Advances in Health Sciences Research

The COVID-19 pandemic is maybe the greatest threat to global health in the current period. This coronavirus sickness has affected even some of the most developed financial and healthcare systems as it has spread over the whole planet. Questions concerning the effectiveness of global response mechanisms,...

The high family involvement in KB (family planning) is an indicator of GERMAS (Healthy Living Community Movement) success which is one of the government's efforts to control the growth of population and improve the qualifying small families. Most family planning programs used by KB acceptors are hormone...

Hospitals are complex medical service units, as well as places to interact between patients, health workers, visitors and patient nurses. The existence of this interaction risks causing nosocomial infections. The practice of hand washing must be applied by everyone in the hospital environment to prevent...

SOPH syndrome (SOPH; MIM# 614800) is a rare hereditary monogenic disease caused by a mutation in the NBAS gene. The clinical spectrum of this disease affects many symptoms such as skeletal dysplasia, atrophy of the optic nerves, Pelger’s leukocyte abnormality. While the somatic manifestations of this...

Indonesia is an agricultural country. Most of the population works in agriculture. Farmers use pesticides when farming activities. Pesticides are needed for plants attacked by pests and diseases. Pesticides poison when they are to be used and when they are prepared or finished using. Pesticides have...

This study aims to explore the knowledge and understanding of the elderly regarding the benefits of stretching exercises. Stretching is a fundamental component of physical activity that enhances flexibility, improves circulation, boosts muscle coordination, and prevents injuries. Despite its numerous...

The purpose of this article is to analyze the use of barley malt flour in flour products from yeast dough on the example of homemade buns. To provide the reliability of the data obtained, all analyzes were performed at least three to five times, with two parallel assessments being performed in each experiment....

Language development is one of the most important developments in children, influenced by internal and external factors. One of the most influential external factors is verbal environment. Specific language disorder can occur in one language in children with bilingual environment in the first three years...

Smoking is one of the predisposing factors for oral candidiasis. The mechanism is possibly caused by chemical substances in cigarettes that can provide nutritionS for candida, local changes in epithelium that which leads to candida colonization, decreased antibodies in saliva and decreased salivary flow...

Helminth infections of ruminants is a major constraint on efficient livestock production (Charlier et al, 2014). Livestock disease caused by parasitic worms may harm the economy, because it can reduce the results of livestock that involves death, weight loss, retarded growth, and low fertility. Indonesia...

Background: The risk of tuberculosis among HCW were higher than another profession since the opportunity of contact with TB patients will be more frequent. The risk of LTBI were higher for people living in high burden TB country, then HCW in Indonesia have both risk. Objective: This study was done to...

The high incidence of trauma caused by traffic accidents and other causes resulting in the high mortality of trauma. A general practitioner (GP)’s primary survey knowledge and management could minimalized the risk of the death. RS Tingkat II Dustira has an emergency department so the GPs ought to have...

This study aims to determine the support in the perspective of nutritional factors in the Special Region of Yogyakarta regarding the yield of fish, sea and river fish as a source of nutritional adequacy in reviewing and mapping the ideal physical potential of the leading athletes. Teenager in YOGYAKARTA....

Gambir (Uncaria gambir Roxb) is a plant that is known to have various activities, one of which is immunostimulant. This study aims to determine whether gambir from Payakumbuh affects the viability and immunostimulant activity on RAW 264.7 cells induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). This study was conducted...

This study aims to analyze the need for mobile learning-based learning media on basketball invasion materials. This research is a qualitative descriptive study, the subjects of this research are students of the Department of Physical Education, Health and Recreation, Faculty of Sports Science at Malang...

The objective of this study is to investigate the expression of estrogen receptor α and androgen receptor in osteoblasts derived from patients with aggressive perio-dontitis following stimulation using vitamin D and dexamethasone. Sample pieces of alveolar bone were collected from patients with aggressive...

Type 2 Diabetes mellitus is described as a metabolic abnormality caused by various etiologies such as genetical history, unbalanced dietary, and sedentary life style. Genetical hystory is a risk factor that cannot be changes. Peoples with genetical hystory should be changed their live style, especially...

This study aims to determine differences in the effect of massed practice methods and distributed practice methods on improving tennis forehand drive skills. This study used an experimental method of 20 students who took tennis practice at school. The instrument for data collection in this study used...

Background: Ocular defects due to eye enucleation may affect patient psychologically. Individual ocular prothesis have several advantages compared to stock ocular prothesis. Acrylic based is one of the most used individual ocular prothesis. Objective: To describe a simple method of fabricating ocular...

