Clean and healthy living culture education to protect the students from Covid-19 in senior high school of Muhammadiyah II, Beji, Depok

At the end of 2019 the world's population was tested by the presence of the Covid-19 virus, which in a short time was classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Millions of people have been affected by the infection and also tens of thousands have died. One of the preventions of transmission of the Covid-19 virus is by implementing a culture of clean living and implementing strict health protocols. Meanwhile, the fact is that the implementation of a culture awareness of clean living and health protocols is still low. The purpose of this activity is to provide knowledge of senior high school of Muhammadiyah II Beji-Depok students about clean and healthy living habits and also to provide assistance in adding hand washing and ablution facilities. This community service activity was carried out face-to-face and was carried out from August to December 2020. The result of this activity was the implementation of socialization related to the culture of clean living, giving free masks, and the construction of hand washing facilities.

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Sosialisasi Langkah Cuci Tangan Yang Benar Guna Mewujudkan Masyarakat Sehat Di Sman 2 Sibolga

Jurnal Pengabdian UntukMu NegeRI ◽

10.37859/jpumri.v4i1.1680 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 129-132

Author(s):

Sumaiyah Sumaiyah

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

World Health Organization ◽

School Environment ◽

Senior High School ◽

Hand Washing ◽

World Health ◽

Indonesian Government ◽

Simple Step ◽

Health Organization ◽

The Right

Washing hands is a simple step that can be improve the level of health of oneself, family and community. World Health Organization (WHO) has provided rules regarding good and proper washing steps, whereby the Indonesian government is promoting its socialization especially in the school environment. Senior High School (SMA) Negeri 2 Sibolga is one of the randomly selected schools to carry out the right hand washing step socialization according to WHO. The level of student’s knowledge about the correct steps for washing hands has been shown increase after socialization.

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STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY IN THE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION OF THE COVID-19 IN SOUTH KONAWE DISTRICT

Darmabakti Cendekia: Journal of Community Service and Engagements ◽

10.20473/dc.v3.i1.2021.7-12 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 7

Author(s):

Suryani Suryani ◽

Loly Subhiaty Idrus ◽

Ruslin Ruslin ◽

Rini Hamsidi

Keyword(s):

Community Service ◽

Large Scale ◽

Persuasive Communication ◽

World Health ◽

Small Scale ◽

Healthy Living ◽

Mitigation And Adaptation ◽

Service Activity ◽

Health Organization ◽

Community Movement

Background: Transmission of COVID-19 developed rapidly until the World Health Organization (WHO) established a pandemic status on COVID-19 since March 11, 2020. Various of government efforts in the context of prevention and treatment have been carried out including lockdowns decisision, social distancing and new normal was currently carried out. Objective: This community service activity aims as an effort to increase the knowledge and awareness of South Konawe communities to prevent and fight covid-19 by clean and healthy living behaviors. Method: The implementation of this activity using socialization and persuasive communication online methods via social media instagram and youtube and offline method performed in two categories, small-scale and large-scale at South Konawe. These community service activities are outlined in 4 main programs, GERMAS (Healthy Living Community Movement), GEMAS (Community Movement Using Masks), socialization about TOGA (Family Medicinal Plants), antiseptics and disinfectants. Results: The result of this program is increasing public knowledges about how to improve the immune system, such as consuming nutritious food, consuming herbs which can be processed into an infusion or decocta preparations as well as understand the importance of implementing about prevention of covid-19 in daily life, such wearing masks, antiseptics, and disinfectants and washing hand correctly. Conclusion: This community service activity really helped increase the knowledge and awareness of the community of South Konawe to prevent and fight the corona virus.

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Has the COVID 19 Virus Changed Adherence to Hand Washing among Healthcare Workers?

