Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the second leading cause of death in adolescent groups in the world. In Indonesia, the rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adolescents increases annually. Yogyakarta, well-known as the education city, has the highest number of HIV/AIDS cases in the productive age group of 20–29 years old, which means that they have been already infe…
Various efforts have been made to prevent adolescents from the drug use, despite their knowledge and skill to refuse drugs have never been evaluated. This study was aimed to describe the adolescents knowledge and skill to refuse drugs and their relation to the characteristics. This was an analytic study conducted in 300 students at the seventh grade aged 12-15 years old in two cities in the Spe…
To implement exclusive breastfeeding program, breastfeeding mothers should have a good knowledge. One way to gain knowledge is by providing nutritional counseling. This study aimed to determine the effect of nutrition counseling toward exclusive breastfeeding and nutritional status toward the knowledge and attitude of breastfeeding mothers in Lubuk Pakam Subdistrict Primary Health Care. This st…
Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is still a major public health problem in many regions in Indonesia including Bandung City. Community participation in implementing Eradication of Mosquito-Breeding Sites is still needed as it is considered the most effective method in controlling the dengue fever. This study aimed to determine the influence of health education towards community participation to e…
Marriage at young age and lack of knowledge in parenting are among the causes of nutrition problem. The students in Santa Elisabeth Medan School of Health Sciences were found less knowledgable about it. This study aimed to analyze the influence of Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) education towards knowledge and attitude of students at Santa Elisabeth Medan School of Health Sciences 2016. This study w…
Educating Indonesian children to improve their knowledge about the importance of maintaining oral health is needed. This study was aimed to explain relation between several factors in elementary school students, such as grade, age, sex with number of children in family or economic factor such as whether the mother is housewife or she earns regular income, which is affected by improvement of the…
Family Planning program is one of very important national development programs in order to embody wealthy Indonesian families. Role of such program has a big influence to a person’s reproductive health, both reproductive health of woman and man. This study aimed to determine factors related to reproductive men’s motivations for contraceptive use in Bumijo Village, Jetis District, Yogyakarta…
Introduction: Mental status examination is a significant phase in delivering nursing care as the basis to make diagnosis. In reality, a lot of nursing students still find it difficult to understand terminologies and structures in mental status assessment. Studies show that interactive multimedia may help students to understand real conditions of the patients which are difficult to visualize. Ho…
Exercise is an important practice in leading a healthy lifestyle. However, recently the percentage of Malaysians who practice healthy lifestyle has decreased and the rate of overweight or obesity isincreasing. This study aims to explore the knowledge, attitudes and practices of exercise among nursing college students. Questionnaires were used as a research instrument and distributed to Kuala Te…