scholarly journals Factors Associated with Basic Immunization Status of Infants

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-39
Author(s):  
Dewi Novitasari Suhaid ◽  
Fransisca Faranita

Immunization is an attempt to actively boost a person's immunity against a disease, so that if one day exposed to the disease will not get sick or just experience mild illness. Immunization is routinely divided into primary immunization and continued immunization. Basic immunization is given to infants aged 0 to 1 year, where as advanced immunization is a repeat immunization intended to maintain immunity level or to prolong the period of protection. Further immunization is given when primary immunization is given first, and is given at the age of toddlers and at school age. This research is cross-sectional study. The dependent variable in this study is the basic immunization status of infants, while the independent variables include age, education level, occupation, knowledge and attitude. The sample of this research is mothers with children aged 12-24 months totaling 250 respondents. Instrument of data collection using questionnaire and health record of baby. The data transformation uses the data normality test and Rasch model. Data analysis technique using Chi Square test and logistic regression test. The result of data analysis showed that there was a significant correlation between occupation (p <0,05, PR = 1,864; 95% CI = 1,121-3,097), education level (p <0,05; PR = 3,438; 95% CI = 1,671- 7,074), knowledge (p <0,05, PR = 2,653; 95% CI 1,580-4,455) and attitude (p <0,05, PR = 3,202; 95% CI = 1,897-5,405) with infant immunization status. Age has no significant relationship with the basic immunization status of infants. Conclusions coverage of basic infant immunization completeness in this area is still low that is equal to 42,4%. Attitude is the most dominant factor associated with the basic immunization status of infants.

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.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-163
Author(s):  
Mohd Shaiful Ehsan Shalihin ◽  
Nuria Syafira Abd Muttalib ◽  
Nur Syahirah Azmi ◽  
Zahra Najwa Mohd Zin

Comprehensive care towards geriatric health can be sustained by having good knowledge and attitude among the providers. Hence, this research aims to measure the knowledge and attitude of the final year medical students towards geriatric health and determine the associated factors. A cross-sectional study was conducted among the students using structured questionnaires of Geriatric-Attitude-Scale and Palmore-Facts-on-Aging-Quiz was used. Data was analysed using Mann Whitney U test, Chi square test and Spearman correlation coefficient analysis for the association between the score and studied variables. Median score of students’ knowledges is at 14.00 (IQR 13.00) and mean score for attitude is 48.52 (+5.53) respectively. Place of residence (P= 0.01) and presence of grandparents (P= 0.04) were the significant factors that affected knowledge of students towards geriatrics while number of siblings (P= 0.05) influenced attitudes of students towards geriatrics. Improvement of current geriatric curriculum should be done with more refined implementation of gerontology course in the basic medical learning.


Author(s):  
Anaswara S. Asok ◽  
Pooja Akoijam ◽  
Avantika Gupta ◽  
Brogen Singh Akoijam

Background: Learning problems significantly interfere with academic activities that require reading, mathematical or writing skills. In India 10-14% of children have specific learning disability. The teacher with adequate knowledge of learning disabilities and skills or competencies can do better justice to the children than teacher with general pedagogy backgrounds. The study aimed to assess the teacher’s knowledge and attitude towards learning disabilities and to determine the association between knowledge and attitude with their background characteristics.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 181 teachers of both government and private schools of Bishnupur. Data collected using self-administered questionnaires assessing the knowledge and attitude. Data entered in IBM SPSS 21. Data was expressed using descriptive statistics like frequencies and percentages. Chi-square test   was used to check significance between proportions.Results: Data was collected from 181 teachers. Mean age of participants was 42.7±1 and 59.1% of them worked in govt. schools and 40.9% in private. 48.1% of them had adequate knowledge on learning disabilities. Majority (93.9%) had favourable attitude. Association between type of school the teachers taught and knowledge was found to be significant (p<0.05). There was no significant association between attitude with any of the socio-demographic variables.Conclusions: More than half of the teachers had inadequate knowledge on learning disabilities while majority of them had favourable attitude. Teachers belonging to govt. schools had better knowledge on learning disabilities.


