While hypertension with accompanying complications remains a life-threatening illness, a critical program in its management and prevention is implementing self-care behaviors (SCBs). This study examined the factors associated with SCB that are dominant in hypertension patients with complications. Materials and Methods: This quantitative study was conducted using the regression analytic method and a cross-sectional approach. The non-probability sampling technique was used, and the response rate was 96.2%. Data were collected using a modified hypertension self-care profile (HBP-SCP) questionnaire, hypertension knowledge questionnaire, family support questionnaire, and the briefillness perception questionnaire (B-IPQ). Results:The mean total SCB score was high at 55.9% with a mean of 191.01, SD = 5.16; 77.5% of the respondents had no disease history, 80.4% had good knowledge, 58.8% had strong family support, and 50% had a good perception of the disease. Factors that were significantly related to SCB were family support (p = 0.00, r = 0.75) and illness perception (p = 0.00, r = 0.77), while disease history (r = 0.47) and knowledge were not significantly related (r = 0.13). Moreover, the analysis of multiple linear regression with the backward method showed that the most dominant factor influencing SCB was illness perception (p = 0.00, = 0.47, B = 0.495, R2 = 0.650). The effect of illness perception on SCB (65%) meant that each 0.50 perception score increased the SCB score by one. Conclusion: It is recommended that health workers increase patient perception using innovative interventions to improve the SCB of hypertension patients with complications.

Bu çalışma, görme engeli olan çocuklarda Dental Braille Eğitiminin (DBE) çocukların oral sağlık ve hijyen ile ilgili bilgi ve tutumlarına olan etkisini analiz etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Gereç ve yöntem: Çalışmada pre-post test yönetemi kullanılmıştır. Çocuklar eğitim öncesi ve sonrası 21. günde değerlendirilmiştir. Sonuçlar: Bu çalışma, görme engelli 12 çocuğa uygulanmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre eğitim öncesi ve sonrası çocukların bilgi düzeyi (Z =-3217 ve p = 0.001, p> 0.05) ile tutumları (Z =-2724 ve p = 0.006, p> 0.05) arasında istatiksel olarak anlamlı fark bulunmamıştır. Tartışma: Görme engelli çocuklara Braille yöntemi ile verilen eğitim çocukların oral sağlık ve hijyen ile ilgili bilgi ve tutumları üzerinde anlamlı değişikliğe neden olmamıştır. Bu popülasyonda oral sağlık ve hijyen eğitiminin başarısını etkileyen faktörlerin incelendiği ileri çalışmaların planlanması önerilmektedir.

Baluran National Park, West Java, as one of the conservation sites in Indonesia, has the attraction of the varied types of ecosystems, including fungi. This study aimed to analyze the diversity of fungi in Bama Coastal Forest, Baluran National Park. The method was explorative with plot purposive sampling technique. Parameters in this study include abundance, dominance, and diversity of fungi enriched with physical parameters of humidity and temperature. The fungi were documented and macroscopically observed. Data were analyzed using the abundance index, dominance index, and diversity index. This research identified 18 types of macrofungi in Bama Coastal forest, Baluran National Park East Java including Ganoderma, sp, Hexagonia tenuis, Trametes hirsute, Phellinus sp.1 and sp.2, Ganoderma applanatum, Phellinus igniarius, Pycnoporus cinnabarinus, Daedalea quercina, Tyromyces chioneus, Microporus xanthopus, Calvatia sp., Irpex lacteus, Trichaptum sp., Lentinus sp. Poria corticola, Tyromyces sp., and Lichemomphalia sp. One fungi species (Ganoderma sp.) has the highest abundance index (27.62). The Medium abundance index was found in three species (Hexagonia tenuis, Tyromyces  chioneus, Tyromyces sp.) while the rest fungi were in low abundance index. Dominance index of all fungi species identified in Bama was in low category (D<0.5) with medium diversity (2.30). It can be concluded that the diversity of microfungi in the coastal forest of Bama, Baluran National park was a distribution medium of individual of each species and medium community stability. Environmental conditions in the Bama Coast Forest with 93% humidity and an average air temperature of 26-27oC could support for the fungi to grow quite well.

Latar Belakang: Berdasarkan data Komisi Penanggulangan AIDS Kabupaten Sukoharjo pada tahun 2017, Lelaki Seks dengan Lelaki (LSL) merupakan kelompok risiko HIV tertinggi. Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) merupakan salah satu strategi deteksi dini HIV dan sebagai pintu masuk ke seluruh layanan kesehatan HIV/AIDS. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan perilaku pemanfaatan Klinik VCT oleh LSL di Sukoharjo.   Metode: Jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus terhadap lima LSL sebagai informan utama yang rutin dan tidak pernah tes HIV.  Teknik pengumpulan data dengan cara wawancara mendalam kepada informan utama dan dua informan triangulasi terdiri dari satu orang Peer Educator dan satu orang Koordinator Lapangan.Hasil: Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa seluruh informan sudah pernah melakukan VCT walaupun dengan mandatory melalui perkumpulan LSL, namun hanya empat orang yang melakukannya secara rutin. Faktor-faktor yang menjadi penyebab informan rutin dalam melakukan VCT setiap 3 bulan adalah persepsi kerentanan yang besar, persepsi keseriusan yang tinggi, persepsi manfaat tes yang cukup besar, persepsi hambatan terhadap tes yang rendah, serta cukup banyaknya isyarat untuk bertindak yang terpapar kepada informan dan tingginya persepsi kemampuan diri untuk tes. Tetapi bila didalami lagi banyaknya isyarat bertindak yang dialami informan terutama adalah contoh yang diperlihatkan oleh teman sebaya. Sedangkan bagi informan yang tidak melakukan VCT secara rutin penyebabnya adalah rendahnya kemampuan diri untuk tes. Sehingga peneliti menyarankan kepada petugas perlu peer educator yang rajin untuk memotivasi kelompoknya untuk melakukan tes dan memberikan informasi yang lebih lengkap terhadap dampak penularan HIV kepada LSL dan pasangannya untuk mencegah penularan serta mengurangi stigma dan diskriminasi oleh petugas kesehatan dalam layanan kesehatan.Kata Kunci: HIV/AIDS, Lelaki Seks dengan Lelaki, tes HIV, persepsi, HBM

Islamic boarding schools are social, religious institutions that become educational vehicles for Muslims who desire to investigate the religious sciences; someone accompanies a teacher wherever they go or settle in a cottage to learn science (santri/student at the muslim school). Adolescents at puberty experience growth characterized by physiological and hormonal influences on their physical appearance. Visible changes can affect their behavior, transition period, and health problems, especially in dental and oral health and gingiva. The teeth and mouth are the most crucial hygiene in the human body, becoming a significant problem in adolescent health. The absence of teeth and mouth for gingiva is frequently used as a sign of diseased periodontal tissue. This study was conducted to assess the hormonal impacts of adolescents with poor dental hygiene and gingival diseases. This type of research uses a cross-sectional design. The research sample was conducted on Daar El Fikri Islamic Boarding School adolescents, with as many as 40 people. The measuring instrument uses a questionnaire, the Oral Hygiene Index Simplified (OHI-S), and the Gingival Index. The Spearmant Correlation test carried out data analysis. The results of this student girl at the Muslim school are that the average age of puberty adolescents and experiencing a cycle turns out that oral hygiene is not good and the gingivitis has mild inflammation, this occurs due to hormonal effects.