Advances in Health Sciences Research

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is defined as a corporation’s responsibility towards stakeholders to minimize negative impacts and maximize positive impacts which includes economic, social/health, and environmental aspects (triple bottom line). Although there is an increasing trend in the contribution...

The main goal of human in their life was achieving happiness because it would lead them into their motivation for creating a better life for themselves, but some people did not realize while they were gaining their pleasure or Eros. This paper was aimed at finding the Eros and Thanatos and also analyzing...

Background: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an undifferentiated form of squamous cell carcinoma arising from the epithelium of the nasopharynx and is the most common head and neck cancer in Southeast Asia. Inflammation has been shown to have a significant influence on tumor growth in humans. Platelet...

The state of health of children is one of the indicators of the quality of the environment, social well-being and the level of health of the country. The purpose of this study was to assess the physical development of children and adolescents. To assess the physical development of children and adolescents...

The puerperium is the period after the delivery of the baby and the placenta until all reproductive organs recover. This period provides significant changes to postpartum mothers, both physical and psychological changes affecting the quality of life in postpartum mothers. Currently, the mother requires...

The case of asthma in South Kalimantan exceeds the national number (3,6% of 2,4%). The increasing of this case certainly requires rapid treatment so that airway obstruction does not occur suddenly and unexpectedly. Giving a semi fowler position, as one of the independent nursing interventions, can reduce...

Based on the writer's observation in the field showed that the ability of under passing students in extracurricular activity of SMP Negeri 4 Pekanbaru is still low. This study aims to determine whether there is a contribution of eye and hand coordination of under passing the volleyball of extracurricular...

Family resilience is established to reduce the incidence of trauma, depression, loss and crisis experienced by families and family members. Apart from the importance of the concept of family resilience, there has not been an adequate focus on all aspects of this concept in the discipline of nursing....

This researcher aims to examine the effect of aerobics dance and water aerobics on muscle endurance in active students at university. This treatment was carried out 3 times a week for 8 weeks, with an intensity of 65% -85% of the maximum pulse rate. Exercise in Water has the same effect as ground training,...

One of the main causes of stunting in children in Indonesia is due to the wrong feeding patterns of parents. Feeding patterns that occur in children, such as fault in determining the type of food, the amount of food and the feeding schedule that is not given based on the child’s age can result in unfulfilled...

The efforts to reduce the prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls is a public health concern in developing countries. Schools play significant roles in weekly iron-folic acid supplementation (WIFAS) program and readiness to implement it is essential in addressing the disorder. The study on the validity...

Self-efficacy is the main driving force for shaping the character of self-directed learning in medical education that also need in performing clinical skills. The Medical Faculty of Unjani has a local content in medical emergency which is achieved in the undergraduate and the clinical stage. This study...

Gambier (Uncaria gambir Roxb.) and propolis showed a beneficial effect on infectious diseases. This study aims to examine the effect of gambier and propolis on the antibodies of white male mice given measles vaccine using the antibody titer method, number, and percentage of different types of leukocytes....

Balance has an important role in movement activities. This study aims to measure the static balance of elementary school students in the lower grades. This research is a quantitative descriptive research with data collection techniques using tests and measurements. Data collection instrument...

Objective: To analyze the influence of student's interest and motivation on the achievement of student learning outcomes in Basic Research and Statistics course at AKBID Sari Mulia. Method: The research method used is an analytical survey with cross sectional approach. The population of the study were...

The early childhood is critical period in lifetime. The purpose of this study is to figure the children fine and gross motor development in four and five years old. The research methodology used Ex-post Facto in early childhood students who have attended in Kindergarten school. The population four and...

The prevalence of hookworm infection is a serious public health concern globally. Java Island and Kalimantan Island have differential environmental risk factors for hookworm infection, especially rural areas of Indonesia have high-risk environmental factors for the prevalence of hookworm infection. This...

