Acceptability of Corbel Construction for Housing Development in Ogbomoso, Southwest, Nigeria

Author(s):  
O.O Odunjo

This study assesses the knowledge and attitude of people on the use of corbel arch for lintel construction to reduce concreting in housing construction. Ogbomoso was the case study and Ikose community was purposively selected being a fringe area receiving an influx of people from the city. Google earth and ground-truthing were used in capturing one hundred and eighty-nine inhabited houses and questionnaire was the instrument for data collection and was administered to collect information on the socio-economic background of respondents, knowledge of material and willingness to utilise. Descriptive statistics were employed in the presentation of findings; chi-square was used to test the relationship between characteristics of residents and willingness to adopt the material. Analysis showed that 32.5% were 51-60 years; 60.4% were male; while 62.1% of the respondents were married. Also, 38.2% had modern/ secondary/technical/teacher’s grade II certificate, while 38.1% were traders. Only 12.1% of respondents knew the material, 68.5% were willing to utilise based on availability within the environment and ability to mitigate the effect of climate change, while 57.1% will recommend its usage. Gender, educational background, income and access to information are significantly related to willingness to utilise the material (P =0.000). Suggestions were made towards factoring the material into housing policies in Nigeria.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Noval Ali Lating ◽  
Liena Sofiana

Background: Indrayanti beach located at Gunungkidul district, Yogyakarta. The number of tourists visited this beach has increased each year, meaning that it increases the health risks for the tourist and people involved, such as infectious diseases, blisters, lost, injured by objects or marine animals, sea water irritation. However, according to the previous study, a traveler who is accessing the Tourism Health Centre is low. This research aimed to identify the relationship between knowledge and attitude of the travelers in Indrayanti Beach to the traveler’s access to the Tourism Health Centre.Method: Quantitative analytical approach with a cross-sectional study design was applied in this study. Of 106 travelers was participate in this study that was recruited through accidental sampling. A tested questionnaire contained knowledge, and attitude was asked to the Indrayanti visitor. A Chi-square test was used to analyze the result.Results: There is a significant association between knowledge level (p=0.027) and attitude (p = 0.000) to the willingness to access the Tourism Health Centre. Conclusion: Knowledge and attitude are the primary aspects of the willingness to access the Tourism Health Centre.


Author(s):  
Anies Dewi Wirati Indraswari ◽  
Abdul Aziz ◽  
Meircurius Dwi Condro Surboyo

Abstract Introduction The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has also hit Indonesia. Until September 2020, cases continued to increase with the highest number in Jakarta. The right behavior needs to be followed to prevent COVID-19; this aspect has a strong relationship with knowledge and attitude. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of hospitalized patients' families in Fatmawati Hospital, Jakarta, in an effort to prevent COVID-19. Materials and Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on 300 respondents using a self-administered questionnaire to assess their knowledge, attitude, and behavior about COVID-19. The relationship between knowledge, attitude, and behavior was analyzed using the chi-square test with p < 0.05. Results Most of the participants responded to the questionnaire showing a good knowledge, attitude, and behavior related to the efforts to prevent COVID-19. No relationship was present between knowledge, attitude, and behavior in an effort to prevent COVID-19 (p = 0.414 and p = 0.165). Conclusion The hospitalized patients' families exhibited an adequate level of knowledge, attitude, and preventive behaviors toward COVID-19.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Santi Lestiarini ◽  
Yuly Sulistyorini

Background: The target of exclusive breastfeeding has not been achieved because complementary feeding (MPASI) has been given earlier. Infants aged 0-6 months should only get breastfed without any complementary food. Objective: This paper aimed to analyze factors related to maternal behavior towards complementary feeding (MPASI) in Pegirian Village. Method: This study was observational and cross-sectional, involving all mothers and caregivers of under-five-year-old children in Pegirian Village. The sample size was 35 mothers and caregivers of toddlers in Neighborhood Association No. 06 Community Association 02 Pegirian Village, Surabaya City. Sampling technique in use was saturated sampling or census method because the total population was less than 100. The research variables included educational background, income, and actions in giving MPASI. Correlation test was in use to see the relationship among factors. Results: The results showed that there was a relationship between knowledge and attitude with complementary feeding behavior (P value = 0.001 and 0.015). There was no relationship between the level of education and employment status with complementary feeding behavior towards infants aged less than 6 months (P values = 0.425 and 0.134). Conclusion: Knowledge and attitude of mothers and caregivers can influence complementary feeding for infants aged less than 6 months.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Angga Mahargia yunanta Firdaus ◽  
Eni Hidayati

