Location-Based Data Visualisation Tool for Tuberculosis and Dengue

2014 ◽  
pp. 260-282
Author(s):  
Kim Nee Goh ◽  
Yoke Yie Chen ◽  
Cheah Hui Chow
Keyword(s):  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Data Visualisation ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Officer ◽  
Prototype Tool ◽  
Health Centres ◽  
Vector Borne ◽  
Rural Places ◽  
Non Communicable Disease

Malaysians suffer from both communicable and non-communicable diseases. Tuberculosis (communicable disease) is common in rural places and dengue (non-communicable disease) is a popular vector-borne disease in Malaysia. Health centres record information of the victims, but merely recording the address in a Microsoft Excel file does not provide much insight to viewers. Currently, an easy to use tool is not available for doctors, officers from the Ministry of Health, and also the public to analyse and visualise the data. It is difficult and time consuming to analyse and interpret raw data tabulated through Microsoft Excel. This research aims to develop a prototype tool that visualises disease data on a Google map. An interpretation is then generated along with the visualisation to give an impartial description about the data. This prototype obtained favourable feedback from a health officer as it can help them in analysing data and assist in the decision making process. The benefit of such application is helpful in tracking diseases’ spreading patterns, how to isolate diseases, as well as mobilising personnel and equipment to the affected areas.

scholarly journals You can treat my HIV – But can you treat my blood pressure? Availability of integrated HIV and non-communicable disease care in northern Malawi

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Pfaff ◽  
Vera Scott ◽  
Risa Hoffman ◽  
Beatrice Mwagomba
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Rural Districts ◽  
Health Centres ◽  
Treatment Of Hypertension ◽  
The Status ◽  
Non Communicable Disease

Background: Many patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Malawi have or will develop non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The current capacity of ART sites to provide care for NCDs is not known.Aim: This study aimed to assess the capacity of ART sites to provide care for hypertension and diabetes in rural Malawi.Setting: Twenty-five health centres and five hospitals in two rural districts in northern Malawi.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was performed between March and May 2014 at all facilities. Qualitative interviews were held with three NCD coordinators.Results: Treatment of hypertension and diabetes was predominantly hospital-based. Sixty percent of hospitals had at least one clinician and one nurse trained in NCD care, whereas 5% of health centres had a clinician and 8% had a nurse trained in NCD care. Hundred percent of hospitals and 92% of health centres had uninterrupted supply of hydrochlorothiazide in the previous 6 months, but only 40% of hospitals and no health centres had uninterrupted supply of metformin. Hundred percent of hospitals and 80% of health centres had at least one blood pressure machine, and 80% of hospitals and 32% of health centres had one glucometer. Screening for hypertension amongst ART patients was only conducted at one hospital and no health centres. At health centres, integrated NCD and ART care was more common, with 48% (12/25) providing ART and NCD treatment in the same consultation.Conclusions: The results reflect the status of the initial stages of the Malawi NCD programme at sites currently providing ART care. 

scholarly journals Pemberian Edukasi Tentang Hipertensi Dengan Media WhatsApp Blast Di Puskesmas Dadok Tunggul Hitam Kota Padang

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Annisa Novita Sary
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Public Health Center ◽  
The Public ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Non Communicable Disease