Author(s):  
Yuni Romalita ◽  
Yusriani Yusriani ◽  
Muhammad Khidri Alwi ◽  
Serawati Serawati

Implementasi Prinsip Keterbukaan dalam Pemberdayaan Terhadap Keaktifan Kader Kesehatan untuk Mencegah Risiko Kematian Ibu Yuni Romalita Program Studi Magister Kesehatan, Pascasarjana Universitas Muslim Indonesia; [email protected] Yusriani Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat, Universitas Muslim Indonesia; [email protected] (koresponden) Muhammad Khidri Alwi Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat, Universitas Muslim Indonesia; [email protected] Serawati Program Studi Magister Kesehatan, Pascasarjana Universitas Muslim Indonesia; [email protected] ABSTRACT Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) is one of the important indicators of the degree of public health. One of the government's programs in suppressing MMR is the empowerment of health cadres. Cadres have a big role to play in the smooth process of health services, one of which is posyandu activities. The principle of openness is very important in empowerment to increase the activeness of cadres in reducing MMR. The research objective is to find out the implementation of the principle of openness in empowering the activeness of health cadres in preventing the risk of maternal death in Gowa Regency. This type of research was cross sectional study with a sample size of 120 people, selectied by accidental sampling. Data collection was done by interview using a questionnaire, data analysis using the Chi square test. The results showed that 89.2% of cadres met the principle of openness in empowerment and 10.8% did not meet the principle of openness. There is a relationship between the implementation of the principle of openness in empowerment to the activeness of health cadres in preventing the risk of maternal death in Gowa Regency. It is expected that all relevant parties can work together to increase the activity of health cadres in preventing the risk of maternal death, especially in applying the principle of openness in empowerment. Keywords: the principle of openness; cadre empowerment; maternal death; cadre activity ABSTRAK Angka Kematian Ibu (AKI) menjadi salah satu indikator penting dari derajat kesehatan masyarakat. Salah satu program pemerintah dalam menekan AKI adalah pemberdayaan kader kesehatan. Kader memiliki peran besar terhadap lancarnya proses pelayanan kesehatan salah satunya kegiatan posyandu. Prinsip keterbukaan sangat penting dalam pemberdayaan untuk meningkatkan keaktifan kader dalam menurunkan AKI. Tujuan penelitian yaitu dalam untuk mengetahui implementasi prinsip keterbukaan dalam pemberdayaan terhadap keaktifan kader kesehatan dalam mencegah risiko kematian ibu di Kabupaten Gowa. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan yaitu Cross Sectiona Study dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 120 orang, pemilihan sampel dengan cara accidental sampling. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan wawancara menggunakan kuesioner, analisis data menggunakan uji chi square. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 89.2% kader memenuhi prinsip keterbukaan dalam pemberdayaan dan 10.8% yang tidak memenuhi prinsip keterbukaan. Ada hubungan antara implementasi prinsip keterbukaan dalam pemberdayaan terhadap keaktifan kader kesehatan dalam mencegah risiko kematian ibu di Kabupaten Gowa. Diharapkan kepada semua pihak yang terkait dapat bekerja sama untuk meningkatkan keaktifan kader kesehatan dalam mencegah risiko kematian ibu, khususnya dalam menerapkan prinsip keterbukaan dalam pemberdayaan. Kata kunci: prinsip keterbukaan; pemberdayaan kader; kematian ibu; keaktifan kader


1970 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Lahariya ◽  
J Khandekar ◽  
AS Vachher ◽  
SK Pradhan

Background: The knowledge, attitude of physicians about any interventions has effect on the practices while the perceptions about such intervention by caregivers have impact on the acceptance in community.   Objectives: This study was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude of physicians and perception of the caregivers about new vaccines, and to identify the solutions to address the knowledge gap, if any.   Materials and methods: A cross sectional study was conducted a major city of India from Sept 2006-Jan 2007. 107 physicians and 298 caregivers were interviewed using a pre-tested semi structured interview schedule. The data so collected was analyzed using chi square test and proportions. P value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.   Results: It was found that only 3/5th physicians were aware that typhoid vaccination was part of the immunisation program. The knowledge about all the aspects of typhoid was poor amongst physicians in comparison of other vaccine (Hepatitis B) in the immunisation program. Physicians at private health facilities had poor knowledge than those working at government health facilities. However, majority of the physicians had positive attitude towards typhoid vaccination. All the caregivers had heard about typhoid disease and 39.8% about the vaccine also. Almost 80% of them were ready to pay for typhoid vaccination. Conclusions: The study underlines the need for special efforts to increase the awareness about typhoid vaccination amongst these groups to increase the uptake of the vaccine. Key words: Child Health; Hepatitis B, India; Newer vaccines; Typhoid DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v8i1.3222 Kathmandu University Medical Journal (2010), Vol. 8, No. 1, Issue 29, 51-56


