Advances in Health Sciences Research

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between reinforcing factors and the behavior of early detection of cervical cancer in women of childbearing age (WCA) in Medan City. Research Methods Correlational quantitative research design involving 150 WCA as respondents through non-probability...

Preschool is a period to develop fine motor skills. Origami has benefits in training memory and fine motor skills, improving concentration and patience, and increasing intellectual capacity. This study determines the effect of origami games on fine motor development in preschool children at Putra Buana...

This writing aims to explore some literature about traditional dance-based aerobic exercise to improve cognitive abilities. Many factors contribute to a person’s cognitive decline, including aging and lack of physical activity. The physical activity discussed here is aerobic exercise. Physical activity...

Background: Dental radiograph acts as an adjunct to the clinical examination that aids the dentist to evaluate and definitively diagnose many oral diseases and conditions. Bitewings and periapical radiographs are the two intraoral radiographs that are commonly used in paediatric dental clinic. Aim: To...

Badminton is one of favorite sports by the community. Improved performance is influenced by technical play and physical abilities of athletes. One of the important skills in badminton is agility. agility can be achieved by improving balance and strenght of lower limb. plyometric exercise can increase...

Adolescent reproductive health is part of overall adolescent health. The existence of deviant sexual behavior in adolescents can cause health problems and can reduce health status in Indonesia. Many things can cause sexual behavior irregularities, one of which is the lack of knowledge about sex. This...

Adolescents with metabolic syndrome have a higher risk for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Risk factors of metabolic syndrome include central obesity, hypertriglycerid, and hyperglycemia. High intake (>50 g/day) of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is known to be positively associated with increased...

Surra is one of the main disease problems in buffalo farms in East Sumba Island. The control program of this disease requires the support of diagnostic methods that are reliable and cost-effective. This study aimed to select the diagnostic method for surra based on the economic value of each diagnostic...

Steroid and non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs have many side effects so that many anti-inflammatory developments are made from natural ingredients, especially in plants. Plants that are scientifically proven to have antiinflammatory characteristic, one of which is from Zingiberaceae family. Kencur...

Indonesia is the third country with the highest number of smokers in the world after China and India with a smoker’s prevalence of 36.1%. Many smokers have the desire to stop smoking but there are many obstacles to its success, so too the government has established a no-smoking area program (KTR). This...

Rickettsial infection is a critical public health problem caused by Rickettsia sp and is distributed worldwide, mainly transmitted by the fleas of rodent. Semarang City has abundant rodent population but the report of Rickettsial infection cases was very limited. The aim of this study is to identify...

HDL (High Density Lipoprotein) is one of the lipoproteins in the human body. It acts like a vacuum cleaner that absorbs as much excessive cholesterol as possible. There are several risk factors that can cause cholesterol metabolism abnormalities in the body, one of which is a decrease of HDL levels in...

Rubella infection is a dangerous infectious disease that mostly affects pregnant women. This infection causes children born with some disabilities called congenital rubella syndrome which is visual impairment, deafness, calcification of the brain, and heart trouble. Treatment for this syndrome is quite...

The COVID-19 pandemic, which is caused by a novel coronavirus, is a global health issue. A respiratory tract illness, acute respiratory distress syndrome, micro thrombosis, sepsis, sepsis, and mortality are presented in this case. Early identification of suspected cases allows sufficient time for medical...

Migrating is a form of educational exploration for adolescents, particularly those in high school. Various issues are confronting migrants in their adolescence impact individuals’ psychological well-being, which is inextricably linked to the practice of healthy behavior. Therefore, this study aimed to...

Introduction: Adenoids are masses of lymphoid tissue located on the posterior wall of the nasopharynx, one of the tissues forming the Waldeyer structure. Adenoid hypertrophy is the enlargement of the adenoid tissue. Recurrent infections of the upper respiratory tract/ARI mostly cause the etiology of...

