BACKGROUND: A COVID-19 vaccine is available but acceptance in the community is still low. One of the causes of this is information, that is, lacking and cannot be understood by the community because it is not specific to the context of geography, culture, and sociodemography. AIM: The aim of this research is to understand the people’s desire for the COVID-19 vaccine in West Papua, Indonesia. METHODS: A web-based cross-sectional study was conducted using a snowball sampling strategy under a very limited environment. Questionnaires were designed and sent to study participants through social media forms. Study participants were recruited throughout West Papua. The main determinants predicting vaccine acceptance among respondents were modeled using logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: A total of 314 participants were willing to take the survey. Of the 314 participants, we found that education level, knowledge, and fear were the main factors predicting acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine, respectively (p-value; 0.019, 0.018, and 0.031). CONCLUSIONS: Sociodemographic determinants related to COVID-19 vaccination to develop new effective interventions to increase information stability and identify key factors, health education interventions that are appropriate for the language, culture, and socioeconomics can help increase the uptake of global vaccination programs to cope with the future pandemics.

BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease is closely related to diabetes. Basic information about the treatment and physical condition of diabetic patients should be analyzed to provide further evidence of prevention. Based on the high prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) among patients with renal failure, there is a great need to learn more about its prevention and management including laboratory diagnostic tests because HbA1c levels are directly proportional to blood glucose levels. AIM: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of HbA1c levels on creatinine levels in patients with Type 2 DM. METHODS: This type of research is a quantitative study with a cross-sectional approach. The sample in this study was 38 DM patients who had their diagnosis confirmed using consecutive sampling techniques. According to the healthcare centre’s data, the respondent’s blood sample was taken at the respondent’s house, and the HbA1c and creatinine levels were tested in the laboratory. Data analysis using the Chi-square test. RESULTS: The results of this study indicate that there is no relationship between HbA1c levels and the incidence of kidney failure with p = 0.588, OR 0.658. CONCLUSION: This research showed that there was no relationship between HbA1c levels with the incidence of kidney failure.

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are infectious or infectious diseases that are transmitted through sexual contact from the penis, vagina, anal and oral. Preliminary study at the City Health Office of Sorong, the number of data on cases of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in the last 2 years of 2016-2017 was 122 people consisting of 19 men and 103 women. Objective: To find out the factors related to the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in public transport drivers in the "H" line in Sorong city. Research Method: This type of research is analytic observational using longitudinal cross sectional design. Statistical tests using chi-square consisted of 30 respondents. Independent variables are attitude and use of condoms. Results: Chi-square statistical test results on attitude relations showed p value 0.08> 0.05, which means that there was no relationship between respondents' attitudes towards condom use in taxi driver H. And the results of chi-square statistical tests on attitude relations showed p value = 0.05 by therefore p value 0.05 = 0.05, which means that there is a relationship between the attitude of respondents to condom use in street lane drivers H. Conclusion: There is no correlation between attitude with STI prevention measures on taxi drivers on the H line and there is a relationship between condom use and STI precautions on H. line taxi drivers.