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
ahid jahidin

Penelitian ini betujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pengetahuan ibu, nilai social budaya, dan jarak denganpelayanan kesehatan terhadap alternative pemilihan persalinan.Desain yang digunakan adalah crossectionalstudy (studi potong lintang), dengan mewawancarai 60 ibu yang memiliki bayi usia 0-3 bulan di KecamatanLimboro Kabupaten Polewali Mandar sebagi responden. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan secara listing denganmemilih ibu melahirkan yang memenuhi kriteria penelitian. Data analisis dengan menggunakan uji chi-squareyang dilanjutkan dengan uji regresi logistic.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pengetahuan ibu (p= 0,791 danOR=1,152 ) tidak berpengaruh terhadap alternative pemilihan penolong persalinan. Faktor Nilai social budaya(p=0,037 dan OR=3,763) yang merupakan faktor dominan terhadap alternative pemilihan penolong persalinansedangkan faktor jarak pelayanan kesehatan (p=0,001 dan OR=6,909) yang berarti ada pengaruh antara jarakpelayanan kesehatan dengan pemilihan penolong persalinan. Dari ketiga variable, nilai social budaya adalahfaktor dominan yang mempengaruhi alternative pemilihan penolong persalinan.This study aims to determine the effect of mother's knowledge, the social culture, and distance to health servicedelivery to the alternative selection.The design used was crossectional study (cross-sectional study), byinterviewing 60 mothers of infants aged 0-3 months in the District Limboro Polewali Mandar as a respondent.Sampling was carried out in the listing by selecting the birth mother who met the study criteria. Data analysisusing chi-square test followed by logistic regression test.The results showed that knowledge of mothers (p =0.791 and OR = 1.152) had no effect on the selection of alternative delivery helper. Social value of culturalfactors (p = 0.037 and OR = 3.763) which is the dominant factor for the selection of alternative delivery helperhealth services while the distance factor (p = 0.001 and OR = 6.909) which means there is the influence ofdistance health care helpers with the selection of labor. Of the three variables, the social value of culture is thedominant factor influencing the selection of alternative delivery helper.


2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
Yuliasti Eka Purnamaningrum ◽  
Ratyas Ekartika Puspita Candra Nugrahawati ◽  
Munica Rita Hernayanti ◽  
Anne Vajee

In 2016 Special Region of Yogyakarta was ranked 9th as the province with the highest number of people suffered from HIV/AIDS especially at Sleman regency. Globally, AIDS was the second leading cause of adolescents’s death aged of 10-19 years. The purpose of this study was to find out factors affecting the behaviour of the adolescents towards HIV/AIDS prevention. This research using with cross sectional study design. The sampling technique which used was stratified random sampling resulted in 59 respondents from 11th grade students at SMA Negeri 2 Sleman were selected as sample. Data were collected using questionnaire and analyzed using Chi-Square test and Multiple Logistic Regression. The result showed that most respondents 66,1% had sufficient knowledge. Students who showed supportive attitude was 54,2%. Information obtained were mostly from electronic media. Thirty one students (52,5%) showed a positive behaviour toward HIV/AIDS prevention. Chi-Square test’s result showed that factors significantly related to adolescent’s behaviour toward HIV/AIDS prevention were knowledge and attitude. Variables most affecting was attitude (p-value=0,008; PR=4,4; 95% CI=1,4-13,1).