Human physiology anatomy is studied by first year midwifery students to give students the ability to understand the anatomy and physiology of all body systems related to the female reproductive system. This paper aims to describe the implementation and benefits of learning Anatomy Physiology using the...

Objective: Cosmetics production is estimated to increase by 7% due to consumer demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, one of which is soap production. The purpose of this research was to determine the citronella oil (Citronella oil) with the addition of red spinach (Amaranthusgangeicus) extract can be...

Background: Forkhead box O 3a is a transcription factor, a member of the Forkhead box O family. It has a crucial role in both oncogenesis and tumor suppression. Cellular localization and phosphorylation status are considered to be prognostic factors for cancers. Loss of Forkhead box O 3a was found in...

The objective of this study is to verify the effects of 0.1% povidone-iodine (PVP-I) as subgingival irrigation on chronic periodontitis patients after 4, 6 and 8-week treatment. A clinical trial was conducted on 18 patients from 30 to 65 years old (mean age: 51.1±11.2) with moderate or severe chronic...

The prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents in the world has continouosly increased. Some adolescents who lack night sleep tend to consume less plain water and more sweet beverages. Therefore, it will increase energy intake and decrease energy expenditure. This study aimed to analyze the association...

Data were obtained on the somatic health of schoolchildren in Kyzylorda (100 people) and rural schools - Syrdariya district (71 people) and Zhalagash district (114 people) located in the central part of the Aral Sea region. The weight, height, lung capacity, blood pressure, and heart rate were determined...

Anxiety is the signal and phenomenon of a threat that can be divided into mild, moderate, severe, and very severe anxiety based on its level. Anxiety can cause pathological changes in the body including the oral cavity. Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is one of the disorders in oral cavity that can be affected...

The general objective of this study was to obtain an overview of the TGT type cooperative learning model used by a physical education teacher in an effort to improve style abilities in the long jump. In this study the author uses the experimental method as a way of solving problems, and looks for answers...

Every physical activity must cause fatigue because it involves the body’s moving components, one of the biological signs of this fatigue can be seen from the accumulation of blood lactate in the body. Hiking, rafting, and jogging are recreational sports. Each type of sport has its own training needs...

Background: Low back pain (LBP) is a musculoskeletal disease characterized by severe pain in the lower back that originates in the spine’s muscles, nerves, and other organs. Adults experience 50-80 percent of the symptoms, and it is the leading cause of disability when compared to other diseases. One...

1) Background: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have indigestion conditions, so diet in children with ASD is gluten-free and casein-free diet. Gluten-free and casein-free food products tend to be low in protein. Soy flour with a high protein content is expected to increase the nutritional...

Introduction: Mass open communication via social media and the internet causes infodemics and information gaps. The COVID-19 pandemic has become a driving force in global adoption of digital technology such as the internet, including in Indonesia. Individuals need eHealth literacy to assess the information...

The purpose of this study is to determine the privacy policy for personal data in the PeduliLindungi application. This is because users of the application need to register for an account, which automatically includes personal information. In practice, while it must overlap with the protection of personal...

The success of the vaccination program is influenced by the presence of social media. Facebook gives vaccine repellents access to share content, express opinions about vaccines, communicate and interact. In revealing their identity, vaccine repellents are inseparable from risk and conflict. The main...

Staphylococcus aureus is one of the bacteria that cause infectious diseases. Some cases were found to be antibiotic-resistant. That is why the development of natural antibiotics is necessary. The objectives of this study are to determine the effect of an antibacterial test from ethanol extract of pomegranate...

Balita (children under five years) susceptible to health problems during the evacuation at disaster. Health professional personnel have more duties and responsibilities during a disaster; so that health volunteer can be empowered to identify children under five years old health problems. The goal was...

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is a disease that is commonly found in Indonesia.The method to control Aedes aegypti is mostly done by using a chemical insecticide, despite its have some side effects. Recent studies have shown that larvacides from plant extracts are safe for the environment. This research's...