NAPZA merupakan singkatan dari Narkoba, Psikotropika, dan Zat Adiktif lainnya. Penggunaan NAPZA sangat membahayakan bagi kesehatan baik mental maupun fisik penggunanya. Pengguna NAPZA beresiko gangguan perkembangan otak, bunuh diri dan depresi kehilangan memori, risiko tinggi terhadap perilaku seksual, kecanduan, pengambilan keputusan terganggu, prestasi akademis yang buruk, kekerasan, dan kecelakaan kendaraan bermotor. Penggunaan NAPZA juga merusak masa depan penggunanya dan juga masa depan Bangsa. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis hubungan tingkat pengetahuan dan sikap terhadap penggunaan NAPZA pada remaja di sekolah mengah atas di kota Semarang. Jenis Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan metode survei analitik. menggunakan rancangan survei cross sectional. Sampel penelitan sebanyak 150 remaja yang memenuhi kriteria menggunakan kuesioner kemudian diuji menggunakan uji chi square pada tingkat kepercayaan 95% dari program SPSS versi 19. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa  ada hubungan positif dan Signifikan antara pengetahuan dan sikap terhadap penggunaan NAPZA remaja di sekolah mengah atas di kota Semarang. Nilai p=0.000 dan nilai r=0.343 pada uji pengetahuan dan penggunaan NAPZA membuktikan bahwa pengetahuan merupakan faktor pendukung penggunaan NAPZA. Nilai p= 0.003 dan nilai r=0.236 mengindikasikan bahwa ada korelasi antara sikap dengan penggunan NAPZA, dan pengetahuan dan sikap menghasilkan nilai Chi Square signifikasi = 0,202. Berdasarkan ketentuan analisis Chi Square dimana nilai probabilitas (p) kurang dari 0,05 artinya tidak terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara tingkat pengetahuan dengan sikap pada remaja. Pengetahuan tentang NAPZA dan penyalahgunaannya akan mengarahkan remaja untuk tidak pernah menggunakan bahkan mencoba zat berbahaya tersebut serta bersikap menolak ajakan teman maupun pengaruh lingkungan untuk menggunakannya. Dengan demikian menjadi sangat penting bagi semua pihak baik sekolah maupun orang tua untuk terus memberikan pengarahan yang baik mengenai bahayanya penyalahgunaan NAPZA bagi masa depan remaja. Kata kunci: Remaja, Kecanduan media sosial, Motivasi belajar ANALYZE THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE USE OF DRUGS IN TEENS IN SCHOOL MENGAH TOP IN SEMARANG CITY ABSTRACTIT stands for drugs, psychotropic drugs, and other addictive substances. The use of DRUGS is very harmful for the health of both mental as well as physical users. People who use drugs are at risk of impaired brain development, suicide, depression and memory loss, against the high risk sexual behavior, addiction, impaired decision making, poor academic achievement, violence, and motor vehicle accidents. The use of DRUGS also damage future users and also the future of the nation. This research aims to analyze the relationship of the level of knowledge and attitude towards the use of DRUGS in teens in school mengah top in Semarang city. Type of this research is quantitative research with survey method is analytic. using the draft survey of cross sectional. The sample for the study as many as 150 teens who meet the criteria using keudian questionnaires were tested using the chi square test on a confidence level of 95% of the program SPSS version 19. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between knowledge and attitudes towards the use of DRUGS in mengah school teen top in Semarang city. The value p = 0000 and the value of r = 0.343 on a test of knowledge and the use of DRUGS prove that knowledge is a factor supporting the use of DRUGS.The value p = 0.003 and value r = 0.236 indicates that there is a correlation between attitudes with use of DRUGS, and the knowledge and attitude to produce the value of the Chi Square = 0.202 significance. The Chi Square analysis based on where the value of the probability (p) of less than 0.05 means there is no significant relationship between the level of knowledge with attitude in teenagers. Knowledge about DRUGS and abuse will direct teenagers to never use even attempting the hazardous substances as well as being friends or refuse the influence of environment to use it. Thus it becomes very important for all parties to either the school or parents to continue to provide a good briefing about the dangers of the misuse ofDRUGS for the future of youth. Keywords: adolescent, addicted to social media, the motivation of learning


