. AIM: This study aims to determine the effect of the PAKEM education model on adherence to Fe tablet consumption. METHODS: This research was quasi-experimental with the randomized pre-test-post-test control group design. The population of this study was 249 young women in Class XI of several high schools, SMAN 12 Makassar and SMAN 1 Makassar, based on the results of the initial survey with low adherence to taking Fe tablets. The research sample was obtained by simple random sampling; 70 respondents were divided into intervention and control groups. Data were analyzed using paired t-test, Wilcoxon test, and Mann–Whitney U-test. RESULTS: There was an increase after the PAKEM educational intervention on knowledge (10.91–17.88), attitudes (56.11–73.60), motivation (38.05–53.49), and actions (0.83–7.34). There was a significant difference between the PAKEM intervention group and the leaflet and audiovisual controls on all study variables with p=0.000 (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: The PAKEM education model was more influential than a leaflet and audiovisual media on the compliance of female adolescent Fe tablet consumption. It is recommended for health workers and educators to apply the PAKEM education model to prevent anemia in adolescent girls.

Objective: This study aims to identify the determinants of Low Birth Weight (LBW) in Bahteramas General Hospital, Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. Method: This research uses an institutional-based Case-Control Study design from May to June 2021 at the Bahteramas Hospital, Southeast Sulawesi Province. Data were collected from 134 samples of mothers giving birth, with 67 of them having babies with birth weight <2500 g (cases) and 67 of them having birth weights >2500 g (controls) using secondary data, namely medical records. Data were analyzed by univariate, bivariate with odds ratio test, and multivariate analysis with multiple logistic regression to identify the determinants of LBW.. Result: Based on the logistic regression analysis, it found that the mother's educational status variable was ≤12 years [AOR 0.19 (95% CI 0.06-0.62)]; mothers with parity one or >3 [AOR 0.06 (95% CI 0.01-0.21)]; birth spacing <2 years [AOR 4.49 (95% CI 1.37-14.74)], mothers who had a history of hypertension during pregnancy [AOR 0.07 (95% CI 0.02-0.23)]; and mothers who had a history of anemia during pregnancy [AOR 0.10 (95% CI 0.03-0.31)] with parameter significance in the partial test, each p<0.05, shown to be associated with the incidence of LBW. Conclusions: This study concludes that the mother's low educational status, parity, birth spacing, history of hypertension, and history of anemia were found to be predictors of LBW. It is necessary to improve the knowledge, maintain birth interval, and routinely carry out ANC visits for early detection of pregnancy complications. Keywords: LBW; education status, parity; birth interval; history of hypertension; history of anemia.