Physical training is one of some important and decided factor in reaching the achievement. There are some method of training that can be used in increasing the abilities of physic. Futsal is the sport which need the prime physical ability. One of some components of futsal player physical ability as the...

Non-communicable diseases such as hypertension have overtaken infectious diseases as the leading causes of death in the world. However, it is considered to be a preventable disease. Family has a role in preventing and controlling this disease. The study aimed to analyze the involvement of family in the...

The purpose of the article is to study the features of heart rate regulation in the pre-competitive period, depending on personal characteristics. Materials and methods: qualified and highly qualified athletes of various specializations (n ​​= 50) participated in the study. The parameters of autonomic...

As an Islamic system of values, ethics, and principles, shariah has an ultimate objective that is to promote the well-being of mankind in the world and the hereafter. Abu-Zahrah further identified the objective of shariah (maqasid al-shariah) into educating people, upholding justice and promoting social...

This study aimed at investigating the possibility of solving the problem of microelementosis in the diet of various population groups by using available plant sources. The only way to correct microelementosis is to organize the intake of essential elements in the form of artificially synthesized forms...

The increase in contraception use in countries with high fertility rates can prevent about 40% of all maternal deaths and improve child survival. Knowledge, health education, education level, attitude, husband and family support, previous family planning failure, service quality, and socio-cultural factors...

This research is conducted due to the problems found in playing soccer; where some of the players tend to do wrong passing, inaccurate passing, and lack of passing power and quality. The research aims to describe the soccer passing technique skills in using the inside of the foot in terms of movement...

Athletics is a sport branch that fights for medals. The study aimed to evaluate the implementation of a special athletic training center that has been running for two years managed by the East Java Provincial Management of Athletic Union. Qualitative research methods were used to obtain data. The instruments...

Breast cancer is excessive cell proliferation that attacks the breast tissue. Breast cancer is a problem that requires serious attention, especially for women. Breast cancer is currently the first cause of death in women in the world. Nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy is one of the side effects...

Candida albicans and Trichophyton mentagrophytes are pathogenic fungi that could induce disease in animal and human. Limited non-toxic antifungal and the presence of resistance are triggering the search for novel alternative. Antifungal peptides gain more interest since their native protein are very...

The paper “What Is Quantum Cognition, and How Is It Applied to Psychology?” by Busemeyer and Wang (2015) introduces the concept of quantum cognition as a framework for understanding human cognition in psychology. This critical analysis aims to evaluate the key arguments and contributions presented in...

Background: Low Birth Weight (LBW) is a condition of a baby’s birth weight of less than 2500 gr measured at one hour after the baby is born. The quality of life of future generations is greatly influenced by the incidence of LBW. LBW babies will experience obstacles in their growth and development which...

Many Diabetes Mellitus (DM) patients do not receive treatment from hospital policies that reduce visits and consultations to avoid transmission of COVID-19. There have been many implementations of Telehealth. This review aims to determine the implementation model of Telehealth in Diabetes Mellitus patients...

Multidrugs Resistant-Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) caused by drugs resistant at least Isoniazid and Rifampicin Mycobacterium tuberculosis affects tuberculosis cases eradication efforts in the world. In 2014, 153 countries had reported MDR TB cases. MDR-TB can be caused by irregularity in taking medication tuberculosis...

Dermatophytosis is a global burden of disease, as it affects around 20–25% of worldwide population. Many antifungal drugs have been developed to treat dermatophytosis that mainly inhibit the ergosterol biosynthesis. Terbinafine as the drug-of-choice has fungicidal effect by inhibiting ergosterol synthesis...

Objective: This is to analyze the factors that influence the stunting case in toddlers in Banjarmasin Method: This research used case control with 190 toddlers as the sample consisting of 74 stunting children under five and 116 toddlers with stunting and was analyzed using Chi-Square test. Result: The...