The prevalence of child smokers (10–18 years) increased by 26% from 7.2% (2013) to 9.1% (2018). The GYTS 2019 reported that 39.6% of students aged 13–15 years had smoked (boys 67.7% and girls 12.8%). The school-based health survey in 2015 found that male students started smoking for the first time before...

According to WHO report 2012, 1(one) billion people suffer from worm diseases infected by Ascaris lumbricoides ;795 million byT. trichiura; and 740 million by hookworms (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus). Theinfection comes from contamination soil by ingestion of (A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura)...

In Indonesia, exclusive breastfeeding is a baby's right guaranteed and legal position by enactment No. 36 about health, particularly in subsection 128 paragraph (1) which states that each baby is entitled to exclusive breastfeeding from birth to six (6) months, unless medically indicated. But in reality,...

Objectives: In this research, lead analysis was carried out on the blush cosmetic preparations using the UV-Vis Spectrophotometry method and dithizone complex. The purposes of this study are to determine lead levels in cosmetics blush preparations and to determine the safety of the blush preparations...

A research of the furnishing level of preschool establishments has been conducted, the air quality of the premises has been assessed for the presence of chemical impurities (formaldehyde, phenol, benzene, styrene, ethylbenzene) migrating from furniture products and forming the chronic risks to children’s...

This study aims to determine the validity and reliability of the straight kick test instrument against martial arts athletes named ANQO Test. the method used is descriptive method. The population in this study were Pencak Silat athletes, Faculty of Sport Science, Padang State University campus. there...

Old age is human’s final development stage. Aging in old age will bring consequences in deteriorating functions and increased prevalence of degenerative diseases in the elderly. To keep being productive, elderly people need to know about the importance of physical activities, anthropometric measurements,...

Elderly gymnastics is a form of physical exercise that gives a good influence on the level of human physical ability, if implemented properly and correctly. This study aims to determine the effect of elderly gymnastics on blood pressure in elderly hypertension. This research design uses Quantitative...

Analysis of the facial profile is required for diagnosis and treatment planning in orthodontics. The Mongoloid Chinese race tends to have a flat facial profile and a more prominent zygomatic arch. The aim of this study was to identify the facial profile of Chinese high school students at W.R. Supratman...

70 pregnant patients were examined with a diagnosis of dorsopathy, which were divided into 2 groups: group 1 performed the course of therapeutic gymnastics procedures (n = 35), group 2 was control (n = 35). If dorsopathy was diagnosed before pregnancy, patients gave Rg-, CT- or MRI-conclusion to their...

The paper discusses the conditions for the effective implementation of the professional applied physical training (PAPP) system at the university by students who have chosen to study at a military training center (MTC). The authors showed that the current "Physical Education and Sports" program does...

Cooperation as interpersonal skill is one of the four important competencies that must be possessed by learners to be able to lead a successful life in the 21st century. Teachers, who are usually only concerned with assisting students to meet certain hard-skill qualifications, are now also required to...

Odontectomy is one of the most common minor surgery performed in dentistry. Every patients will experience postoperative pain after odontectomy. Pain is subjective, each individual reports pain based on his/her own perception. The pain rating scale is used to measure the pain intensity of a patient....

One of the aspects which has an effect in reducing mortality is the allocation of good quality services. The quality care for pregnant women and newborns in public health services requires practitioners who are competent and motivated with a good human resource too. The quality of midwifery care is a...

Women with HIV are the real knower of their life, however, women living with HIV are highly stigmatized in Indonesia. As researchers we are, therefore, conscious of the sensitive nature of our research. The article explores the use of creative and visual methods to create a space with HIV-positive mothers...

“Stereotypes were made to be broken” is the tagline of Lauren Howe’s website (https://laurenhowe.ca/) where she exposes the two sides of her inspiration: Side A-Engineering and Technology and Side B-Media and Entertainment. Howe is beauty pageant engineer winning Miss Universe Canada 2017 and a top ten...

Nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is the fifth most common cancer in Indonesia and highest in head and neck area. Its most common manifestations ever reported in Indonesia were unilateral ear problem, followed by persistent nasal obstruction, blood nasal secretion, cephalgia, lymph node enlargement, and tinnitus....

The aim of this study is to develop an effective massage and exercise therapy model to alleviate fatigue and stress in final semester students. Employing a Research and Development design with the 4D model (Define, Design, Develop, Dissemination), the study begins with field surveys and literature reviews...

Since the case, COVID 19 struck Indonesia on March 1st 2020. Some provincial governments have decided on micro policies based on national decisions, such as Community Activities Restriction Enforcement (PPKM). The aim of this study compared incidence COVID 19 in every regency in Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta...

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder disease which should be giving an antidiabetic therapy. Antidiabetic therapy causes several side effects, one of which is in oral health status such as a decrease in salivary flow rate which affects the acid-base balance (pH) in the oral cavity. Acidic saliva...

The radiology quality control program often called the Quality Control of Radiology, is a program of activities aimed at monitoring and maintaining radiology equipment systems, especially in the diagnostic section to determine the performance of the equipment. Quality control is available in several...

In almost every year, Indonesia is experiencing higher burden of disease and an increase in the number of deaths due to smoking. To stop the increase in the number of smokers, the researchers look at the factors that play a role in smoking behavior. Previous research has shown that one of the factors...

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a challenging cancer due to its tendency for local recurrence and distant metastasis, with bone metastasis being the most common site of metastases. This review explores the etiological role of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in NPC tumorigenesis and discusses the...

The purpose of this study was to determine the profile of VO2 Max level in West Java student athletes. The research method used is descriptive quantitative with a survey approach. Data retrieval in this study using Test cooper 2.4 km. The subjects of this study were West Java student athletes in 10 sports...

Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) who do not control their cholesterol levels properly can experience risks of various complications. To prevent the complications of the patients with type 2 DM caused by hypercholesterolemia, diet by fasting is important. Fasting on every Monday and Thursday...

This study was conducted to evaluate supplementation of Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) pericarp filtrate in a tris-egg yolk-based diluent on buck sperm membrane integrity. Semen was collected from 5 bucks by artificial vagina method. Fresh semen evaluated for colour, pH, volume, concentration, mass...

Stunting is a condition where a child’s height is much shorter than the height of other children at his age. Based on the Riskesdas in 2018 it is known that the prevalence of children under five with the height level of very short and short at 30.8%. The highest problem of energy and protein deficits...

Fibroadenoma is one of the most common benign tumors on young women. Some studies showed that healthy diet decrease risk factor for fibroadenoma on young women. This research aims to study the relationship between age and diet with fibroadenoma. This study is a quantitative study with a cross sectional...

In recent years, social media has become an essential part of governance in the Digital Era 4.0. The government health agencies, which are an element of implementing government affairs in the health sector, have also utilized social media in disseminating information related to health. Instagram is one...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an abnormal cardiac rhythm with rapid and irregular electrical activity. Atrial fibrillation can be caused by anatomical and/or non-anatomical abnormalities of the cardiac. One of the non-anatomical causes of atrial fibrillation is hypertension. Prolonged and uncontrolled...

A comparison of electronic database of patients’ visits complaints to ambulance (ECM) in Yakutsk was made to assess the impact of space weather on the well-being and condition of people with cardiovascular pathology. It has been shown that during the years of high solar activity there are significant...

Coffee is one of the popular drinks whole the world. Coffee's contents are grouped into antioxidant (caffeine) and carcinogenic (acrylamide) agents. The mechanisms both of antioxidant and carcinogenic are contradicted in resulting the depiction of blood pressure, urine production and renal histopathology...

Lupus erythematosus (LE) is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by interference of the immune system. There are several criteria to establish a diagnosis of this disease including oral mucosal lesions. Oral mucosa lesions are an important part because they can be the initial presentation of LE. The...

