Health-Promoting Lifestyles Among Health Care Workers in a Postdisaster Area: A Cross-sectional Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
pp. 230-235
Author(s):  
Wanqiu Yang ◽  
Timothy Sim ◽  
Ke Cui ◽  
Jun Zhang ◽  
Yanchun Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Spiritual Growth ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Health Promoting

ABSTRACTObjectiveHealth care workers performing rescue tasks in large-scale disaster areas are usually challenged in terms of physical and mental endurance, which can affect their lifestyles. Nevertheless, data on whether health care workers tend to adopt healthy lifestyles after disasters are limited. This paper compares the adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviors among health care workers with that among non–health care workers in a postdisaster area.MethodsThis cross-sectional observational study was conducted in August 2016. The Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II questionnaire was used to interview 261 health care workers and 848 non–health care workers.ResultsResults of the multivariable linear models showed that health care workers had lower physical activity levels (ß=−1.363, P<.0001), worse stress management (ß=−1.282, P<.0001), slower spiritual growth (ß=−1.228, P=.002), and poorer interpersonal relationships (ß=−0.814, P=.019) than non–health care workers. However, no significant differences were found in either nutrition (ß=−0.362, P=.319) or health responsibility (ß=−0.421, P=.283).ConclusionsHealth care workers had less healthy lifestyle behaviors, including physical activity, stress management, spiritual growth, and interpersonal relationships. Further studies are needed to develop health-improving interventions for health care workers in postdisaster areas. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2019;13:230–235)

scholarly journals PENGETAHUAN, SIKAP DAN PERAN TENAGA KESEHATAN TERHADAP PENERAPAN POLA HIDUP BERSIH DAN SEHAT (PHBS) RUMAH TANGGA

