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The Period of Perineal Wound Healing in Postpartum Mothers Between The Decoction Water Treatments of Bihanong Leaves with Red Betel Leaves
Get PDFBackground: The global prevalence of the second degree of the perineal wound of postpartum mothers is 73.4%. Pharmacological treatments have a cytotoxic effect. Other treatments is non-pharmacological treatments are such as using decoction waters of binahong leaves and red betel leaves. Both have compounds that accelerate epithelialization of wounds. This study aims to analyze the differences of the perineal wound recovery period of postpartum mothers between the decoction water treatments of binahong leaves compared to red betel leaves.
Methods: This study is a quasi-experiment post-test only without control group design. There are 32 respondents meeting the inclusion criteria who are taken by accidental sampling. The sample is divided equally into two groups, namely binahong group and the red betel group. Binahong or red betel leaf decoction waters are used for genital washing after urinating at the last rinse at 7 am and 3 pm on 1-3 postpartum days. Perineal wound recovery is assessed by using the REEDA score from the second postpartum day un􀦞l the wound fully recovered. Statistic analysis with chi-square, time series analysis, Mann Whitney and Kruskal Wallis test.
Results: The average of perineal wound recovery period of binahong group is 6 days, while the red betel group is 4.69 days. There are significant differences of perineal wound recovery period between the binahong group and the red betel group with a p-value of 0.0001 < α (0.05). Respondents' characteristics are age, BMI, frequency of changing pads, and educational background between binahong and red betel groups have no significant differences.
Conclusion: Red betel leaf decoction water is recommended for postpartum mothers suffering perineal wounds. Further research is needed with a larger number of respondents and true experiments are needed to analyze the effect of red betel leaves on perineal pain, platelets, and leukocyte level.
Keywords: binahong leaves, red betel leaves, perineal wound's treatment
Received: 25 April 2019 Reviewed: 28 May 2019 Revised: 20 June 2019 Accepted: 5 July 2019
DOI: 10.35898/ghmj-3358
Sentinel surveillance for HIV among people who inject drugs at Gia Lai Province, Vietnam
Get PDFBackground: HIV remains a public health challenge, especially among people who inject drug (PWID). The HIV Sentinel Surveillance (HSS), together with the HIV/AIDS case reporting, are two core components of the HIV/AIDS surveillance system providing systematic, on-going monitoring of HIV epidemic in Viet Nam. The HSS was first conducted in 1994 to determine HIV prevalence among the high-risk group by collecting blood sample. But in 2009, this system was monitored the risk behaviors by addition of a brief behavioral questionnaire, known as HSS+. In Central Highland, the HIV situation in Gia Lai province has primarily affected PWID, which are main criteria to select into the surveillance system.
Aims: This study aims to determine risk factors for HIV infection to improve intervention programs for PWID in Gia Lai province, Vietnam.
Methods: We performed a cross-sectional survey of 150 randomly selected PWID from June to September 2014 in Gia Lai province. Face-to-face interviews were conducted to collect information regarding drug use, sexual behavior, accessibility of HIV/AIDS counseling and testing services. Blood samples were collected and tested for the presence of HIV antibodies using ELISA and rapid test. For data analysis, the frequencies and proportions were calculated. Chi-square or Fisher's exact tests and multivariable logistic regression were performed to assess the association between risk factors and HIV infection.
Results: We identified 14 infections among 150 PWID (prevalence = 9.3%). Among PWID, 22.7% (34/150) had shared needles and 3 HIV prevalence among PWIDs injecting drug for at least 3 years was 2.4%. HIV prevalence among PWIDs who have had sexual intercourse with more than one commercial sex worker (CSW) per month was 6.5%. In multivariable logistic regression, the odds of HIV infection with sharing needles, injecting for over 3 years, and sexual intercourse with more than one CSW per month was 6.7 (95% CI: 1.6-27.7), 6.1 (95% CI: 1.2-30.3) and with 4.0 (95% CI: 1.0-15.3), respectively.
Conclusion: We identified a few modifiable risk factors among PWID. Based on these data, we recommend improving harm reduction intervention and behavior change communication. The sentinel surveillance site should continue monitoring PWID behavior over time.
Received: 28 May 2018, Reviewed: 31 May 2018, Received in revised form: 11 June 2018, Accepted: 29 June 2018
Knowledge transfer of advances in applied health and science
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Summary: The editorial highlighted the practice of starting Global Health Management Journal's edition with selected papers from the prestigious International Conference on Applied Science and Health. The journal follows a gold standard for the peer-review process, ensuring the publication of high-quality research. The primary goal of the journal is to facilitate knowledge transfer and dissemination of advances in applied health and science. The editorial also provides a succinct summary of the key research findings from the selected papers presented at the conference. This approach not only reinforces the journal's dedication to academic rigor but also serves as a platform for sharing valuable insights and advancements in the field of applied health and science.