Every individual fitness level will decline as age and weight will increase as the food energy gets from the food consumed every day will accumulate as a reserved fat. To improve the healthy lifestyle of one of them through physical activity, especially through sports activities. The type of exercise...

Lack of information and knowledge from the youth students about sexually transmitted disease (STD) can lead to increment to the numbers of the sexually transmitted disease among the youth. SMP Negeri I Talawaan is one of the schools located in North Minahasa. Presenting the education or information related...

Volleyball is an interesting sport, because in it there is an impression of cheap, easy and has its own charm. Technically, volleyball tends to be complex, because there are various movements that are combined simultaneously from the upper body, upper or lower body motion. The thing is a volleyball athlete...

Nursing management entails the coordinated implementation of functions and activities to achieve interconnected objectives, involving nursing staff members to enhance the quality of nursing services. The effectiveness of a head nurse's management is determined by their ability to realize organizational...

Brain jogging is a type of training that helps with both the urge to move and learning activities such as remembering, experiencing, perceiving, and gross motor abilities. This research aims to develop a brain jogging-based learning model to teach games and sports in Physical Education (PE) in Primary...

The climate change in Indonesia has affected the fishing activity of fisheries in Indonesia, because the activity of fisheries is strongly influenced by climate change. The change in climate in Indonesia led to changes within the pattern of wind speed, current speed, precipitation, sea-surface temperature...

Objective: To assess if the patient has a low vision condition and to give proper management to the patient who has adherent leukoma associated with measles. Method: The patient was referred back by an ophthalmologist to the optometrist for low vision assessment and management. The demographic profile...

Background: Dental caries may lead to premature loss of the deciduous tooth. If it is left untreated it will lead to abnormal occlusion in children. The appliance used for preventive orthodontic is a space maintainer (SM). The existing appliance is rigid so far and does not follow the jaw growth. Thus,...

Covid-19 is a new virus that emerged in the world at the end of 2019. Covid-19 is experiencing a very fast increase. These conditions led to the closure of public places, the stoppage of public transportation, the isolation, and management of the infected, all to prevent and control COVID-19. The purpose...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the needs of android-based physical fitness activity guides. This study is an exploratory, descriptive study. The subjects in the study were 80 students. The study used observation sheet intrusion and questionnaires, with data retrieval techniques through surveys....

Vaccination is a prevention of transmission and spread and in order to establish herd immunity against the Covid-19 pandemic. Indonesia chose the Sinovac vaccine, which uses weakened viruses. The objective of the study was to measure the Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) 24-72 hours post-vaccination...

Structured debriefing is a critical component of skill-based learning. Effects of structured debriefing on procedural skills and satisfaction of nursing students in low fidelity context. A pilot study was conducted in a private nursing college in Islamabad, Pakistan. Out of 51 approaches, 34 students...

Infant and child mortality in developing countries, especially Indonesia, is still high. One of the causes of morbidity and mortality is nutritional problem. There were 18.1% cases with malnutrition and 7,7% in Indonesia. There are many causes of malnutrition in children, such as early detection in the...

Cupping is a precious heritage of traditional Chinese medicine?TCM), which originated in ancient China. After a long clinical application, Cupping obtained an excellent therapeutic effect. With the development of TCM, Cupping can be used to treat many diseases. In addition?the modern science and technology...

The development of service sports that are significant for the professional growth of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs necessitates the selection of cadets with essential qualities. The purpose of this article is to find the model characteristics of cadets that determine the effectiveness...

The coverage of complete basic immunization in Central Java decreased from 100.7%, 93.4%, and 97.2% during 2013-2015, as the number of measles cases increased from 32, 308 and 576. The aim of this research was to analyze the coverage of immunization in Semarang City, Brebes District, and Surakarta City...