Nutrition is an important factor in maintaining bone health, such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, protein, and iron. Sea cucumber is one of sea creatures that has plenty of nutrition which is for the body. Objective : To compare the nutrition of Susu sea cucumber, Gosok sea cucumber, Gamat sea cucumber,...

Background: One of the enormous contributions of human activity in determining air quality from motorized vehicles activity in public places especially educational facilities. The Campus has the potential to be polluted by primary pollutants such as Particulate Matter (PM 10) and NO2. The results of...

Viliuisk encephalomyelitis (VE) is a unique endemic disease of the central nervous system, in which neurodegenerative processes are initiated by chronic aseptic subclinical inflammation of the brain. Recent research suggests that the gut microbiome play an important role in immune activation and inflammation...

The training centre condition will change the athlete’s training intensity, duration, and responsibility. Hormonal imbalances can cause a bad sleep quality. Sleep quality is very important to keep the fit condition of the athletes, so that their performance will be maximum in the match, especially during...

An important issue in this research is whether sports excellence is able to foster different characters. The long-term goal of this research is to find effective and efficient ways of character building through competitive sports. This study aims to reveal differences in the characteristics of competitive...

One of the causes of high maternal mortality was low utilization of Antenatal Care related to service demand from consumers. Demand was submitted to the producer so the producer would give the service, in this case, was the Antenatal Care. This study aimed to investigate the factors related to Antenatal...

Objectives: The aim of the research is to find out the relationship between students knowledge and behavior towards handling chemicals. Method: The research is descriptive correlation. The research involved 50 students’ Health Analyst Department as respondents using Cross Sectional Technique. The instrument...

Obesity is a risk factor for DM. Quality of life is one of the parameters for evaluating the current clinical output of diabetes mellitus patients. Research has been conducted to determine BMI’s relationship with blood sugar levels and improve DM patients’ quality of life in primary care. This cross-sectional...

Hypertension is a disease with an increasing number of sufferers every year. To control and lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients, pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies are needed. Non-pharmacological hypertension therapy can be done by modifying the diet, one of which has been recommended...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia that occurs due to defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Dyslipidemia is one of the risk factors for coronary heart disease and is often associated with diabetes mellitus. Statins are recommended by...

The proportion of Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) in Indonesia has increased in the last 5 years, from 29.9% in 2013 to 30.8% in 2018. IGT tends to be overlooked because it does not have specific symptoms, but if IGT is ignored it will develop rapidly into Type II DM. The purpose of this study was to...

The objective of this research is to see how game experience learning training affects passing, dribbling, receiving skills, aerobic endurance, and discipline of the young football players. This research employed experiment method. Samples were 55 players, with a mean age of 12.09 years old. The treatment...

The existence of gadget is like the two sides of a coin. On one side, it brings benefits to our life, but on the other side, it facilitates negative behaviour impacts to its users, and the patterns for rural children may be different than those of urban. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the...

The implementation of health promotion programs in Indonesia is one of the six basic health programs in the Puskesmas. These compulsory health efforts are one of the efforts to promote MCH in the class of pregnant women. Based on some research results indicate that the activities have not been effective...

This study aimed to obtain data and informasi on the needs of brain-based learning in physical education in senior high school. Research method used was a questionnaire filled by class XI high school students. Data analysis was a quantitative descriptive in the form of percentages. The results of the...

Severe Early Childhood Caries (SECC) is progressive tooth decay with multifactorial etiology, which one of them is saliva. Salivary flow, pH, salivary buffer capacity are critical factors for developmental regulation and regression of the caries process. It is mandatory to comprehend the salivary characteristics...

For the purpose of this study 80 male students among 150 populations were selected randomly from Innovative Gujarati medium school, Rajkot city. Their age was ranging between 13 to 16 years and verified with school record. Total 80 subjects were divided randomly in three experimental groups A, B, C and...

