Background: COVID-19 related knowledge, attitude and practice plays a major role in determining the readiness of the community to adopt the behavioural change towards recommended preventive measures outlined by public health officials. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding COVID-19 among university students as well as its associated factors. Method: This is a cross sectional study that was conducted among students in a public university during the early phase of COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. An online validated self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis test was used to determine the association between independent variables with knowledge, attitude, and practice score.Results: Overall response rate of this study was 92.9 (n=524). Median score of knowledge domain was 78.0 (IQR= ±12.0), median attitude score of 49.0 (IQR= ±5.0), and median practice score of 80.0 (IQR= ±11.0). The mean knowledge, attitude and practice score were significantly higher among diploma holder (vs degree holder, p<0.05), residing in main Kota Kinabalu campus (vs non-KK campus, p<0.001), studying in medical faculty (vs non-medical faculty, p<0.001), and attended COVID-19 education (vs non-attendance; p<0.05).Conclusion: COVID-19 related knowledge and attitude were below satisfactory level during earlier phase of the pandemic. However, majority of respondents have positive behaviour towards COVID-19 prevention. This highlights the importance of accurate and tailored health education to improve the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of recommended measures to prevent COVID-19 spread.

Metal plating industry using hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) for main ingredient to coat metal. Chromium when contact with the body can cause various health effects. This study were analized the individual characteristics and the incidence of dermatitis on metal plating workers in Sidoarjo. This was a qualitative descriptive study using cross sectional design. Data were collected by questionnaire, observation sheet, interview guides and diagnosis sheet. Respondents were total population by the number of 10 metal plating workers. The individual characteristics sub-variables were age, type of work, working period and use of PPE. The incidence of dermatitis in the metal plating sub-variables were skin burn, dermal necrosis, dermal edema, erythema, skin redness and itching and chrome holes ulceration. There was a strong correlation between age and the incidence of skin burn (r = 0.618), as well as the type of work to the incidence of skin redness and itching, dermal necrosis and erythema with contingency coefficient (r) of 0.632; 0.626; and 0.504. In addition working period with chrome hole, skin redness and itching and skin burn has a strong correlation with contingency coefficients (r) of 0.707; 0.626; 0.539. There is also a strong correlation between the use of PPE with dermal edema incidence (r = 0.707). Metal coating workers were suggested more careful when performing plating work and always use PPE that can minimize the contact between the skin with hexavalent chromium.

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious threat to human health in the 21st century, Indonesia as a developing country has a high number of sufferers. This study aims to analyze the effect of discharge planning on the stability of blood sugar levels in type 2 patients. Methods: The design of this study was a Quasi-Experimental Pre and Post-test with a Control Group. The population in this study were all patients with type 2 DM, a large sample of 54 respondents, taken by purposive sampling technique. The instruments used are a glucometer, questionnaire, and discharge planning form. Data analysis used Wilcoxon statistical test for pre-treatment and control groups and the Mann-Whitney test for post-treatment and post-control. Results: The results of the Wilcoxon statistical test pre-post-treatment obtained = 0.000 and pre-post-control obtained = 0.093. The results of post-treatment and control group obtained = 0.009 and value = 0.05. It means that there is an effect of discharge planning on the stability of blood sugar levels in type 2 DM patients at A. Yani Islamic Hospital, Surabaya. Conclusion: The conclusion of this study is discharge planning can affect the stability of blood sugar levels in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2.

Barotrauma sering terjadi pada telinga tengah, hal ini karena rumitnya fungsi tuba eustachius. Barotrauma telinga merupakan cedera yang paling sering berisiko dialami penyelam Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis hubungan karakteristik individu dengan risiko Barotrauma Telinga terhadap nelayan tradisional di Kampung Cumpat Surabaya. Metode penelitian ini merupakan Kuantitatif deskriptif dengan pendekatan cross sectional dan dilaksanakan di Kampung Nelayan Cumpat Surabaya. Populasi penelitian adalah nelayan tradisional yang berjumlah 80 orang dengan sampel sebanyak 67 sampel. Teknik sampling yang digunakan adalah purposive sampling. Pengambilan data primer dilakukan melalui kuesioner. Variabel bebas adalah Umur, masa kerja, alat pelindung diri, kecepatan naik ke permukaan, waktu istirahat, kedalaman menyelam, frekuensi penyelaman, lama menyelam, penggunaan earphone dan intensitas penggunaan earphone. Variabel terikat Risiko Barotrauma. Analisis data menggunakan Uji Chi-Square. Hasil penelitian sebanyak 56 orang (83,6%) mengalami gangguan telinga. Hasil uji chi square menunjukkan faktor yang berhubungan dengan risiko barotrauma telinga di peroleh umur (p=0,000), masa kerja (p=0,001), alat pelindung diri (p=0,007), lama menyelam (p=0,000), frekuensi penyelaman (p=0,002), kecepatan naik ke permukaan (p=0,002), waktu istirahat (p=0,004), kedalaman menyelam (p= 0,001), Penggunaan earphone (p=0,249), waktu penggunaan earphone (p=0,214 ) . Simpulan penelitian ini meliputi umur, masa kerja, alat pelindung diri, lama menyelam, frekuensi penyelaman, kecepatan naik ke permukaan, waktu istirahat dan kedalaman menyelam memiliki hubungan dengan risiko barotrauma dan penggunaan earphone dan waktu penggunaan earphone tidak ada hubungan dengan risiko barotrauma. Saran yang diberikan diharapkan bagi semua nelayan agar lebih memperhatikan faktor keselamatan kerja Para nelayan perlu mempelajari teknik ekualisasi yang benar agar risiko barotrauma telinga bisa diminimalkan.

Sistem Kewaspadaan Dini dan Respons (SKDR) penyakit DBD menjadi sebuah upaya dalam pencegahan dan penanggulangan kasus DBD di Kabupaten Trenggalek. Sayangnya kasus DBD di Kabupaten Trenggalek masih menjadi masalah kesehatan masyarakat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi pelaksanaan SKDR DBD menggunakan modifikasi Malcolm Balridge, berupa komponen kepemimpinan, manajemen stratejik, manajemen pengetahuan, fokus sumber daya, manajemen proses dan hasil pelaksanaan SKDR DBD di Kabupaten Trenggalek pada tahun 2017. Merupakan penelitian evaluatif melalui pendekatan kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Menggunakan rancang bangun penelitian cross sectional. Penelitian dilakukan di Kabupaten Trenggalek, melibatkan 37 responden dari Dinas Kesehatan, Puskesmas dan Kader Jumantik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat komponen yang mendapat skor rendah, yaitu perhatian pimpinan pada insentif petugas, pemahaman kader terhadap rencana stratejik dan target penanggulangan DBD, penggunaan teknologi yang tidak mendukung proses dan tidak dapat memberikan alert, kepuasan kader dalam pelaporan PJB dan kasus DBD, serta penurunan angka kasus yang belum mencapai target. Masih terdapat hambatan pelaksanaan SKDR DBD, sehingga pemerintah Kabupaten Trenggalek khususnya Dinas Kesehatan dapat melakukan analisis kebutuhan sistem untuk menunjang pelaporan SKDR DBD, berikut dengan analisis penunjang berupa peran kader dan insentif yang diberikan kepada kader maupun petugas yang berprestasi dalam upaya pencegahan dan penanggulangan kasus dan KLB DBD.