ABSTRAK Hipertensi merupakan penyakit tidak menular yang menjadi salah satu penyebab utama kematian di dunia. Berdasarkan data Puskesmas Dadok Tunggul Hitam terdapat kasus dengan diagnosa hipertensi sebanyak 5.587 jiwa (2018) meningkat menjadi 6.367 jiwa (2019). Salah satu intervensi yang dapat dilakukan yaitu pemberian edukasi tentang hipertensi. Kegiatan dilaksanakan di Puskesmas Dadok Tunggul Hitam pada bulan September 2020. Kegiatan diawali dengan pemberian pre test untuk melihat tingkat pengetahuan masyarakat tentang penyakit hipertensi, kemudian pemberian edukasi kesehatan tentang penyakit hipertensi. Pelaksanaan penyuluhan kesehatan dilaksanakan dengan memberikan edukasi terkait hipertensi kepada masyarakat melalui media Whatsapp Blast, dan diakhiri dengan post test untuk mengukur peningkatan pengetahuannya. Hasil dari kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat terhadap pasien yang terdiagnosis penyakit hipertensi dari 15 orang pasien terdapat 5 orang (33%) memiliki tingkat pengetahuan yang baik tentang hipertensi sebelum diberikan penyuluhan. Setelah diberikan penyuluhan secara daring melalui media Whatsapp Blast  dari 15 orang pasien terdapat 12 orang (80%) memiliki pengetahuan yang baik tentang hipertensi dan upaya pencegahannya. Dapat disimpulkan adanya pengingkatan pengetahuan tentang upaya pencegahan hipertensi setelah diberikan edukasi dengan media Whatsapp Blast. Disarankan agar pemberian edukasi dengan media Whatsapp Blast dapat dilakukan bagi petugas kesehatan dalam memberikan promosi kesehatan kepada masyarakat tentang pencegahan penyakit hipertensi.Kata Kunci: Hipertensi; media whatsapp blast; edukasi  ABSTRACT                                                                                          Hypertension is a non-communicable disease which is one of the main causes of death in the world. Based on data from the Public Health Center Dadok Tunggul Hitam, there were cases of hypertension from 5,587 people (2018), increase to 6,367 people (2019). The intervention from this case by providing education about hypertension. The activity was carried out at the Public Health Center Dadok Tunggul Hitam in September 2020. The activity started by giving a pre test about hypertension, then providing health education about hypertension. The health education is delivered through the Whatsapp Blast media, and ends with a post test. The results of the activities for patients diagnosed with hypertension, from 15 patients there were 5 patients (33%) who had a good level of knowledge before given education. After given education through Whatsapp Blast media, there were 12 patients (80%) who had good knowledge about hypertension and its prevention efforts. It can be concluded that there is an increase in knowledge about hypertension and prevention after given education through Whatsapp Blast media. It is suggested that education using Whatsapp Blast media can be carried out for health workers in providing health promotion to the public regarding the prevention of hypertension.Keywords: Hypertension; whatsapp blast media; education 

scholarly journals EDUKASI PENINGKATAN INFORMASI MENGENAI PENYAKIT HIPERTENSI PADA MASA PANDEMI COVID-19

2021 ◽  
pp. 655
Author(s):  
Novendy Novendy ◽  
Shynta Amelia ◽  
Wilson Kristianus ◽  
Susy Olivia Lontoh
Keyword(s):  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Posttest Score ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Poor Knowledge ◽  
The Public ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Provide Health Education ◽  
Non Communicable Disease

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused restrictions on activities, and it has the potential to increase the prevalence of non-communicable diseases for people with risk factors. Hypertension is a non-communicable disease which is still a health problem in Indonesia. Therefore, it is necessary to educate the public to increase awareness of the occurrence of hypertension. The method was used to provide health education to the community. The success of this activity was assessed from the results of the pretest and posttest. The health service activity was held on October 2, 2021 and was attended by 38 participants. The average value of the pretest results was 23.68 points and the posttest score was 70.18 points. This shows an increase in the average posttest value of 3 times the average value of the pretest. Participants with poor knowledge in pretest were 36 (94.8%) participants. The result dropped to 7 (18.4%) participants after the posttest. While only 1 (2.6%) participants with good knowledge in the results of the pretest and increased to 13 (34.2%) participants from the posttest results. The results of this activity have been proven to increase participants' knowledge about hypertension. This is reflected in the decrease in participants with poor knowledge and an increase in participants with good knowledge. It is hoped that these results can increase public awareness of the dangers of hypertension so that it can avoid the occurrence of hypertension in the future.Masa pandemi covid-19 menyebabkan terjadi pembatasan aktifitas di luar rumah sehingga berpotensi meningkatkan prevalensi orang dengan faktor risiko penyakit tidak menular. Hipertensi termasuk penyakit tidak menular yang sampai saat ini masih menjadi masalah kesehatan di Indonesia. Maka dengan itu perlu dilakukan edukasi kepada masyarakat untuk meningkatkan kewaspadaan terhadap terjadinya penyakit hipertensi. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan bakti kesehatan ini adalah dengan memberikan edukasi berupa penyuluhan kepada masyarakat. Keberhasilan kegiatan ini dinilai dari hasil pretes dan postes. Kegiatan bakti kesehatan dilaksanakan pada tanggal 02 Oktober 2021 dan diikuti oleh sebanyak 38 peserta. Nilai rata-rata dari hasil pretes adalah 23.68 poin dan nilai rata-rata postes adalah 70.18 poin. Hal ini menunjukkan adanya peningkatan nilai rata-rata postes sebesar 3 kali dari nilai rata-rata pretes. Peserta dengan hasil pengetahuannya kurang dari pretes adalah sebanyak 36 (94.8%) peserta. Hasil tersebut turun menjadi 7 (18.4%) peserta setelah postes. Sedangkan hasil pretes hanya didapatkan 1 (2.6%) peserta dengan pengetahuan baik dan meningkat menjadi 13 (34.2%) peserta dari hasil postes. Hasil kegiatan ini terbukti telah dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan peserta mengenai penyakit hipertensi. Hal ini tercermin dari adanya penurunan peserta dengan pengetahuan kurang dan adanya peningkatan peserta dengan pengetahuan baik. Maka diharapkan dengan hasil ini dapat meningkatkan kesadaran masyarakat akan bahaya penyakit hipertensi sehingga dapat terhindar dari terjadinya penyakit hipertensi di kemudian hari.