Background The mother’s behavior who were lacking in caring for children diarrhea will affect the growth and development of children and can lead to death. Objective: The study is conducted to determine the effect of integrated media educational communications information on a mother’s behavior in taking...

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a condition that describes the condition of the heart muscle infarction so that the heart is damaged. Ongoing damage to the heart muscle may result in a new condition known as a complication. Based on this condition, the aim of this study was to determine the relationship...

The long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a one type of severe cardiac arrhythmia syndrome that leading cause to unexpected cardiac death, characterized with impaired ventricular repolarization caused by hereditary disorder in sodium and potassium channels on cardiac myocyte and acquired caused by drugs or electrolyte...

Study about the effect of the drill method on the forearm passing ability of volleyball has many conducted in field sport. Various studies explain that the drill method affects the forearm passing ability of volleyball, but results from every study tend to vary. The difference causes needed to do data...

Garbage collectors are a group of workers who have a high risk of experiencing health problems due to continuous exposure to waste. Especially if they did not use personal protective equipment (PPE) while working. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between knowledge about PPE and...

Most women experience emotional disturbance after childbirth such as depression, irritability, especially easily frustrated and emotional. Nearly 70 percent of women experience sadness after the birth, and most mothers can quickly recover and achieve stability, but 13% of them will experience post partum...

This research is proposed to find out the relation between the underwater length and the swimming speed of 50 meters backstroke. It used a descriptive research method. The instrument of this research is for measuring the variable which in a form of index text. Video shooting by the camera (DSLR) is done...

Urinalisa is a screening test to determine kidney disorders, urinary tract or metabolic disorders. Urinalysis must be done when the sample is still fresh. Delays in examinations will have a major effect on the stability of the test and the validity of the results of the examination. In the stages of...

Aedes aegypti is the main vector of Dengue Haemorrhagic Infection in Indonesia and it is predominantly breeding in clear water within household artificial containers. Thus, it is necessary to implement environmental management that is tends to be simple, low-cost and effective to create disadvantageous...

Man-made changes in the environment lead to an increase in the risk to public health. The greatest danger, in the opinion of ecologists, biologists and physicians, is technospheric pollution with heavy metals, including nickel. Nickel intoxication is accompanied by mutagenic, carcinogenic, cardiotoxic...

Background: Documentation is one of the important components that can provide legal testimony, become a communication tool and educational resource as well as research resources. Aim: To improve planning and successful implementation of technology, creative and targeted design can open...

The first corona virus outbreak on Wuhan, China in December 2019 was very surprising and spread very quickly. The unstoppable report about this virus spread has also caused panic in other countries. Then this virus began to hit in various countries in the world. One of them is Indonesia, in early March...

The aim of this research was to investigate the comparative effectiveness of ang-sana latex (P. indiscus) and chlorhexidine 0.2% against growth of S. mutans. This research was a laboratory experiment (true experimental), with a post-test only completely randomized design, consisting of four treatments:...

Cardiovascular disease is one of the main health problems and causes of death in the world. M-Health (mobile health) has the potential to improve the prevention of disease recurrence by providing continuous intervention after treatment at a hospital. The purpose of this paper were to review health literature...

Periodontal disease is a chronic inflammation disease which caused by bacteria in the periodontal tissues. The predisposing factors are smoking, stress and alcohol consumption. Smoking can deteriorate the dental health and increase the risk of gingivitis. Smoking may causes various diseases in oral cavities,...

This study was aimed to determine Enterobacteriaceae contamination that were resistant against antibiotics in duck meat which was related with food safety for the consumers. Total of 52 samples of ducks were taken from 5 subdistricts in Bogor District, i.e., Ciomas, Gunung Sindur, Klapanunggal, Jasinga,...

Erectile dysfunction is the one of male sexual problems. Testosterone stimulate erection process physiologically. The study showed that black pepper extract increased sexual performance and testosterone level in animal research. The purpose of this study was to know the erotogenic effect, testosterone...