Background: Improper diet behavior and negative body image can affect adolescents’ poor nutritional status. Poor nutritional status of adolescents affects nutritional status during pregnancy and is closely related to nutritional problems in children who will be. The anemia rate for adolescent girls in...

Lake Sipin, located in Jambi City, is a possible destination to be developed for sports and tourism. This study aims at analyzing the development of sports tourism in the Lake Sipin area. This research is qualitative research with case study design. The results showed that Lake Sipin was currently developed...

This bibliometric analysis delves into the evolution of research on insect antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), a crucial aspect of entomological studies with significant implications for medicine, agriculture, and biotechnology. The study systematically examines the publication trends, influential research...

In recent decades, the prevalence of overweight has quadrupled. Adopting unhealthy eating habits and consuming sugar-rich foods raise the prevalence of obesity. Dietary behavior modifications are crucial for managing the excess weight. A theory is known as the Health Belief Model is employed to determine...

This study aims to determine the level of physical activity of children aged 9–11 years in Indonesia. This research method is a survey. The sample in this research was children aged 9–11 years, totaling 402 children. The instrument used in this research was the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older...

Indonesia sanitation problem is claimed as the second worst in the world, although Community Total Led Sanitation (CLTS) program has been implementated since 2008. Once of CLTS activity is hand washing with soap. Data from Community Health Development Index (2010) show that hand washing practice is still...

Sex workers need access to sexual and reproductive health services because they are at high risk of HIV and STIs (Sexually Transmitted Infections). Moreover, many clients are inconsistent in condom use thus increasing the risk of unwanted pregnancy and abortion. Almost all sex workers experience marginalization,...

This clinical evaluation deals with the possible maintenance and slowing down the development of degenerative myopia in a 29 years old patient. Series of eye examinationswere done to disclose why his refractive error continually increased. He was discovered to have degenerative myopia which was inherited,...

Internet technology and social media have become increasingly widespread. Starting from the use of Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp. The role of parents becomes very important to care about adolescent reproductive health than the opinions or delusions of adolescents themselves. Parents must provide time to...

Degenerative disease is the leading cause of death in the world that is triggered because of an unhealthy lifestyle at a young age, especially at the high school teens. One way of disseminating information about the prevention of degenerative diseases with a clean and healthy life is by health education....

Background: External auditory canal (EAC) carcinoma is rare and difficult to diagnosed. Only 5% of the cases that recognized as adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC). Therefore, the optimal management of ACC of the EAC has not been established. Treatment depends on the tumor stage as with other EAC malignancy....

Depression in cancer patients tends to be overlooked and can worsen their condition. One of the Mindfulness-based interventions to treat depression in cancer patients is mindfulness-based art therapy (MBAT). MBAT combines an art therapy approach with mindfulness that aims to provide individuals the opportunity...

Fig (Ficus carica) is used for a disease therapy due to its relatively complete nutrition and active compounds as sugar, mineral, vitamin, organic acid and phenolic compounds. A high phenolic compound in fig is related closely to its fruit activity as an antioxidant. Yet, its difficult for phenolic compound...

The objective of this study is to provide an overview of the Sport Education Model in the process of learning physical education how to make the competition that can be beneficial for all students involved. The results of this study when the competition is given in the right way or can with the right...

Increasing age, especially in postmenopausal women, shows a decline in anabolic hormones activity and an increase in anti-anabolic hormones activity. This causes bone resorption and may lead to osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a degenerative disorder marked by decrease in bone mass because of imbalance...

Management of treatment in cancer patients is still dominated by chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is a method used to reach cancer cells so that cell growth can be inhibited and controlled. Implementation of this action with side effects that can cause nausea and vomiting, thereby affecting the nutritional...

The study was aimed to assess the reactivity of the cardiorespiratory system of young judokas of 12–14 years old, depending on age, health condition and sports specialization. In the longitudinal mode for two years, 32 young athletes were examined. The study was conducted using methods of analyzing heart...

The orientation of new nurses is needed to facilitate the familiar environment, tasks, and new jobs, but not all hospitals set it up. The purpose optimization of the orientation of new nurses was to set up the equipment needed in the implementation of orientation, both technically and policies, as well...

Due to numbers of graduated alumni each years, a tracer study is required in order to understand the job absorption and to evaluate the performance of each study program. The advantage of tracer study is not only limited to the interest of university. It could also useful to give important information...

One of the many complications of endocrine disease such as diabetes is diabetic retinopathy. As a rule, the severity of retinopathy depends on the duration of diabetes mellitus, blood glucose concentration and blood pressure level. The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of genetic factors...