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-47
Author(s):  
Umi Romayati Keswara ◽  
Dian Arif Wahyudi ◽  
Wiwik Erni Puspita Sari
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Frequency Distribution ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Health Care Personnel ◽  
P Value ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Ministry Of Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND ROLE OF HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL TOWARD APPLICATION OF HOUSEHOLD IN  HEALTHY‐LIFESTYLE BEHAVIORSBackground: Efforts to change people's behavior in order to support the improvement of health status are carried out through the Clean and Healthy Life Behavior Development Program. This program has been implemented by the Ministry of Health since 1996. One of the evaluations of the success is to look in healthy‐lifestyle behaviors indicators in the household setting. In Indonesia, the picture of health behavior that has not been good is shown by the proportion of household with good implemented by the Ministry of Health since 1996. One of the evaluations of the success is to look in healthy‐lifestyle behaviors, only 32.3%. implemented by the Ministry of Health since 1996. One of the evaluations of the success is to look in healthy‐lifestyle behaviors in Lampung Province in 2015 amounted to 59.2%. Pre-survey in Pujokerto Village for the implementation of healthy‐lifestyle behaviors in 2015 has not yet reached the target of the overall indicator.Purpose: Know the relationship of knowledge, attitudes and roles of health workers to the implementation of Household in healthy‐lifestyle behaviors in Pujokerto Village, Central Lampung Regency in 2017.Methods: Type of quantitative research, analytical design using aapproach cross-sectional. The population in this study were 124 of households. The number of samples of 95 household was taken by purposive sampling technique. Data analysis using chi-square.Results: The study showed that the frequency distribution of healthy‐lifestyle behaviors was mostly poor (58.95%), the frequency distribution of poor knowledge was 51.58% and p-value was 0.001, the frequency distribution of supportive attitude was 54.74% and p-value of 0.001 the frequency distribution of role of health care personnel supports 52.63% and p-value 0.004.Conclusion: A significant relationship between knowledge, attitudes and roles of health workers with the implementation of healthy‐lifestyle behaviors, suggests the need for sustainable health promotion activities to improve public knowledge about healthy‐lifestyle behaviors and change people's attitudes towards healthy‐lifestyle behaviors by using various media such as posters, banners and so on.Keywords: knowledge, attitude, role, health care personnel, household, healthy‐lifestyle behaviors Pendahuluan: Upaya untuk mengubah perilaku masyarakat agar mendukung peningkatan derajat kesehatan dilakukan melalui proram Pembinaan Perilaku Hidup Bersih dan Sehat (PHBS). Program ini telah dilaksanakan oleh Kementerian Kesehatan sejak tahun 1996. Salah satu evaluasi keberhasilan pembinaan PHBS dilakukan dengan melihat indikator PHBS di tatanan rumah tangga. Di Indonesia gambaran perilaku kesehatan yang belum baik ditunjukan dengan proporsi nasional RT dengan PHBS baik hanya 32,3%. Cakupan PHBS di Provinsi Lampung tahun 2015 sebesar 59,2%. Pra survei di Desa Pujokerto untuk pelaksanaan PHBS tahun 2015 belum mencapai target dari keseluruhan indikator.Tujuan: Diketahui hubungan pengetahuan, sikap dan peran tenaga kesehatan terhadap pelaksanaan PHBS Rumah Tangga di Desa Pujokerto Kabupaten Lampung Tengah Tahun 2017.Metode: Jenis penelitian kuantitatif, rancangan analitik menggunakan pendekatan cross-sectional. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah kepala keluarga berjumlah 124 kepala keluarga. Jumlah sampel 95 kepala keluarga diambil dengan tehnik purposive sampling. Analisa data menggunakan chi-square.Hasil: Pada penelitian menunjukkan distribusi frekuensi pelaksanaan PHBS sebagian besar kurang baik (58,95%), distribusi frekuensi pengetahuan kurang baik 51,58% dan p-value 0,001, distribusi frekuensi sikap mendukung sebanyak 54,74% dan p-value 0,001, distribusi frekuensi peran tenaga kesehatan mendukung sebanyak 52,63% dan p-value 0,004.Simpulan: hubungan yang signifikan antara pengetahuan, sikap dan peran tenaga kesehatan dengan pelaksanaan PHBS, saran perlunya kegiatan promosi kesehatan yang berkesinambungan guna meningkatkan pengetahuan masyarakat tentang PHBS dan merubah sikap masyarakat terhadap PHBS dengan menggunakan berbagai media seperti poster, spanduk dan sebagainya.

scholarly journals Gambaran Perilaku Gaya Hidup Sehat Pada Remaja di Ungaran Kabupaten Semarang

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Fadhilatul Tufaidah ◽  
Puji Purwaningsih ◽  
Trimawati Trimawati
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Stress Management ◽  
Spiritual Growth ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors

Unhealthy lifestyles such as lack of physical activity, eating unhealthy foods, and stress in teenagers are now increasing. The presence of unhealthy behavior in teenagers can be bad for their health, one of which is the increasing of risk of non-communicable diseases. Therefore applying healthy lifestyle behaviors in teenagers is very important to prevent the occurrence of non-communicable diseases in the future.The purpose of this study was to describe healthy lifestyle behaviors in teenagres which included responsibility for health, physical activity, nutrition, spiritual growth, interpersonal relations, and stress management. This study uses descriptive method with cross sectional approach. The study population was 1.445 adolescents. The sampling technique used proportional random sampling. Total samples were 314 teenagers. Data collection used the Healthy Promotion Lifestyle Profile -II questionnaire. Data analysis used Frequency Distribution. The results showed that the majority of teenagers had fairly good healthy lifestyle behaviors of 226 people (72%), quite good on aspect of health responsibility of 214 people (62.8%), good in healthy lifestyle behavior in aspect of physical activity of 160 people (51%), quite good in the nutritional aspect of 159 people (50.6%), goodin the aspect of spiritual growth of 205 people (65.3%), good in aspect of interpersonal relations of 222 people (70.7%) , and good in the stress management aspect of 211 people (67.2%). An advice for teenagers is to use this research results as an input on healthy lifestyle behaviors that can be carried out and applied in daily lifeKey words: Behaviour, Healthy Lifestyle, Teenager 

scholarly journals COVID-19 Psychological Impact on Health Care Workers in Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 6076
Author(s):  
Hasan S. Alamri ◽  
Wesam F. Mousa ◽  
Abdullah Algarni ◽  
Shehata F. Megahid ◽  
Ali Al Bshabshe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Psychological Outcomes ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
The Impact