Streptococcus mutan is the main agent infection of dental caries. Histatin 5 has been reported as the antimicrobial agents also to prevent the formation of biofilms of oral pathogen biofilm, like S. mutans involve in dental caries pathogenesis. This study aims to determine the effect of anti-biofilm...

The Learning Implementation Plan (RPP) is the main key in learning. This study aims to analyze the lesson plans for large ball games oriented towards High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in State Junior High Schools throughout Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region. The design in this research is descriptive...

Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFU) are one of the most severe complications of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and require important foot self-care to prevent the occurrence of DFU. The study aimed to identify the self-confidence and foot self-care practice of patients with DM who experience DFU. The design of this study...

Primary headache is the most common complaint in general population. Several epidemiological studies show the high prevalence of primary headache in medical students due to the large number of stressors both psychologically and physically. This study aims to determine the prevalence of primary headaches...

In pharmacovigilance, causality assessment remains an important approach to analyze the causal relationship between adverse events and vaccine application. In 2020, the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines became a global imperative. Vaccine development typically takes decades before it is approved....

Neonatal mortality are mostly preventable. It specifically occurs due to adverse pregnancy outcome (APO) that can be detected during pregnancy and handle it properly. However, it remains problem in low and middle income country such as Indonesia. This scooping review aims to identify the measurement,...

Objective Ingesting foreign objects can happen accidentally or on intentionally. Accidental foreign body (FB) ingestion happens in adults, most frequently in elderly edentulous, subjects with mental health disorders, or subjects who are intoxicated. Pediatric patients are the most frequently...

COVID-19 is a human-to-human infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus and defined as a pandemic since early 2020. Because of the high spreadability and severity, it results in high rates of morbidity and mortality associated with the disease. There are several sets of signs, symptoms, or clinical...

Stroke is clinical symptoms which disturbances in blood circulation to the brain caused either local or global malfunctioning that occurs suddenly and rapidly progressive that usually caused hemiparesis in stroke patients. Late and inappropriate exercises management may cause permanent disability. The...

Family Planning Program (Keluarga Berencana/KB) is one of the the government efforts as a solutions for the problem of overcrowding, infant mortality and maternal mortality. Family planning allows individuals and couples to anticipate and attain their desired number of children and the spacing and timing...

The purpose of the present study was to measure hypokinetic trend and risk status of the elderly who active in five kinds of sport; and to describe the difference of training effect of five kinds of sport to elderly hypokinetic trend and risk. The expost facto method was used for this study. Subjects...

Noise is the danger factor that influences all environment, both industrial environment and environment in general. The effect of noise can be a disturbance sense of hearing form of deafness. For examples is the lowering percentage of hearing level and for another impact is on hypertension. This study...

Nowadays, the various forms of health tourism are gaining popularity in the world tourism. In the last decade, health tourism is featuring a growing development primarily in the area of wellness tourism. Wellness services are today a very important criterion for guests when deciding which hotel to choose....

Breast cancer incidence rates tend to increase in Indonesia and worldwide. Chemotherapy is an important breast cancer treatment which improve survival rate but also has many side effects. Leukocytopenia is one of the most common side effects that can be life-threatening due to opportunistic infection....

Complete feed with high linoleic acid content may produce goat milk containing high linoleic acid too and it has specific protein with molecular weight of 42 kDa. The isolated milk peptide belong to goat milk containing 3.21% Linoleic acid (F2) and 4.80% (F3) can be promoted as candidate peptide with...

Rabies is one of the most important zoonotic disease in Indonesia that need to be eliminate. The rabies control/elimination program has been undertaken by local government to achieve 2023 West Java Province rabies free. The aim of this study is to measure the effectiveness of rabies control program...

Diabetes mellitus is a great challenge against health system in many developing countries, including Indonesia. The continuous changing lifestyle and a long-term treatment causes new problem for diabetes patients, such as stress and reducing quality of life. On the other hand, some cases of diabetes...