Introduction – The order of tooth eruption is essential in determining the diagnosis and treatment for dentistry. One of the elements affecting tooth eruption is gender. In this regard, the pubertal growth spurt in boys is half to two years later than in girls. Aims – This study aims to examine the permanent...

Background: School health unit (SHU) play an important role in increasing access to health services of students. However, there are still obstacles in implementing school health and nutrition programs during COVID-19. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the implementation of SHU and nutrition education...

Maternal mortality can still be largely prevented if it is followed by changing patient behavior, quality health services by institutional providers, or health service system policies. Factors that cause maternal mortality that can still be prevented are patient factors, factors of health personnel,...

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic condition of carbohydrate metabolism disorders caused by relative or absolute insulin deficiency. DM is a common disease not only in humans, but also pet animals such as cats. The most common type of diabetes in cats, also known as Feline Diabetes Mellitus (FDM), is...

This paper presents an overview to provide readers with an update on the literature about the relation between parental influences (general parenting and food parenting practices) and children’s weight-related outcomes. A systematic research review following PRISMA guidelines was conducted to identify,...

One of the indicators of poor oral health in older people is dental caries. Dental caries affects quality of life consisting physical, functional, social, and emotional welfare throughout each individual’s life. This study aims to determine the correlation between dental caries status and quality of...

Healthcare-associated infection is one of the main risks to patients’ safety. Worldwide, the most prevalent hospital acquired illness is catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). These healthcare facilities frequently use catheters, and many patients are catheterized for extended periods of...

Learning the material for referring and organizing competition provides education to students on various kinds of control signals in referring and systematically organizes matches. The purpose of developing learning media based on the application of refereeing material and organizing basketball lecture...

The issues of recreational potential of ecological tourism are becoming more and more popular due to the effect of nature tourism on human well-being. The aim of nature trip is to improve the emotional status and relieve psychological stress. The mechanisms of attracting urban population to nature and...

This study was aimed at testing the construct validity of the basketball basic motion skills test instrument (ITK GDBB). The research used descriptive method of 3 basketball experts in the city of Cimahi; 3 experts are the expert in basketball. The instrument used was the ITB GDBB developed by Silvy...

The development of technologies increasingly rapid such as gadget. It has been widely used in society, especially among students. Many students use gadget unefectivel therefore it can decrease the interest in learning and the event of insomnia. Based on the results of preliminary study, the results of...

Cases of COVID-19 in the world reached 103,362,039 people, with the death toll reaching 2,244,713 people. In Indonesia as many as 1,111,671 people, with the death toll reaching 30,770 people. The West Sumatra Provincial Health Office reports that there were 27,189 positive people with a death rate of...

Disturbances at an early stage, provide immediate intervention and prevent death. During PNC visits, mothers will also receive supplements such as folic acid and iron that help in preserving their healthy condition. This study aims to identify the association between PNC coverage and distribution of...

Complexity of Soccer Must be given in training sessions with use special tasks with the aim of increasing interaction and increasing the ratio of player participation in decision making. The ability to choose an appropriate response in a game situation is a type of decision making that requires several...

The number of dead in Indonesia in 2015 reached a high rate, were 305 per 100,000 live births. Maternal deaths that occur in Indonesia are caused by several factors, including long-standing or obstructed labour by 5%. Birth ball is a physical therapy ball that helps with labour and can be used in various...

Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the factors are associated that smoking behavior in students diploma of Biomedical Engineering STIKes Binalita Sudama Medan. Method: The results showed that respondents who smoked were 29 respondents (48.3%). Results and Discussion: The results of...

The adolescent is a transition period from childhood to adulthood. Adolescents are often associated with problems because of the changes that occur during adolescence in the form of biological, cognitive, and social-emotional changes. Changes that occur during adolescence, making adolescents vulnerable...

Preterm labor globally is the leading cause of death in children under 5 years of age. Indonesia is the fifth country with the number of preterm births in the world. The exact cause of preterm labor is unknown, various causes and factors are suspected as the cause of preterm labor. Objective to analyze...

Aloe vera is a beneficial plant used for food supplements, cosmetics, and medicine for years. Currently, the popularity of herbal, cosmetic, foods, and beverages products containing aloe gel induce a big demand in the global market for aloe vera. Aloesin and its derivatives are chromone compounds found...

Objective: To analyze the association between social support and mother's anxiety, the category of social support received, needed by mother treating the child with cancer. Method: This study non-experimental approach sequential explanatory mixed method strategy. Analytical correlation cross-sectional...

2-year-old, Molly cat with a male gender came with owners to Animal Clinic Education Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Brawijaya. Cats come with complaints of vomiting and previously with dysuria less 2 days. Physical examination shows the condition of the cat is generally normal, the temperature...