Behavioral Sciences ◽

10.3390/bs11040053 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 53

Author(s):

Rosalia Ragusa ◽

Marina Marranzano ◽

Alessandro Lombardo ◽

Rosalba Quattrocchi ◽

Maria Alessandra Bellia ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Hand Hygiene ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Hand Washing ◽

World Health ◽

Patient Contact ◽

Who Guidelines ◽

Descriptive Data ◽

Different Types ◽

Health Organization ◽

Hospital Wards

The aim of the study was to assess adherence to hand washing by healthcare workers (HCWs) and its variations over time in hospital wards. We wanted to check whether the pandemic had changed the behavior of HCWs. The study was conducted between 1 January 2015, and 31 December 2020. The HCWs were observed to assess their compliance with the Five Moments for Hand Hygiene. We described the percentage of adherence to World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines stratified per year, per specialty areas, per different types of HCWs. We also observed the use of gloves. Descriptive data were reported as frequencies and percentages. We observed 13,494 hand hygiene opportunities. The majority of observations concerned nurses who were confirmed as the category most frequently involved with patients. Hospital’s global adherence to WHO guidelines did not change in the last six years. During the pandemic, the rate of adherence to the procedure increased significantly only in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). In 2020, the use of gloves increased in pre-patient contact. The hand-washing permanent monitoring confirmed that it is very difficult to obtain the respect of correct hand hygiene in all opportunities, despite the ongoing pandemic and the fear of contagion.

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Digital transformation of face-to-face focus group methodology: engaging a globally dispersed audience in management of institutional change (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.28911 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mohamed Mahmoud ◽

Anna TOKAR ◽

Melissa ARRIAS ◽

Christos MYLONAS ◽

Heini UTUNEN ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Focus Group ◽

Learning Strategy ◽

Transformation Process ◽

World Health ◽

Global Learning ◽

Group Discussions ◽

Face To Face ◽

Global Workforce ◽

The World ◽

Health Organization

UNSTRUCTURED As part of its transformation process to meet the health challenges of the 21st century by creating a motivated and fit-for-purpose global workforce, the World Health Organization (WHO) is developing the first-ever global Learning Strategy for health personnel around the world. Focus group discussions (FGDs) were organized as part of in-depth qualitative research on staff views, visions, and suggestions. Due to the pandemic, a flexible, multi-linguistic, participatory, iterative methodology for digitization of face-to-face FDGs to engage a globally dispersed workforce was implemented.

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ADOLESCENT KNOWLEDGE LEVEL ABOUT CERVIC CANCER PREVENTION

International Journal of Educational Review, Law And Social Sciences (IJERLAS) ◽

10.54443/ijerlas.v1i2.86 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 191-196

Author(s):

Henni Safrida Sitompul

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Cervical Cancer ◽

Cancer Prevention ◽

Young Women ◽

Reproductive Organs ◽

Cervical Cancer Prevention ◽

World Health ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

Health Organization

Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women. Cervical cancer attacks the female reproductive organs and uterus. Every year thousands of women die from cervical cancer. Poor living habits can also cause outbreaks of cervical cancer, such as smoking, lack of nutrition, long-term use of oral contraceptives, sexual activity that is often among adolescents. The level of knowledge of young women about cervical cancer prevention in the MayjendSutoyo College Foundation Senior High School Medan. World Health Organization (WHO) states, currently cervical cancer is ranked among the various types of cancer that causes death in women in the world. Cervical cancer can be prevented by doing primary prevention and secondary prevention. This type of research is a descriptive study conducted. The population in this study were female students at the MayjendSutoyo College Foundation in Medan. A sample of 39 people were taken in total sampling. Data obtained using a questionnaire. The conclusion of the study is the level of knowledge of young women in the MayjendSutoyo Medan Foundation High School in the prevention of cervical cancer is still in the sufficient category.

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Knowledge and Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among Adults in Hohoe Municipality, Ghana

Food Science and Nutrition Studies ◽

10.22158/fsns.v2n1p1 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Thomas K. Awuni ◽

Gideon Kye-Duodu ◽

Charles Duodu ◽

Francis B. Zotor ◽

Basma Ellahi

Keyword(s):