Objective: Little is known about the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) among the health care workers in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess the psychological impact of COVID-19 among the health care workers. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from May till mid-July among 389 health care workers from government and private hospitals in Saudi Arabia. Data was collected using a pre-structured online questionnaire that measured adverse psychological outcomes, including the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scale and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale. The Pearson chi-square test was used to assess the distribution of depression and anxiety among health care workers. Results: A high level of anxiety was recorded among the health care workers, and 69.3% of health care workers below the age of 40 were found to have depression. There was a significant increase in depression among staff with chronic health problems (72.1% vs. 61.9%; p = 0.048). High anxiety levels were detected among young staff compared to others (68.7% vs. 43.8%; p = 0.001). Moreover, 82.1% of the female staff were anxious, as compared to 55.6% of the males (p = 0.001). Conclusions: We found increased prevalence of adverse psychological outcomes among the health care workers in Saudi Arabia during the outbreak of COVID-19. Therefore, there is a need for proper screening and development of corresponding preventive measures to decrease the adverse psychological outcomes.

Epidemiology of needlestick injuries among health-care workers in Awassa City, Southern Ethiopia

2010 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moges Tadesse ◽  
Takele Tadesse
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Needlestick Injury ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Needlestick Injuries ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Workers

Accidental needlestick injuries sustained by health-care workers are a common occupational hazard and a public health issue in health-care settings. An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted and 30.9% of health-care workers had experienced at least one needlestick injury in the previous year.

scholarly journals Cross Sectional Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Health Care Workers in Paediatric Facilities in Eight Countries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Goldblatt ◽  
Marina Johnson ◽  
Oana Falup-Pecurariu ◽  
Inga Ivaskeviciene ◽  
Vana Spoulou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Workers

scholarly journals Correction to: Mental health status among family members of health care workers in Ningbo, China, during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak: a cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuchen Ying ◽  
Liemin Ruan ◽  
Fanqian Kong ◽  
Binbin Zhu ◽  
Yunxin Ji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Workers

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

Occupational exposure of health care workers to blood and body fluids in West Shewa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2018: A cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tesfaye Solomon ◽  
Dejene Lemessa
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Body Fluids ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Needle Stick Injury ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Workers

Abstract Background: Health care workers are susceptible to acquiring blood and body fluids borne infections due to their occupations involving contact with patients and their body fluids, although studies conducted in Ethiopia are scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the magnitude of exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in governmental health facilities in West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia.Materials and methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from May 19 to June 25, 2018. A total of 381 health care workers were selected by simple random sampling from 31 sampled governmental health facilities using proportional to size allocation. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaires, entered into Epi-info version 7, and analyzed by SPSS version 21. Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) calculated for variables retained in the multivariable logistic regression and significance declared at p<0.05.Results: Of 377 health care workers who participated, the study found that 233 (61.2%) were exposed to blood and body fluids in their lifetime. Previous needle stick injury (AOR=0.30; 95%CI: 0.12-0.75), type of health facility (AOR=0.42; 95%CI: 0.26-0.68), handwashing practice (AOR=0.15; 95%CI: 0.07, 0.31), and perceiving at risk (AOR=0.16; 95%CI: 0.03, 0.98) were protective factors whereas long work experience (AOR=1.47; 95%CI: 1.13-1.93) was a risk factor for the exposure.Conclusions: Exposures to blood and body fluids during patient care were common among health care workers in the study area. Therefore, health care workers especially those newly hired and working in hospitals should pay due attention to their occupation's safety and regularly practice hand washing during critical times.

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