Author(s):  
A Srividya ◽  
A Kannan ◽  
Krithika Chandrasekar Lakshmi

Introduction: Special Care Dentistry (SCD) is a dentistry branch that advocates equal dental Patient with Special Care Needs (PSCN). In several countries, it is a separate specialty. In India, it is still in its infancy. Few studies have explored the dentists' perception regarding SCD. Aim: To determine the knowledge and attitude about SCD, also the practice measures followed by the dentists in Chennai colleges. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was conducted in three dental colleges in Chennai from September 2019 to October 2019. A total of 230 dentists were enrolled using random sampling. A set of 20 close ended multiple choice questions were formulated and administered to dentists {Undergraduates (UGs) and Postgraduates (PGs)}. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square test was performed using MATLAB software (Mathworks, 2015), with p<0.05. Results: A 78.8% of respondents got good scores of ≥7 in knowledge based questions, 25.6% of the participants showed overall positive attitude. Educational qualification did not affect respondents’ knowledge and attitude about SCD (p>0.05). Only 21.95% of UGs and 22.31% of the PGs have good self-confidence in treating patients with special needs. More than 80% have not administered Domiciliary Care (DC). A total of 65% of participants denied getting any training in their UGs/PGs curriculum. Conclusion: Dentists in the present study are aware about SCD. Clinical measures adopted by dentists and their confidence in treating these patients are suboptimal. Training in SCD should become integral part of future dental education.


2020 ◽  
pp. 56-58
Author(s):  
Anirban Dey ◽  
Santanu Sen Roy ◽  
Debarshi Jana

The aim of the short study is to evaluate self-reported oral health knowledge attitudes and behaviour among local auto-rickshaw drivers inSodepur, Kolkata, India. Materials and Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 50 auto-rickshaw drivers and was carried out with the help of 10 questions. Age, gender and level of education data was recorded. Statistical analysis was performed with the help of Epi Info ™ 7.2.2.2 EPI INFO is a trademark of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) using the Chi-Square test (x2). Results: The (mean ± S.D.) age of the respondents was (38.62±14.03) with range 19 – 70 years and the median age was 35.5 years. Most of the participants (56.0%) were with age between 20 - 39 years. About 76.0% of the participants was with the level of education up to middle standard (up to 9th standard). The variation of scores of knowledge and attitude, also showed highly significant with level of education and behaviour being non-significant. While the study in age group among the auto drivers, showed significant on knowledge & behaviour and attitude as non-significant. (Chi Square-test, P > 0.01). Conclusion: Among auto-rickshaw drivers oral health knowledge, attitude and behaviour showed improved results in relation to level of education and age, although there were deficits in behaviour in relation to level of education and attitude in age wise co-relation. For better future of population, it can be improved with awareness programmes.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-97
Author(s):  
Hartono Hartono ◽  
Bagoes Widjanarko ◽  
Mexitalia Setiawati EM

Background: The prevalence of malnutrition among toddler in Kotabaru district was still high at 20,86 %. The family implemented Kadarzi was 56,24 % while the family who implemented PHBS was 42,48 %, this prevalence was still low. Objective: The purpose was analyzed the relationship between Kadarzi and PHBS behavior of households with nutritional status of toddler of 24-59 months.  Methods: The design was cross sectional study conducted in Puskesmas Dirgahayu. Subjects were children aged 24-59 months who lived in Puskesmas Dirgahayu area, who coverese with inclusion and exclusion criteria twose, subjects are 90 respondens. Sampling technical by simple random sampling. Analysis tests used chi square test and logistic regression with 95% confidence level. Questionnaire was used as tools research, energy and protein intake was measured by recall method.Results: The results showed 27,8 % children was categorized as malnutrition status, 72,2 % family implemented Kadarzi and 70,0 % Kadarzi behave uncategorised healthy home. Analysis of the data showed no significant relationship between Kadarzi behavior with nutritional status (p=0,000, OR=31,13). There was a significant relationship between clean and healthy behavior with nutritional status (p=0,000, OR=22,56). Analysis of multiple logistic regression test obtained dominant factor associated with nutritional status is Kadarzi behavior (p=0,000, OR=0,08). Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between Kadarzi and PHBS behavior of households with nutritional status of toddler 24-59 months.


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