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Abstracts of Original Research Paper and Poster Competition (Indonesia International (bio)Medical Students' Congress 2014)
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Abstracts of Review Article (Indonesia International (bio)Medical Students' Congress 2014)
No full textThe Characteristic of Tuberculosis Patients in Jakarta 2011 Based on Nutritional Status, History of Immunodeficiencies, History of Tuberculosis, and Source of Infection at Home
Get PDFOur study’s aim is to determine the Tuberculosis (TB) infection source in Jakarta to decrease its prevalence. This cross sectional study lasted 4 months involving 109 TB patients. Subjectsshould be diagnosed as primary lung TB patients. Questionnaire was used as this study’s tool,comprising questions as follows: patient’s identity and 4 main questions relating to Body MassIndex (BMI), TB history, history of immunodeficiencies, and TB infection source existence athome. From 109 TB patients, only 35 persons (32.1%) have BMI problem. Only 2 persons(1.8%) have all factors supposedly linked to TB prevalence. Other patients showed varied resultson combination of 2 factors (e.g. BMI and immune disease), ranging from 1.8% to 11.9%.Wealso found that 15 persons (13.8%) have normal BMI, no history of TB, no immune disease, andno infection source at home. Bad nutritional status is the TB patients’ main characteristic inJakarta 2011
The study of correlation between Intellectual Impairment and Blood Lead Level among 6 to 8 years old Children in Ulaanbaatar
No full textBackground Lead poisoning is one of the major public health problem in developing countries. Lead is neurotoxic and young children are at particular high risk for exposure. According to previous research done in Mongolia in 2009, the average blood lead level (BLL) among children in Ulaanbaatar was 16.54±9.50 ug/dl, which is higher than the WHO's recommended level (>=10 mg/dl). Material and Methods We measured BLL in 300 children at 6 to 8 years old of age and administered the IQ test which standartized by the Mongolian Ministry of Health. We used LeadCare II Analyzer Kit apparatus to measure BLL in children from 8 selected primary schools in Ulaanbaatar. The relation between IQ and BLL estimated with the use multivariable linear and nonlinear mixed models, with quality of the home environment, and other potential confounders. SPSS 19.0 is used for statistical analysis. Results The BLL is associated with IQ scores in children living in UB. BLL in children is increased from last parameter (mentioned above). We identified some potential confounders in UB such as air pollution and petrol station. They are significantly associated with BLL in Children. Conclusion Due to high exposure of lead in Ulaanbaatar the LeadCare II analyzer kit can be used for screen purpose. Our government has to make strategy to reduce lead sources and medical students need to promote and educate environmental health education to citizens. Source of the lead exposure needs to be identified
Infertility: The Tide for the Next Generation in Taipei, Taiwan Age-Related Crisis to National Health
No full textCommunity Medicine is defined as the study of health and disease in the population of defined communities or groups in order to identify their health needs, and to plan, implement, and evaluate health programs to effectively meet these needs. In our generation, all the developed countries are facing an inevitable issue about population—the decreasing fertility rates years by years. In Taiwan, the fertility rates of women at the age of childbearing in 2010 dropped to 8.95%, the lowest among all the countries in the world. In our community, we are aware of the decreasing number of children. In 2011, each family in Taiwan had 3.29 people in average, with 2.59 adults, but only 0.7 children. Moreover, family without any child is the most common in Taiwan, with 25.28% in statistic