scholarly journals A clinical study to assess disability and stigma associated with psoriasis

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 840
Author(s):  
Ayesha Khalid ◽  
Savita Chaudhary ◽  
Kshitij Saxena ◽  
Gaurav Paliwal ◽  
Chandni Jain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Liver Cirrhosis ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris ◽  
Significant Linear Correlation ◽  
Non Communicable Disease

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background: </strong>Psoriasis relatively common, chronic, inflammatory and hyper-proliferative skin disease that affects 1.4% to 2.0 % of the population. Pateints with psoriasis have to face severe problems with stigmatization, discrimination and negative attitudes in general among the public, and often bear the brunt of public rejection.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional observational study was carried out on psoriasis patients attending dermatology outpatient department of Era’s Lucknow medical college and hospital between November 2018 and November 2020. Patients with pustular psoriasis, mycosis fungoides, pityriasis rubra pilaris, and other severe medical conditions like heart failure, liver cirrhosis were excluded from the study.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results: </strong>Present study included 170 (aged 16 to 76 years; mean age 37.74±13.70 years; 62.4% males) clinically diagnosed patients of Psoriasis. P-score was observed with increase in Body Surface area, maximum for cases with BSA ≥25%. There was a strong positive significant linear correlation between stigmatization scores and disability scores (r=0.746; p&lt;0.001), thus indicating that with increase in p scores there was a significant increase in PDI scores and vice versa.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Present study showed that feeling of stigmatization and disability was highly prevalent in psoriasis patients. It was seen that stigmatization and disability showed a strong correlation. The findings of study showed that there is need to create awareness regarding psoriasis as a non-communicable disease in order to increase the acceptance of psoriasis patients in society and to reduce their stigmatization.</p><p class="abstract"> </p>

scholarly journals Hubungan Pola Makan Terhadap Kejadian Hipertensi di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Kebun Sikolos Kota Padang Panjang Tahun 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-43
Author(s):  
Abdi Iswahyudi Yasril ◽  
Widya Rahmadani
Keyword(s):  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
The Public ◽  
Salt Consumption ◽  
Cohort Study Design ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Haenszel Test ◽  
Non Communicable Disease

Hypertension is a non-communicable disease. This continues to increase from year to year, and can lead to various other chronic diseases. This study aims to analyze the effect of diet on hypertension in 2019. This type of research is an observational analytic study with a prospective cohort study design. The population in this study were all adults (26 - 45 years) at the Puskesmas Kebun Sikolos. By means of purposive random sampling, a sample of 110 respondents was selected. The data obtained were processed by computerization using the Chi-square test and the Mantel Haenszel test. Chi-square test results showed that there was a relationship between salt consumption (p = 0.004 and RR = 1.521), fat (p = 0.008 and RR = 1.464), fiber (p = 0.014 and RR = 2.047) and caffeine (p = 0.012 and RR = 1.438) against hypertension. The coat-Haenszel test results showed that age, gender, family history, physical activity, smoking habits, and obesity were confounding factors in the relationship between diet and hypertension. It can be concluded that the main factor that is closely related to hypertension is salt consumption. It is advisable to provide an understanding to the public about the risk of frequent salt consumption which causes hypertension to be very beneficial

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