Accepted: 27 June 2018.
Keywords:
Global Health Management Journal
International Conference on Applied Science and Health
Gold Standard Peer Review
Knowledge Transfer
Advances in Applied Health and Scienc
HOUSEKEEPING GENES ANALYSIS OF FOODBORNE PATHOGENIC BACTERIA Vibrio parahaemolyticus ISOLATED FROM AQUATIC BIRDS IN THAILAND
Get PDFBackground: Vibrio parahaemolyticus is one of the leading causative agent of foodborne disease. Infection is caused by consumption of undercooked contaminated seafood. V. parahaemolyticus is commonly found in crustacean species and marine environment. Presence of this organism in avian host has been previously reported, however genetic analysis of avian V. parahaemolyticus is required for molecular epidemiological study of this organism. The aim of this study was to determine genetic profile of V. parahaemolyticus isolated from fecal aquatic bird samples by modified Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) method.
Methods: Three housekeeping genes fragments (dnaE, gyrB and pntA) of total 18 V. parahaemolyticus isolates from fecal aquatic bird samples at Bangpoo resort, Samut Prakarn province, Thailand, during 2016-2017, were amplified by using conventional PCR for nucleotide sequencing. Nucleotide sequences were analyzed and phylogenetic tree were constructed by MEGA 7.0 software. Comparative genetic analysis of avian isolates from Thailand and worldwide isolates were performed by using information from MLST database of V. parahaemolyticus ( https://pubmlst.org /vparahaemolyticus/).
Results: Three housekeeping genes of 18 isolates were successfully amplified and purified for nucleotide sequencing. Phylogenetic tree analysis of concatenated nucleotide sequences indicated that 18 Thai avian isolates were genetically diverse. Five isolates (MUVP 9, 11, 22, 23 and 24) represented identical genetic profile with clinical isolates from China, India, Japan and Peru. Other examined isolates were closely related to environmental isolates from China and United Kingdom. These resultsshowed that aquatic birds are natural reservoir of V. parahaemolyticus strains with multiple genetic background.
Conclusion: This study indicated that aquatic birds possessed potentially pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus and may play a role in transmission of this organism across the countries.
 
ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE USE AMONG ADOLESCENTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Get PDFBackground: The innovation of the cigarettes industry leads to evolved into an electric cigarette. US General Surgeon in 2016 reports that 13.5% of junior high school students, 37.7% of high school students and 35.8% of young adolescents in America have used electric cigarettes. This study aims to identify the use of electric cigarette among adolescent Methods: This study utilized systematic reviews using PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyzes) to identify all published literature using relevant keywords. The selection process is based on the literature of which the population is human, published in the last 5 years, and there is a complete text form, then selected back by title and abstract. The journal used is the selected journal based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Results: Electric cigarettes are used by adolescents influence through social media or commercial advertisement. One type of electric cigarette that is widely used is the Electronic Vapor Product (EVP) that can easily to obtain from retail stores, kiosks, malls, and the internet. Electric cigarette users were led to increasing the symptoms of bronchitis and asthma in adolescents.
Conclusions: The use of electric cigarettes in adolescents has increased mainly among male adolescents. The current study revealed the use of electronic cigarette was influenced by the several factors: lifestyle, electric cigarette prices, and the teenager's pocket money. Therefore, serious efforts needed to control the factors that affected the teenage users of electric cigarette. Campaign on ruthless effects of the electric cigarette among adolescents should be implemented in the school, furthermore inseveral places related to teenagers.
 
EFFECT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND FAST FOOD CONSUMPTION FREQUENCY ON OVERWEIGHT LEVEL AMONG HIGH SCHOOL ADOLESCENT
Get PDFBackground: Obesity was believed to be one of the risk factors of degenerative diseases, such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and coronary heart disease. Obesity occurred gradually that started with overweight. Risk factors for overweight are lack of physical activity, and consumption of high caloric fatty food which may cause accumulation of fats inside the body. This research aims to examine the effect of physical activity and fast food consumption frequency on overweight level among high school adolescent in Cirebon.
Methods: It was a cross-sectional study conducted among 262 high school students aged 15-17 years using stratified random sampling.