Midwives are recognized as responsible health professionals who work and establish partnerships with women in providing “Continuity of care” based on the Reproductive Health service for women, infants, toddlers, and family planning. Midwives have an essential role in guarding maternal and neonatal health,...

The article considers the theoretical and methodological justification of two categories: ‘health’ and a ‘healthy lifestyle’ as social values of the state development based on the adopted social policy in this sphere. The author considers the process of the health and healthy lifestyle values formation...

Calprotectin, a calcium and zinc-binding protein found in non-keratin squamous epithelial membranes, is a cytosolic protein produced by neutrophils and monocytes, which can be found in serum plasma, urine, saliva and other body fluids. Calprotectin has antifungal activity by inhibiting yeast development...

This research aims to develop varied athletic sports learning through athletic training in pair jump rope and ladder drill models to improve abilities (kids athletic elementary school students. The research method uses an experimental method with a quantitative approach. Randomized Group Preetest-Posttest...

The specific objective and target of this research is to analyze and explore through a review of the mapping of the relationship between geographical conditions and the physiological conditions of the community related to efforts to improve and develop achievement sports in Yogyakarta. Obtaining a study...

Essential oil is a volatile liquid with a pungent taste and aroma. The essential oil has been used since many years ago for many purpose including as antimicrobial agent. Javanese turmeric reported containing essential oil. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify chemical profiling of essential...

Walking is one of the most difficult issues for stroke patients. The ability to walk in stroke patients recovers at different rates due to variations in weakness and intervention, including treadmill intervention. Nobody has looked into how the treadmill affects the phases of a stroke patient's...

A tragedy occurred following Arema FC's defeat against Persebaya Surabaya at Kanjuruhan Stadium on October 1,2022. As many as 135 people died and 575 others were injured. The incident became one of the worst tragedies in Indonesia and the second deadliest disaster in the world. The focus of this...

On March 2, 2020 the President of the Republic of Indonesia confirmed the first case of Covid-19 in Indonesia. After that, other cases of Covid-19 began to appear in various regions in Indonesia, including Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan. Banjarmasin is an area dominated by the Banjar people. This affects...

COVID-19 (SARS COV-2) has a serious adverse effect in the form of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) caused by a hyper-inflammation event (‘cytokine storm’) that causes damage to the lung tissue. Previous studies have shown a link between disease severity and excessive elevation of pro-inflammatory...

The aim of this study was to investigate the activation effect of PRP using colla-gen to the synthesis of extracellular matrix in fibroblasts of the periodontal liga-ment. The PRP from the human donor was activated using collagen (collagen-activated PRP) and compared with inactivated PRP as a control...

The purpose of the work is to study the immunomodulating activity of L-carnitine in junior athletes during the training period. Materials and methods. 20 junior athletes (masters of sports and candidates for masters of sports in swimming) aged 14-18 years participated in the study. Athletes were divided...

Healthy and safety workplace was studied in one of national crude palm oil plant that located at North Sumatera. There are existed problems such as many flakes of palm oil aorund the dolly, spilled a fresh fruit bunches around the loading ramp, slippery area around tipler and rel track caused by mixing...

Objective is to investigate the effectiveness of combining application of fluoride varnish with chewing cheese on white spot lesion remineralization. The research is a blinded quasi experimental study that was conducted on 521 occlusal white spot lesions (OWSL) of 69 dental students who were randomly...

Prevention is very important to be done by People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in order not to transmit the HIV virus to other people which causes an increasing number of HIV cases. This study aims to determine the factors associated with prevention of HIV transmission by PLWHA at the Taratak Jiwa Hati...

The high maternal death cases in Indonesia especially from indirect cases come from delay to identify the dangers of labor, to make a decision, to refer the patient and to get a medical intervention. These cases because of unpreparedness of pregnant women to face the labor and the complication. There...

The world of education is one of the areas affected by the Covid-19 Pandemic, Governments around the world make policies to close all learning activities in educational institutions, this is one of the ways taken by the government in minimizing outbreak of Covid-19. The implementation of online learning...

Background: The attachment between mother and fetus is an important part that affects fetal development. The attachment between the mother and the fetus during pregnancy will affect the health of the mother and fetus during the perinatal period. A healthy mother and fetus will be able to pass the labor...

The purpose of this study was to produce a monetary instrument used to assess the quality of service at fitness centers in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This research is a qualitative research. The instrument development procedure in this research is to determine the purpose of the instrument; developing a...

