The number of elderly people is more increasing along with the rising of the life expectancy age. There are many efforts that should be carried out to prevent the elderly, one of which from the preventive aspect is by maintaining the physical fitness of the elderly. To monitor the fitness status of the elderly, it needs an application of the web technology-based physical fitness monitoring beca…
The leading causes of infant deaths are largely preventable and there are reasons from both the supply and the demand sides of healthcare why they may be perpetuating. This study aimed to ascertain factors affecting the preventive healthcare behaviour of immunisation of infants in the Philippines which is timely because completion, or adherence, rate had plateaued in recent decades. The metho…
West Pasaman District and Agam District are filariasis-endemic areas in West Sumatra with prevalence of 12.40 per 100,000 cases and 11.27 per 100,000 cases respectively. This study aimed to determine risk factors associated with the prevalence of filariasis and mapping the vulnerability of the area in West Sumatra. A case control study design was conducted in the West Pasaman District and Agam …
Women’s autonomy and empowerment has generally been recognized as one of most important factors of development. A lack of autonomy and empowerment may lead to negative outcomes on child health and mortality. Yet no study to-date has analyzed links between women’s empowerment and infant mortality in Indonesia. This study tried to fill this gap to investigate the effect of women’s empowerme…
Cardiovascular disease causes 8.6 million deaths of women every year, which is the major cause of death by one-third of all deaths of women in the world. Half of all deaths of women older than 50 years old is caused by cardiovascular and stroke diseases. This study aimed to analyze risk factors related to coronary heart disease among women aged older than 45 years at Dody Sarjoto Makassar Air F…
Pneumonia is one of very important global health problems among toddlers, especially in developing countries. Nowadays, pneumonia is one of largest causes of child mortality, especially in newborn period. In Aceh Province, pneumonia disease is the eighth of 25 biggest diseases found at primary health care with 112 cases, while pneumonia among outpatient sufferers in Aceh reached 434 cases (29.0…
Menstruation is the periodical monthly discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the innermost layer of uterus.The aim of this study is to determine the effect of Physical activity level with impairment pattern in menstruation among Army women in Pusdikkowad Lembang Bandung. Research sampling size in this study with probability sampling system was carried out using Krejcie and Morgan table. Da…
The objective of the study is to understand the lived experiences of nursing students in selected clinical area through the Learning Feedback Diary. This research has utilized the qualitative research method of phenomenology to allow for an exploration of the student nurse's reflective interpretation of their clinical experience. The purpose of a phenomenological approach is to illuminate the s…