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Ni Kadek Ayu Septiani Sarjana ◽  
Arsita Eka Prasetyawati ◽  
Dyah Ratna Budiani

<p><strong><em>Introduction:</em></strong><em> </em><em>Rabies is a disease of animals (usually vertebrate) which is zoonotic (transmissible to humans). Rabies occurs in 24 out of the 34 provinces of Indonesia. Rabies is caused by a virus in the Family: Rhabdivoridae, Genus: Lyssavirus. Control the dog population and dog vaccination is effective and economical method to prevent the incidences of rabies in humans. This study aims to investigate the relationship between level of knowledge and attitude to the practice in prevention rabies infection in residents lived in area covered by Puskesmas Kuta II.</em><em></em></p><p><strong><em>Methods:</em></strong><em> </em><em>This study was a cross-sectional study and carried out by simple random sampling of 96 residents in the area of Puskesmas Kuta II. In this study, the independent variables are knowledge of and attitudes towards rabies disease while the dependent variable is the </em><em>practice </em><em>to prevent </em><em>rabies infection in human. Data were collected by a questionnaire-based interview. Analyses were then carried out using the chi-square (x<sup>2</sup>) followed by multivariate analysis using multiple logistic regressions.</em></p><p><strong><em>Results:</em></strong><em> </em><em>This study showed that knowledge has a significant relationship with </em><em>practice</em><em> for rabies disease prevention (p = 0.013; OR 4.240; 95% CI 1.352 up to 13.296). Attitude has a significant positive relationship with the value of p</em><em>ractice </em><em>for rabies disease prevention (p = 0.015; OR 3.073; 95% CI 1.233 up to 7.627). The combined effect of knowledge and attitudes to pr</em><em>actice </em><em>for rabies prevention were approximately 20.90% (Negerkerke R square = 0.209).</em></p><p><strong><em>Conclusions:</em></strong><em> </em><em>There was a significant relationship between knowledge and attitudes with the </em><em>practice </em><em>for rabies disease prevention in residents in the area of Puskesmas Kuta II, the higher level of knowledge and improved attitudes will improve </em><em>practice for</em><em> rabies disease prevention amongst residents in the area of Puskesmas Kuta II.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><strong><em>Key words</em></strong><em>: </em><em>Rabies;  Rabies;  Preventio; Knowledge; Attitude;  Practice</em><em></em></p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Maharani Maharani ◽  
Sri Wahyuni ◽  
Diah Fitrianti