Results: The result based on Spearman correlation test showed negative correlation between physical activity and overweight level with p= 0,001 (p< 0,05) and correlation coefficient of -0,627. There was positive correlation between consumption fast food frequency with overweight with p=0,037 (p=0,05) and correlation coefficient of 0,423.
Conclusions: Physical activity and fast food consumption frequency have effects on overweight level in high school adolescent in Cirebon.
 
Factors Influencing Stigma to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Among Teenagers at Ngaran Village, Gamping, Sleman, Indonesia
Get PDFBackground: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) still becomes a social, theological, and psychological problem. Similar to trauma, low selfacceptance, low self-esteem, and anxiety, if it is not handled properly, the condition will be getting worse.Aims: The objective of this study is to increase prevention efforts toward stigma to the LGBT, a growing phenomenon on the teenagers.Methods: This is a quantitative study with one group pretest and posttest design. The work involved forty one (41) teenagers at at Ngaran Village, Balecatur, Gamping, Sleman, Indonesia. A set of questionnaires that has been tested for validity and reliability was given to the respondents to measure knowledge, attitude, perception, service access, and also peer's attitude to LGBT. Counseling was given once together with material content about LGBT awareness in family. Statistical analysis was employed to process and analyze the data.Results: The result showed the factors correlated to stigma about LGBT on teenagers such as knowledge, attitude, perception, access to any service, and peer's attitude. The study noticed the knowledge to LGBT (p value < 0.001) and peers' attitude (p value = 0.02) strongly build stigma among the teenagers.Conclusion: The most influencing factor of the stigma on LGBT is knowledge and peer attitudes. Involving peers in improving teenagers' knowledge and better understanding to the phenomenon are necessary to suppress discrimination and negative stigma to the LGBT people.
Received: 6 February 2018, Reviewed: 12 February 2018, Received in revised form: 16 June 2018, Accepted: 27 June 2018.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35898/ghmj-2219
ADOLESCENTS' PROBLEM RECOGNITION, CONSTRAINT RECOGNITION AND LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INFORMATION SEEKING AND PROCESSING
Get PDFBackground: As social and sexual being, adolescent have rights to exchange, seek and process information regarding their sexual and reproductive health. However, many adolescent in Indonesia did not seek and process information about reproductive health due to some barriers. Using situational theory of publics in the context of adolescent reproductive health in Indonesia, this study aimed to determine the effect of problem recognition, constraint recognition and level of involvement on information seeking and information processing.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in September until December 2013 among 124 high school students in SMA Angkasa 1 Lanud Medan.
Results: This study found that problem recognition, constraint recognition and level of involvement has 14% effect on information seeking with constraint recognition as the independent variable that has the biggest effect (12.1%). Problem recognition, constraint recognition and level of involvement has 9.8% effect on information processing with constraint recognition as the independent variable that has the biggest effect (8.1%).
Conclusions: Realizing that constraint recognition had the highest effect both on information seeking and information processing, researcher recommend health communication campaign manager has to reduce adolescent's constraint recognition in reproductive health, so adolescent can have higher information seeking and processing in reproductive health.
 
EVALUATION OF MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH (MCH) HANDBOOK: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Get PDFBackground: Maternal and Child Health (MCH) handbook is a home-based health record for both mother and child. The handbook can be used to monitor the health of women and her child, to give record in the utilization of health services, promote maternal health education, and provide information when either mother or child is referred. Several countries adopted the MCH handbook as a tool to promote better health knowledge and health service seeking behavior among women, and numerous countries have succeeded in applying it. Therefore a strategy is needed to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the MCH handbook with strong evidence. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency the implementation of the recording, information and education usefulness of the MCH handbook.
Methods: Using systematic review method, the literature review using PICOS was employed 3 articles with PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses) approach by taking sources from online database: Proquest, Jstor, Pubmed, EBSCO, Science Direct and Scopus.
Results: Previous studies from three (3) countries stated that the contents of the MCH handbook were complete which included the ANC (antenatal care) record, delivery, PNC (post-natal care), child development, notification of birth, an educational message to raise the demand and awareness of healthy behavior of women in pregnancy and motherhood and improve their essential service utilization. For use of the MCH handbook in 3 countries it is known that almost are used to record all health and treatments consultations during pregnancy, delivery, after delivery and during infant care, including immunization and growth monitoring (birth weight is accurate data to monitor stunting in children under 5 years), maternal and neonatal death surveillance and response records. In Burundi, it is also used in birth registration procedures.
Conclusions: The MCH handbook is an effective health education tool for women with less education, a reliable source of information for primiparous women, delivery, and childcare; and an effective aid for health communication between women and health providers, and their husbands.