Interventive empowerment program to improve dental health knowledge for people living with HIV, teenagers, and visitors of public health center in red district area

Abstract

IntroductIonSememi Community Health Center is located in two areas of the former red district of Kandangan and Sememi, and they were officially closed in December 2013. The closure of these would have a major impact on the surrounding community. Impacts that arise in health sector would include the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV-AIDS. Thus, Sememi Public Health Centre held a program that aims to control STI and HIV-AIDS and improve the assistance and treatment of STI and HIV-AIDS patients. [1] HIV is a virus that attacks the immune system. During the infection, the immune system becomes weak. People living with HIV (PLHIV) become more susceptible to infection and could show symptoms of opportunistic infections. [2] Observational research was conducted in the work area Sememi Puskesmas with the observation of health centers and secondary data collection. From these activities, researchers obtained low results on the visit of PLHIV-AIDS to the dentist with 12.5%. Therefore, it would be difficult to detect the problem of teeth and mouth in PLHIV.In the results of epidemiological studies conducted at the Sememi Public Health Centre, it showed that there was an increase in the severity of caries in PLHIV. Caries could be occurred and affected by several risk factors, including the level of education, age, socioeconomic, knowledge on caries, knowledge on HIV, attitudes to caries, maintaining oral hygiene, and frequency visiting the dentists.Based on the result, researchers devised an empowerment program to overcome the high problems of caries severity in PLHIV. Empowerment program is conducted in group approaching method and counseling using visual media (book) and audiovisual (video). The aim of this Aims: The aim of the study is to actuating willingness and ability to maintain and improve dental health in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) community. Subjects and Methods: Problem finding is intervened through group approach method and using supporting media in the form of book and audiovisual. The intervention targets consisted of primary groups (PLHIV-assisted group) and secondary (visitors of public health center, junior and senior high school students) as supportive of promotive and preventive efforts. The statistical analysis for this study was done using SPSS 17 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois). Results: This program was followed by respondents covering PLHIV group, junior and High school students that are selected as a cadrees and visitors of public health centre. There is enhancement of knowledge and skills in maintaining oral hygiene after intervention with an average before intervention of 55.33% increased to 86.67%. Conclusions: The empowerment program produces good results seen from the respondents have been able to explain and practice how to brush teeth properly and correctly after some intervention programs.

Correlation Between Frequency and Duration on Reading Thequr’an With Cognitive Function at Elderly

“…The elderly population in Indonesia is experiencing an increasing life expectancy, an average increase of up to 70 years. The number of elderly in Indonesia is quite high (1,2).Decreased cognitive function will be increasingly encountered in line with the rapid growth of the elderly(3)thus lead to the urgency of health promotion (1,4,5).The number of people with cognitive impairment is estimated to be about a third of the population over the age of 70 years (6).Previous research mention that about 10% of parents older than 65 years, and 50% over 85 will experience cognitive impairment, which will present mild cognitive impairment to dementia (7).…”