AIDS Education for Health Professionals

1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian T. Eagle ◽  
Pierre W. Brouard
Keyword(s):  
Attitude Change ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Aids Education ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Black Sexuality ◽  
Significant Change ◽  
The One

The effectiveness of a three-day AIDS education course conducted for health workers was assessed by means of change scores measured on a Knowledge and Attitudes scale. A control group design was used and a follow-up was conducted one month after completion of the course. The results indicated that the course was effective in producing significant change on the dimensions of ‘Attitudes to Homosexuals' and ‘Attitudes to black Sexuality’. There was no significant change in ‘Attitudes to AIDS’ or ‘Knowledge of AIDS’. These results were confirmed at the one-month follow-up. The results suggest that time-limited education programmes can be effective in producing attitude change in health professionals in relation to AIDS-associated patients and groups.

scholarly journals Efficacy of Online Group Counseling with Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Approach to Enhance Students’ Humility

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-90
Author(s):  
Rohmatus Naini ◽  
Mungin Eddy Wibowo ◽  
Mulawarman Mulawarman
Keyword(s):  
Group Counseling ◽  
Character Strengths ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Mindfulness Skills ◽  
Significant Change ◽  
Character Building ◽  
Online Group

Character building is an important part of the counseling services in the schools. Humility is a character strengths as a basic development others virtue. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of online group counseling with mindfulness-based cognitive approach to enhance students' humility. This study is pretest posttest control group design with 16 students who divided in to experimental and control groups. To measure the students' humility, authors used 32 items of humility scale (α = .901). Furthermore, to measure mindfulness skills using children and adolescence mindfulness measurement (α = .790). Based on the results of the paired t-test data analysis, obtained the pretest – posttest (t = 18,391; p = .56), posttest – follow up (t = -5,769; p = .001), and pretest – follow up (t = -30.549; p = .001). There was a significant change in the humility score which marked by (p < .05). Comparison analysis between the control group (MD = 12.62; SE = .87; p = .001) was interpreted as a significant increase change in the students' humility. In addition, there is a significant interaction between students' humility in the group as evidenced by (F (2,4) = 56,764, P = .001, Ƞp2 = .73). As the result, there is a significant change in mindfulness group counseling effect on increasing humility and has a large interaction effect.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Pijat Bayi terhadap Peningkatan Berat Badan

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 144-150
Author(s):  
Yuyuk Eva Fitriyanti ◽  
Gusman Arsyard ◽  
Sumiaty Sumiaty
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Child Growth ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Infant Massage ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Indicator of child growth is weight. At the age of 1-3 months is a period of rapid growth, so it is necessary to maintain a baby's weight according to age. Touch therapy or massage is one of technique that combines the physical benefits of human touch with emotional benefits such as bounding and increasing weight. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of infant massage on weight gain in infants aged 1-3 months in the work area of the Sangurara Health Center in Palu. This type of research was a Quasi-experimental design with pretest and Posttest control group design. The sample in this study was 30 months old infants as many as 30 infants with sampling technique consecutive sampling. Data analysis used test Chi-square with a confidence level of 95% (α = 0.05). The results show that babies who were massaged had more weight gain, which was 24.07%, while babies who were not massaged had a weight gain of 18.28%. This is evidenced by the value of p value: 0.03 (p.value≤0.05). In conclusion, there was the effect of Baby Massage on Increased Body Weight. Suggestions for researchers for health workers to socialize and suggest baby massage to reduce the case of BGM weight (Under the Red Line) in infants.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of a Human Capacity-building Initiative on Improving the Health of Rural Communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamed Rezakhani Moghaddam ◽  
Vahideh Aghamohammadi ◽  
Aghil Habibi ◽  
Yousef Hamidzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Job Motivation ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