Disease Risk ◽

Vegetable Consumption ◽

Binary Logistic Regression ◽

World Health ◽

Easy Access ◽

Fruit And Vegetable ◽

Face To Face ◽

Home Based ◽

Risk Factor Surveillance ◽

Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that a person consumes at least 400g of Fruit and Vegetable (FV) daily to prevent chronic disease risk. We assessed knowledge of current WHO guidelines and other determinants of FV intake among adults (? 18 years, n = 397) in Hohoe Municipality, Ghana. Face-to-face interviews using a questionnaire adopted from WHO Risk Factor Surveillance System were undertaken. Knowledge of FV daily servings and determinants of intake were evaluated by descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression. There was a 99.2% response rate with approximately 9% of participants correctly stating the WHO daily recommended amount (P = .296). Most (54%) of respondents’ FV intake was affected by unavailability of desired choice (P = .050). Odds of inadequate consumption for persons aware of adequate intake amount was 1.97 (95% CI: 0.64, 6.05, P = .234) higher than persons without awareness. Participants with problems accessing their desired choice of FV had 0.59 odds (95% CI: 0.36, 0.95, P = .030) of consuming inadequate amount compared to those with easy access. Adequate FV intake depends on availability of consumer prefered choice regardless of knowledge of recommendations. Individual home based FV cultivation is relevant for availability of preferred choice and adequate consumption for NCDs risk reductions among Ghanaians.

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Consumption and Preferences of Fruits and Vegetables in Turkish Adults

Proceedings of The Nutrition Society ◽

10.1017/s0029665120005534 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 79 (OCE2) ◽

Author(s):

Hilal Hizli Güldemir ◽

Neda Yousefirad ◽

Cansu Akman ◽

Fatma Elif Sezer ◽

Havvanur Yoldas Ilktac ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Fruits And Vegetables ◽

Vegetable Intake ◽

Vegetable Consumption ◽

World Health ◽

Face To Face ◽

Interview Method ◽

Geographical Regions ◽

Dried Fruit ◽

Health Organization ◽

Vegetables And Fruits

AbstractHigh fruit and vegetable intake is associated with reduced risk of future chronic diseases. This study aimed to evaluate the consumption of fruits and vegetables in adults living in Turkey.The study was performed with selected by random sampling method on total of 7693 individuals, who lives in different geographical regions in Turkey. The research data were obtained through a questionnaire applied in face-to-face interview method in June-September 2017. In the study the consumption status, preferences and daily amount of vegetables and fruits were questioned; height, body weight and Body Mass Index (BMI) were evaluated. Statistical analyzes were performed with SPSS 22.0 program.33.2% of the participants were male; 66.8% are female. The mean age of the subjects was 34.8 ± 13.2 years and BMI was 25.3 ± 5.0 kg / m2. According to the World Health Organization, 5.1% of individuals were lean, 46.7% were normal, 30.9% were slightly obese and 17.2% were obese. 95.5% of individuals reported that they consume vegetables and 96.5% of them consume fruits. In vegetable consumption preferences, it was determined that 62.9% of the individuals consumed raw vegetables every day, 80.4% of cooked with meat dishes, 85.0% of cooked meatless dishes, and 59.0% of them consumed as roasted at least once a week. Boiled and steamed vegetables are preferred rarely. In fruit consumption preferences, it was found that 58.7% of the individuals consumed fresh fruits every day, 40.9% of dried fruit, 17.0% of compote and 28.0% of fruit juice at least once a week. BMI was found to be significantly higher in individuals who did not consume vegetables and fruits (p < 0.05).Although the majority of the individuals reported that they consumed vegetables and fruits in general, the BMI of 48.1% was above normal. Informative studies are needed to increase the amount and variety of consumption of vegetables and fruits in Turkish adults.

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Hand hygiene compliance among rural healthcare workers of Nepal

Journal of Patan Academy of Health Sciences ◽

10.3126/jpahs.v5i1.24050 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 90-95

Author(s):

Ajay Kumar Rajbhandari ◽

Reshu Agrawal Sagtani ◽

Kedar Prasad Baral

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Hand Hygiene ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Compliance Rate ◽

Hand Washing ◽

World Health ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Hygiene Compliance ◽