The double burden of nutrition is very worrying for children in Indonesia. Indonesia has a prevalence of malnutrition of 13,8% and 3,1% was overweight of children, while in Aceh that is 16,8% and 2,9% of overweight. One of the factors is the arrangement of additional food that is not patterned. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between mother's knowledge and attitudes about supplementary food and nutritional status in infants. The study was an analytic survey using a cross sectional approach. Samples were taken as many as 86 toddlers with a simple random technique. Data collection using questionnaires and anthropometric measurements. Knowledge and attitude data are processed according to percentage values, and nutritional status data are processed according index to WFA. The statistical test is chi-square at CI:95%. The results showed that mothers' knowledge and attitudes about supplementary food were still not good, and there were still many toddlers with the best nutritional status. Other results show the relationship between maternal knowledge (p=0,000) and maternal attitudes (p=0,019) regarding supplementary food with nutritional status in toddlers in Woyla Barat District. Conclusions, poor mother's knowledge and attitude about supplementary feeding is related to the high problem of malnutrition and over nutrition. Suggestions, counseling is needed related to providing good and nutritious supplementary food, as well as monitoring the nutritional status of children continuously both in the WFA, HFA and WFH indexs.Beban ganda masalah gizi sangat mengkhawatirkan anak-anak di Indonesia. Indonesia mempunyai prevalensi kekurangan gizi sebesar 13,8% dan 3,1% balita gizi lebih, sedangkan di Aceh yaitu sebesar 16,8% dan 2,9% anak gizi lebih. Salah satu faktor penyebab yaitu pengaturan makanan tambahan yang tidak terpola. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengukut hubungan pengetahuan dan sikap ibu tentang makanan tambahan dengan status gizi pada balita di. Penelitian bersifat survey analitik dengan menggunakan pendekatan cross sectional. Sampel diambil sebanyak 86 balita dengan teknik acak sederhana. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner dan pengukuran antropometri. Data pengetahuan dan sikap diolah menurut nilai persetase, dan data status gizi diolah menurut indeks BB/U. Uji statistik yaitu chi-square pada CI:95%. Hasil penelitian menunjukan pengetahuan dan sikap ibu tentang makanan tambahan masih kurang baik, serta masih banyak balita yang bestatus gizi kurang. Hasil lainnya menunjukkan hubungan antara pengetahuan ibu (p= 0,000) dan sikap ibu (p= 0,019) tentang makanan tambahan dengan status gizi pada balita di Kecamatan Woyla Barat Kabupaten. Kesimpulan, pengetahuan dan sikap ibu yang kurang baik tentang pemberian makannan tambahan berhubungan dengan tingginya masalah gizi kurang dan kelebihan gizi. Saran, perlu dilakukan penyuluhan terkait pemberian makanan tambahan yang baik dan bergizi, serta pemantauan status gizi anak secara terus menerus baik pada indeks BB/U, TB/U dan BB/TB.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Febrial R. P. Mongkau ◽  
Joy A. M. Rattu ◽  
Lery F. Suoth

Abstract: Furniture worker is one of the jobs that is at risk of working accidents and illness related to work. Therefore, it is necessary to control work hazard, one of them is by using personal protective equipment (PPE). During observation, many workers had lack of understanding about the importance of using PPE. This study was aimed to obtain the relationship between knowledge and attitude and the action of using PPE among furniture workers at Leilem, Sonder. This was a quantitative study with a cross sectional design. The instruments in this study were questionnaires and chek-list sheets. We used the chi-square test with a p-value of 0.05 to analyze the relationships. The results showed that of 68 respondents, 67 had good level of knowledge about the PPE, while 1 respondent had low level of know-ledge. There were 36 respondents that had good attitude about using PPE meanwhile those with poor attitude were 32 respondents. Respondents that did not use complete PPE were 18 worker while those who did not use PPE were 50 worker. The chi-square test showed a p-value of 1.00 for the relatjonship between knowledge and the action of using PPE and a p-value of 0.418 for the relationship between attitude and the action of using PPE. In conclusion, there were no relationships between knowledge and the action of using PPE as well as between attitude and the action of using PPE among the furniture workers at Leilem, Sonder.Keywords: knowledge, attitude, action of using personal protective equipment Abstrak: Pekerja mebel merupakan salah satu pekerjaan yang berisiko kecelakan kerja dan penyakit akibat kerja. Untuk itu perlu adanya pengendalian bahaya salah satunya dengan menggunakan alat pelindung diri (APD). Dari hasil pengamatan banyak pekerja yang kurang memahami pentingnya penggunaan APD saat melaksanakan pekerjaan. Penelitian ini bvertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara pengetahuan dan sikap dengan tindakan penggunaan APD pada pekerja mebel di Desa Leilem Dua Kecamatan Sonder Kabupaten Minahasa. Jenis penelitian ialah kuantitatif dengan desain potong lintang. Instrumen penelitian ini menggunakan kuesioner dan lembar chek-list. Analisis hubungan menggunakan uji chi-square (p=0,05). Hasil penelitian mendapatkan 68 responden penelitian. Responden dengan tingkat pengetahuan baik tentang APD sebanyak 67 orang, sedangkan yang pengetahuan kurang baik berjumlah 1 orang. Responden dengan sikap baik terhadap penggunaan APD ialah 36 orang dan yang sikap tidak baik 32 orang. Responden yang menggunakan APD tidak lengkap 18 orang dan yang tidak menggunakan APD 50 orang. Hasil uji chi-square hubungan pengetahuan dengan tindakan penggunaan APD mendapatkan nilai p=1,00 dan hubungan sikap dengan tindakan penggunaan APD mendapatkan nilai p=0,418. Simpulan penelitian ini ialah tidak terdapat hubungan antara pengetahuan dan sikap dengan tindakan penggunaan APD pada pekerja mebel di Desa Leilem Dua, Sonder.Kata kunci: pengetahuan, sikap, tindakan penggunaan alat pelindung diri