Abstract Background: Given the major role of capacity building in improving the health of rural communities and due to the lack of studies performed on this issue, we aimed to investigate the effectiveness of educational and capacity building intervention on staff communication, job motivation skills, educational performance, and knowledge and behavior of health house clients in Ardabil city’s rural communities.Methods: The pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group design was conducted. In this study, convenience sampling was performed and a total of 220 health care recipients and 108 staff were surveyed in both interventional and control groups. The intervention was designed based on four approaches for capacity building introduced by Crisp et al. Data were collected using three questionnaires including knowledge and practice about healthy lifestyle, communication skills self-assessment, and Wright's job motivation. All statistical analyses were fulfilled using IBM SPSS Statistics software.Results: At the end of the study; the mean scores of knowledge and practice of referrals to health centers about a healthy lifestyle and communication skills and job motivation of healthcare worker increased statistically in the intervention group compared to the baseline (p< 0.05), but changes in these variables were not significant in the control group (p>0.05). Following 3 months of intervention, there were significant differences among the study groups (p< 0.05).Conclusion: Capacity building comprehensive interventions can help in identifying rural community health needs, increasing knowledge and practice of rural communities' residents about health issues, promoting health workers empowerment, and improving health workers' motivation.

scholarly journals Baby Spa Effect on Growth

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karningsih Sudiro ◽  
Sri Mulyati
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Body Length ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Treatment Data ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Spa Treatment ◽  
Provide Health Education

The aim of the study was to determine the effectiveness of Baby Spa on the growth of body weight and body length in infants aged 3-12 months. This research is a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with control group design. The number of respondents as many as 70 respondents consisting of 1 group (35 respondents) with Baby Spa treatment and 1 group (35 respondents) was a control group without treatment. Data analysis using the MANCOVA test. The results of the study are Baby Spa effective for the growth of body weight and body length in infants aged 3-12 months. The conclusion that Baby Spa can be used to stimulate the growth of a baby's body weight and body length, but needs to pay attention to balanced feeding factors. The use of Baby Spa needs coordination between midwives and other health workers. Midwives must also provide health education about Baby Spa to stimulate baby growth so that babies can grow optimally.

PELATIHAN REGULASI EMOSI UNTUK MENURUNKAN PERILAKU PERUNDUNGAN PADA REMAJA PELAKU PERUNDUNGAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-37
Author(s):  
Nurfitria Laili Hidayati ◽  
Rahma Widyana
Keyword(s):  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Test Control

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pelatihan regulasi emosi pada remaja pelaku perundungan untuk mengurangi perilaku perundungan. Subjek dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 10 orang remaja pelaku perundungan yang dibagi menjadi 2 kelompok, yaitu 5 subjek untuk kelompok eksperimen dan 5 subjek untuk kelompok kontrol yang memiliki skor regulasi emosi rendah dan sedang, serta skor perilaku perundungan tinggi dan sedang. Pemilihan subjek dalam penelitian ini dengan menggunakan teknik random assigment. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode pre-test post-test control group design. Alat pengumpulan data berupa skala regulasi emosi, skala perilaku perundungan, observasi dan wawancara. Pelatihan regulasi dalam penelitian ini dilakukan secara online dengan menggunakan aplikasi layana komunikasi video berupa GoogleMeet selama dua kali pertemuan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada perbedaan tingkat perilaku perundungan pada kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok kontrol setelah diberikan pelatihan regulasi emosi yang dilihat pada hasil pengukuran post-test. Pada hasil pengukuran follow up menunjukkan adanya perbedaan tingkat perilaku perundungan pada kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok kontrol. Namun, ada perbedaan yang signifikan pada tingkat perilaku perundungan dilihat hasil pengukuran post-test dan follow up. Pelatihan regulasi emosi dalam penelitian ini mengajarkan kelompok subjek penelitian untuk mengenali emosi, menyadari emosi, memaknai emosi, dan mengubah emosi negatif menjadi emosi positif dengan mengubah sudut pandang positif.

scholarly journals Meniscus Repair Outcomes with and without Bone Marrow Aspiration Concentrate