Health Organization ◽

Healthcare Associated

Introductions: Transmission of healthcare associated infections through contaminated hands of healthcare workers are common. This study was designed to explore the existing compliance of hand hygiene among the healthcare workers workings in different level of health care centers of Makwanpur district of Nepal. Methods: This was a cross sectional observational study conducted in Makwanpur district, Nepal, during 2015. Healthcare workers from nine healthcare centers were selected randomly for the study. Standard observation checklists and World Health Organization guidelines on hand hygiene were used to assess the compliance of hand hygiene during patient care. Results: There were 74 participants. Overall compliance for hand washing was 24.25% (range 19.63 to 45.56). Complete steps of hand washing were performed by 38.3% of health care workers. The factors associated for noncompliance were lack of time (29.3%), example set by seniors (20%), absence or inadequate institution protocol (20%) and unfavourable health care setting (> 20%). Conclusions: Overall hand washing compliance rate amongst the healthcare workers in rural health facilities of Nepal were low (24.25%).

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A Review of Arguments for the Existence of Latent Infections of Bacillus anthracis, and Research Needed to Understand Their Role in the Outbreaks of Anthrax

Microorganisms ◽

10.3390/microorganisms8060800 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (6) ◽

pp. 800

Author(s):

Robert S. Gainer ◽

Gilles Vergnaud ◽

Martin E. Hugh-Jones

Keyword(s):

French Literature ◽

Homo Sapiens ◽

Old French ◽

Time Span ◽

World Health ◽

Latent Infections ◽

Short Time Span ◽

Literature Reviews ◽

Health Organization ◽

Short Time

Hugh-Jones and Blackburn and Turnbull’s collective World Health Organization (WHO) report did literature reviews of the theories and the bases for causes of anthrax outbreaks. Both comment on an often-mentioned suspicion that, even though unproven, latent infections are likely involved. Hugh-Jones suggested Gainer do an updated review of our present-day knowledge of latent infections, which was the basis for Gainer’s talk at the Biology of Anthrax Conference in Bari, Italy 2019. At the Conference Gainer met Vergnaud who presented anthrax genome studies that implied that the disease might have spread throughout Asia and from Europe to North America in a short time span of three or four centuries. Vergnaud wondered if latent infections might have played a role in the process. Several other presenters at the Conference also mentioned results that might suggest the existence of latent infections. Vergnaud subsequently looked into some of the old French literature about related observations, results, and discussions of early Pasteur vaccine usage (late 1800′s) and found mentions of suspected latent infections. The first part of the paper is a focused summary and interpretation of Hugh-Jones and Blackburn’s and Turnbull’s reviews specifically looking for suggestions of latent infections, a few additional studies with slightly different approaches, and several mentions made of presentations and posters at the Conference in Italy. In general, many different investigators in different areas and aspects of the anthrax study at the Conference found reasons to suspect the existence of latent infections. The authors conclude that the affected species most studied, including Homo sapiens, provide circumstantial evidence of latent infections and modified host resistance. The last part of the review explores the research needed to prove or disprove the existence of latent infections.

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Fighting the SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) Pandemic with Soap

10.20944/preprints202005.0060.v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Narendra Kumar Chaudhary ◽

Nabina Chaudhary ◽

Manis Dahal ◽

Biswash Guragain ◽

Sumie Rai ◽

...

Keyword(s):

General Public ◽

Preventive Measures ◽

Chemical Properties ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Hand Washing ◽

World Health ◽

Potential Effectiveness ◽

The World ◽

Health Organization ◽

Unique Chemical

Today, the entire globe is struggling to deal with the greatest pandemic of the century, COVID-19. With no clinically approved treatments available, we are left with no options other than following the preventive measures issued by the World Health Organization (WHO). Among many others, hand washing with soap and water has been emphasized the most because it is cost-effective and easily accessible to the general public. Various studies have reported that soaps offer unique chemical properties that can disinfect the virus as a whole. However, there is still ambiguity in the general public about whether soaps can really shield us from this highly contagious disease. In an attempt to help eliminate the ambiguity, we analyzed the mechanisms underlying the efficacy of soap and its prospect for preventing the spread of COVID-19. In this paper, we have provided an overview of the history and characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), the detailed mechanisms of the deactivation of viruses by soaps, and the potential effectiveness of soap in eliminating coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-2.

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