Background: Cardiovascular disease is still the leading cause of death globally. For a decade, interest has been growing in linking cardiovascular disease risk factors and oral hygiene. A method that is commonly applied to maintain oral hygiene is toothbrushing. The purpose of this review is to synthesize...

Background: A high incidence of brain metastases has been conveyed in patients with triple-negative and her 2-positive breast cancer receiving trastuzumab therapy. The rationale for prophylactic cranial irradiation is to regulate or eliminate unnoticeable micro-metastases without making unwanted harm....

This research is an experimental research. The population used was the men’s futsal extracurricular activities at SMP Negeri 5 Cianjur, totaling 40 students. A sample of 30 students with a sampling technique that is purposive sampling. The data collection technique in this study used tests. The instrument...

This research is a form of community service that aims to provide education related to Covid 19 and vaccination in reducing students’ anxiety levels, as well as to increase students’ knowledge about Covid 19 and its vaccinations. This service is carried out on students at Junior Hight School 2 Silaut....

Background Somatoform disorder is a disorder characterized by the presence of multiple symptoms that cannot be explained or proven as physical symptoms. Patients with this disorder often undergo examinations and consultations with various healthcare centres about their complaints [1]. Doctors...

Contraceptives are tools that are used to prevent conception. The aim of these tools is to control population growth by controlling the rate of birth. There are many contraceptive methods, but male participation rate are still low. Untill today, male contraceptive methods are still limited. And these...

The basic objective of restructuring Primary Health Service such as Puskesmas is to strengthen the function of public health efforts and individual health efforts, so that the community as the user of Puskesmas health services can make the Puskesmas as a place for health, not just facilities for the...

This article provides a methodology for examination and assessment of physical health and physical fitness of 18-20 year-old female stu-dents of Samara state agrarian university from different fitness groups. Female students included to the specialized medical group due to the health reasons showed higher...

Variations of materials and supporting tools are substantial to the learning of physical education subject which aims to improve the students’ gross motor skills. Innovations of equipment which are capable to increase the students’ interest in learning are necessary in order to optimize their motor development....

Some sub-districts in Bali province have stunting prevalence more that national average which might be associated with the environmental health condition in those areas. This study aimed to examine the association between environmental health factors with stunting prevalence among children age 2 – 5...

Physical exercise with heavy and tiring intensity can cause the formation of free radicals and the potential for oxidative stress. This oxidative stress due to strenuous and exhausting physical exercise is a physiological process that can cause the immune system to become depressed or decrease immune...

Lack of psychological readiness causes students to fear their failure in facing the final exams. This relates to the ability of different coping mechanisms in students. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between coping mechanism and readiness of midwifery students for taking academic...

The problem in this study is the low ability to smash the volleyball athletes at the Guntur 1000 Kota Padang club. This study aims to determine the effect of plyometric training on improving the smash ability of the volleyball athletes at the Guntur 1000 Kota Padang club.The research design used was...

Background: The lack of ergonomic aspects during working might cause health problems, including fatigue, muscle pain, and vascular disorders. Nurses are included in the category due to the activities that involve patient caring, which be conducted repeatedly, namely patients’ transfer and reposition,...

Diabetes mellitus is a disease that will increase in the future. There are many drugs used to treat this, but they have a bad side effect when they used for long term. Breadfruit’s leaf (Artocarpus altilis) is one of many plants that contains quercetin, a flavonoid that can be used as antidiabetic. This...

The high incidence of acute respiratory infections (ARI) still is a health problem in Indonesia. As the new normal mandated by the government, the widespread use of masks is the key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was centered to identify the relationship between sex and type of mask to prevent...

The Covid-19 pandemic has lasted for 1,5 years. There are many patients who suffered from many conditions or symptoms post Covid-19. In this report, we share our experience of caring for a post Covid-19 who suffered from worsening symptoms of breathlessness. Clinicians should be aware of post Covid-19...