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (7_suppl5) ◽  
pp. 2325967119S0028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Allan Massey ◽  
Andrew Zhang ◽  
Christine Bayt Stairs ◽  
Stephen Hoge ◽  
Trevor Carroll ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Bone Marrow Aspiration ◽  
Meniscus Repair ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Pain Level ◽  
Average Pain ◽  
The Mean ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

Objectives: The purpose of the current study is to review the results of meniscus repairs with and without bone marrow aspiration concentrate (BMAC). It is hypothesized that with BMAC, meniscus repair outcomes will be improved when compared to without BMAC at 1 year after surgery. Methods: This is a prospective case control study performed from August 2014 until August 2017. Patients were included if they had a meniscus repair performed with no history of prior meniscus surgery to the operative knee. Patients were excluded if there was a full thickness cartilage tear or International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS) Grade IV cartilage tear not treated in a single staged surgery. Patients were also excluded if they did not reach the one year follow-up, had a multi-ligamentous knee injury requiring multiple staged procedures. From August 2014 until November 2015, patients had meniscus repair without BMA. Menisci were all repaired arthroscopically using inside-out, outside-in and all-inside techniques. After November 2015, all meniscus repairs were augmented with BMAC. In the BMAC group, all bone marrow was obtained from the ipsilateral femur during the time of surgery. The Biocue BMAC system (Zimmer Biomet, Warsaw Indiana) was used for bone marrow aspiration and BMAC was injected directly into the tear site after repair. Numerical data such as VAS, lysholm and IKDC was analyzed using a 2 sample T-test. Categorical data such as sex, tear location, type of tear and zone of tear were analyzed using a chi-square. Results: A total of 150 patients were initially included in the study. The average age in the control group was 26.3 versus 29.4 in the BMAC group (P=0.27). Thirty seven percent of the control group had an ACL reconstruction versus 40% in the BMAC group (P= .77). The control group improved from an average pain level of 6.1 to 1.2 and the BMAC group improved from an average pain level of 5.9 to 0.7 at the 1 year end point. Both the control group and BMAC group improved with respect to pain with no difference at the 1 year end point (P=.19). There was, however a significantly larger reduction in pain at the 6 week and 3 month time point with BMAC compared to the control group (P=.02 and P=.02 respectively). At the 1-year follow-up, the mean lysholm score improved from 43 to 92 in the control group and 43 to 90 in the BMAC group. The mean IKDC score improved from 37 to 87 in the control group and 36 to 83 in the BMAC group at the one year follow-up. Conclusion: Meniscus repair outcomes were improved at 6 weeks and 3 months post-operatively, when BMAC is used to augment meniscus repair compared to repair without BMAC. Both groups, control group and BMAC meniscus repair group had improved outcomes at 1 year post-operatively with respect to VAS, lysholm and IKDC, with no difference in complication rate.

scholarly journals Micronutrients in support to the one carbon cycle for the modulation of blood fasting homocysteine in PCOS women

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 779-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Schiuma ◽  
A. Costantino ◽  
T. Bartolotti ◽  
M. Dattilo ◽  
V. Bini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Cycle ◽  
Normal Limit ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Pharmacological Treatments ◽  
Open Label ◽  
Parallel Group ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The One

Abstract Purpose Fasting blood homocysteine is increased in PCOS women and is involved in several of its co-morbidities including cardiovascular disease and infertility. Corrective interventions based on the administration of supra-physiologic doses of folic acid work to a low extent. We aimed to test an alternative approach. Methods This was a prospective, randomized, parallel group, open label, controlled versus no treatment clinical study. PCOS women aged > 18, free from systemic diseases and from pharmacological treatments were randomized with a 2:1 ratio for treatment with activated micronutrients in support to the carbon cycle (Impryl, Parthenogen, Switzerland—n = 22) or no treatment (n = 10) and followed-up for 3 months. Fasting blood homocysteine, AMH, testosterone, SHBGs, and the resulting FTI were tested before and at the end of the follow-up. Results The mean baseline fasting blood homocysteine was above the normal limit of 12 μMol/L and inversely correlated with SHBG. AMH was also increased, whereas testosterone, SHBG, and FTI were within the normal limit. The treatment achieved a significant reduction of homocysteine, that did not change in the control group, independently of the starting value. The treatment also caused an increase of AMH and a decrease of SHBGs only in the subgroup with a normal homocysteine at baseline. Conclusions In PCOS ladies, blood homocysteine is increased and inversely correlated with the SHBGs. Physiologic amounts of activated micronutrients in support to the carbon cycle achieve a reduction virtually in all exposed patients. Whether this is of clinical benefit remains to be established.

Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI)

2008 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 299-326
Author(s):  
Kimberly A. Wolbers
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Group ◽  
American Sign Language ◽  
Writing Instruction ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Interactive Writing ◽  
School Students ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Univariate Analyses

This study investigates the effects of using Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI) with deaf, middle school students who use American Sign Language as their L1 and written English as L2. Using a pretest-posttest control group design, the research explores whether students receiving SIWI made significantly greater gains compared to those not receiving SIWI on a number of variables. There were 33 total students, 16 in the treatment group and 17 in the comparison group. The intervention lasted a total of 8 weeks, during which time the treatment group collaboratively constructed two report papers using SIWI components, and the comparison group continued with their typical literacy instruction. The pre and posttest measures were scored, according to rubrics, for evidence of primary traits, contextual language, and conventions. The multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and follow-up univariate analyses were statistically significant. Furthermore, effect sizes (d) were large to very large, ranging from 1.27 to 2.65, indicating SIWI to be an effective approach with deaf L2 writers.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF THERAPEUTIC GROUP THERAPY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADOLESCENT SELF IDENTITY IN ORPHANAGE

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Siti Kholifah ◽  
Hendy Muagiri Margono ◽  
Rizki Fitryasari ◽  
Ah Yusuf , ◽  
Hanik Endang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Identity Status ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Therapeutic Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Self Identity

Introduction: Adolescents living in orphanages experience a lack of self-confidence, withdrawal, lack of interest in learning, lack of communication, and a closed attitude so that it will have a negative impact on cognitive, emotional, and social development. This study aims to determine the effect of Therapeutic Group Therapy (TKT) on the development of adolescent self-identity in orphanages. Methods : The study design was a Quasy experimental pre-post test control group design. The population was 104 children living in orphanages A and B. The research sample was 30 intervention groups and 32 control groups that met the inclusion criteria obtained through purposive sampling. The independent variable is Therapeutic Group Therapy while the dependent variable is self-identity. Data obtained using a questionnaire and analyzed using the Wilcoxon Sign Ranks Test and Mann-Whitney U Test with a significance level ∝ <0.05. Results : The results of the analysis of the intervention group showed the effect of TKT on self-identity (p = 0.0001). The results of the Mann-Whitney U Statistical Test of self-identity test showed a value of p = 0,0001 ( ∝ <0.05) meaning that there was an effect of TKT on self-identity between the two groups. Conclusion : TKT is done by health workers can help identify identity status teenagers and can improve self-identity teenager who lived in the orphanage through health education.

scholarly journals PENGARUH MEDIA PREZI TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR PRAKARYA DAN KEWIRAUSAHAAN SISWA KELAS X SMAN 4 SINGARAJA

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diva Palguna ◽  
Agus Adiarta ◽  
Gede Indrawan
Keyword(s):  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Object Selection ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Media ◽  
The One ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Test Result

The aim of this study was to know about the effect of Prezi media to the learning result off class x students about a Craft and Entrepreneurship at SMA N 4 Singaraja. The research method used quasi experiment with Post-test only control group design. The research object were a class experiment and a class control. The research object selection used random sampling. The sample class of this research were X MIA 3 class as experiment class and X MIA 6 as the control class. To examine the hypothesis, one sided t-test used. The one sided t-test result showed that the study result of experiment class which used the media of Prezi higher than the class control which used the conventional media. It could be seen from one sided t-test result with tsum = 7,015 bigger than ttable = 1,672. So, the Prezi media gave the positive effect to the study result of a Craft and Entrepreneurship subject.

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