Data shows the first rank based on the type of work for women infected with HIV / AIDS in Indonesia are housewives with a total of 11,725 cases. The prevalence of AIDS infection in the province of Bengkulu is increasing every year. Data shows the cumulative number of PLWHA in Bengkulu Province from 2014-2016...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the status and pattern of physical growth and development of elementary school students in Indonesia, by measuring students’ anthropometric dimension. Participants in this study were elementary students from partner schools consisting of 5 schools, involving...

Advanced in healthcare technology, medical sciences and health care system have resulted in considerable prolongation of life. Ageing population is increasing globally. An old age is a period of the individual suffers losses in physical appearance, strength, role and status, which resulted in increase...

Dysmenorrhea can cause women unable to do activities normally and need medication or special treatment. Dysmenorrhea complaints are related to repeated absenteeism at school or in the workplace so that they can interfere with productivity. Despite its high prevalence, primary dysmenorrhea is often treated...

It is commonly known that learning in the revolution era 4.0 should utilize information and communication technology (ICT) and physical education, particularly table tennis learning, has no exception. This study integrated a social medium for learning namely Edmodo and Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) to...

According to World Organization World, adolescents are residents in the age range of 10-19 years. According to Hurlock puberty is a phase of the range of children’s development changing from asexual beings to sexual beings. One of the symptoms that arise at this time is preoccupation with sex (starting...

This study aims to analyze the practice of complementary feeding and the factors that influence it in two provinces in Indonesia, such as Banten Province and West Java Province. The research design was cross-sectional using secondary data from the 2017 Indonesian National Socio-Economic Survey. The sample...

Developing a learning media by utilizing technological developments can improve the quality of learning and delivery of information. The destination of the study is to analyze the need for mobile learning-based learning media in basketball courses. This research is a type of qualitative descriptive research...

Background Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media is characterized by persistent secretion from the ear that has been pierced for longer than two months. An attic or posterosuperior cholesteatoma with a history of sparse, pungent otorrhea and hearing loss is a sign of unsafe CSOM. Cholesteatoma...

Hemorrhagic stroke is a neurologic injury resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. Some studies noted an increasing risk of hemorrhagic stroke in patients receiving statin. However, growing evidence have demonstrated the neuroprotective effects of statin in hemorrhagic stroke. Objectives: To...

Odontogenic Keratocyst (OKC) usually appears asymptomatically; thus, it is likely to be found incidentally. World Health Organization (WHO) classifies OKC into tumors as they have similar characteristics. Although it is classified as a non-malignant tumor, odontogenic keratocyst can occur repeatedly....

The aim of the work was to determine the functional properties and efficiency of a reagent kit for determining the mutation status of the NRAS gene by allele-specific real-time PCR in human genomic DNA samples. These samples were taken from paraffin-fixed tissue samples (Test-NRAS-tissue) according to...

Atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by lipoprotein deposition in the intima in arteries, is often diagnosed late. This fact has triggered research into immunization strategies for preventing the disease. This review discusses recent studies of immunization using proprotein convertase...

The article aims to assess the impact of water aerobics on the psycho-emotional status in women. Materials and methods: the study involved 20 women aged 25–35 years. All women were divided into 2 groups, 10 people each. Group A was engaged in water aerobics according to our methodology. A comparative...

The increased people's lives and the need for entertainment make the existence of pets getting noticed and interesting. Among the various species of pet, cat is most popular in Indonesia. The high rate of cat lovers in Malang at this time was not followed by their knowledge about the how to maintain...

The peer educator program was formed in 2016 by the Pontianak Health Office and Faculty of Health Sciences Universitas Muhammadiyah Pontianak. This program aims to become agents of change that are readily accepted by the youth. This study aimed to describe knowledge and attitude, the role of peer educators,...

The paper presents the relationship between air pollution, recorded in Veliky Novgorod, with maximum one-time concentrations of phenol, dust, and nitrogen dioxide and the number of appointments made by adolescents with bronchial asthma to see an allergist. It provides data on the amount of CD3+, CD4+,...

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is infectious disease that can cause death. This disease is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This disease attacks the respiratory organs so that the patient will experience a cough in the long term. The suspected cases of Pulmonary TB had increased from 2018 (200 cases)...

This study aims to examine the comparison of cardiovascular endurance based on the blood type for the students of Sport science faculty, Jambi University, as well as to determine what blood type has better cardiovascular endurance. This is a comparative descriptive study through survey method with 24...

Hypertension is a condition that occurs in someone who has systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg and or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg on repeated examination. If hypertension is left and untreated, it will be lead to damage the organs such as left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Changes that occur in...

Ambulance Routing Problem (ARP) is the part of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), which provide timely medical help for those who are in need. In Medical emergency situation, the key concern is, to provide early treatment. Relocating patients quickly to neighboring medical facilities is extremely difficult...