The study aims to examine the influence of traditional games programs (integrating social behavior) to develop social behavior. Experimental method pretest-posttest control group design with more than one experimental group was used in the study. The design is used by involving more than one experimental...

insufficient and imbalance amount of midwifery increases the workload and burden of midwives in Indonesia. According to IBI (2016), the philosophy of midwives is to give continuous care to increase the quality of maternal services. However the increase in responsibility for midwives, causes a need of...

Objectives: The aims of this study were to developed snakes-and-ladder game as an eye health promotion. Method: A research and development (RnD) method was conducted in this study, adapting ADDIE development model which consist of analysis stage, design stage, development stage, implementation stage,...

Bullying among students in school often occurs in early adolescence which impacts on someone who has been bullied tends to bully people who are weaker than themselves. Starting from the framework of thought that the act of bullying is a desire to hurt that is shown in the action and cause someone to...

The University is an institution of higher education and research that must be able to guarantee the safety of all interested parties in the university area to prevent accidents and occupational diseases, both in academic activities such as laboratory safety and other activities such as construction...

To achieve the proper level of accessibility and quality of medical care to the population, the provision of the municipalities of the republic with the necessary resources (material, technical, financial, human, information, etc.) is of no small importance. In this work, we analyzed the resource provision...

Introduction: Childbirth is an event that changes the life and upbringing of women that affects both physically and psychologically in the short and long term. The anxiety score is increased then labor pain also increases. One of the practices used in lowering anxiety is touching therapy by midwives....

Osteoporosis is a reduced intake of vitamin D and calcium in the body. Lack of calcium in the body can lead to reduced bone density. Osteoporosis is riskier in women than in men, therefore preventive measures should be taken early. The purpose of this study is to analyze factors related to osteoporosis...

Expressive suppression is an emotion regulation strategy that refers to the inhibition of emotion-expressive behaviour. Habitual, high expressive suppression may be considered as a less effective strategy because it potentially maintains or even strengthens negative emotion. This experience may develop...

Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) rank as the sixth most prevalent cancer globally. Despite advancements in combined therapies, the overall survival rate after five years remains approximately 40% to 50%. The burden of HNSCC varied by region and related with exposure to tobacco-deriived...

Modern tourism is a complicated diversified industry, and its development is a source of competitive advantages for building on territorial, social and economic systems. However, it also drains the natural and climatic resources of territories, therefore provoking a harmful effect. To deal with problems...

Based on the fact, that the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Tasikmalaya have similar problems with other Red Cross branches, especially in the Blood Donor Unit. The problem is still using manual processing and the lack of data integration between the PMI to the Hospital Blood Bank (BDRs) so that one of the...

Media is one of the infrastructures used to provide material to produce a maximum learning. Media is used in every lesson, including physical education on the material of a small ball game, namely softball. The problem is the lack of media used in providing softball learning in school. In the last 7-10...

The high level of stress experienced by people with diabetes mellitus and the number of patients with diabetes mellitus who adopt maladaptive coping strategies can increase the risk of complications and lead to poor management of therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Type 2 diabetes mellitus...

Melinjo (Gnetum gnemon Linn) is a plant of the genus Gnetacea that has been identified as having various biological activities, including antioxidants. This study aimed to analyze the biological activity of Gnetum gnemon for the determination of total phenolics, anti-free radicals (antioxidants), and...

The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020 has increased the risk of morbidity and mortality in elderly people. The Integrated Health Service Post for the Elderly (IHSP-Elderly, Posyandu lansia) is a community-based program that provides large-group outdoor activities for the elderly. This...

Objective: To Identify and analyze the correlation between half-sitting position and lithotomy position with a degree of perineal rupture in the delivery room at Dr. H. Moch. Ansari Saleh Hospital, Banjarmasin. Methods: This research uses analytical survey with cross-sectional approach. The sample used...