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-25
Author(s):  
Adedeji Adebola Daramola

The attitude of employees about a particular work will affect the overall performance of an organization. Also, the performance of an organization is a goodwill asset to the organization. The study aimed at examining the relationship between employee compensation and productivity among workers of Benin Owena River Basin Development Authority. In order to achieve this, questionnaire was designed. The completed questionnaires were processed and analyzed using Chi-Square. The findings of this study revealed that there is a relationship between employee compensation and productivity. Hence, there is need to motivate workers at all levels in order to increase organization’s productivity.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfrida Alik Langgesa ◽  
Ramadhan Tosepu ◽  
Hariati Lestari ◽  
Devi Savitri Effendy ◽  
La Ode Ali Imran ◽  
...  

Backgrounds: The use of antibiotics to be a problem in the handling of patients with diarrhea in the city of Kendari. The negative impact of the use of antibiotics is the emergence and development of bacteria resistant to antibiotics, the emergence of diseases caused by bacterial superinfection, the occurrence of side effects of drugsObjective:  To determine the relationship between knowledge and attitude of people with diarrhea in the city kendariMethods: This research was analytic observational cross-sectional method with the entire patient population is diarrhea who came to visit in as many as 234 people Poasia Health Center and the study sample is equal to 148 people. The sampling technique is done by random sampling techniqueResults: The results of the analysis indicate knowledge α (0.05) ρ (0,000) or the chi-square value value table that is 29.658 3.841, then HO is rejected and H1 is accepted. While the attitude showed α (0.05) ρ (0,000) or the chi-square value value table that is 52.269 3.841, then HO is rejected and H1 acceptedConclusions: There is a relationship between knowledge and attitudes to the use of antibiotics in patients with diarrhea in Kendari. A person who has enough knowledge about the use of antibiotics in patients with diarrhea then it will not use antibiotics unless the prescribing physician.


2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masnuh Eva Kurniawan ◽  
Ani Mazlina Dewi Mohamed ◽  
Nur Siyam ◽  
Nirmala Fatikha ◽  
Nova Alvia Fitriani

The city of Semarang as the capital of Central Java province is a DHF endemic city and has a high risk of dengue fever. Based on data from Central Java Provincial Health Office in 2015, DBD IR from 2012 to 2015 has increased. Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) in the work area of Puskesmas Sekaran, Gunungpati in 2013 there are 7 cases of DHF patients, the highest number of Dengue fever is in Sukorejo Village with 6 patients then followed by Kelurahan Sekaran with 1 patient. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship Knowledge and Public Attitudes about DHF with the Behavior Eradication Mosquito Nest (PSN) in the Village Sekaran Gunungpati District Semarang City. This type of research is observational analytics with cross sectional approach. The sample of this research is the community of Village Saving as many as 52 people. The research instrument used questionnaires and observation sheets. Data analysis using chi square test.The result of this research is that there is no correlation between knowledge about dengue behavior toward PSN behavior (p = 0,477) and there is no correlation between public attitudes about DBD on PSN behavior (p = 1,96). Conclusion from this research that there is no relation between knowledge and attitude of society about DBD to behavior of PSN DBD.


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