Health Education Using Booklet to Increase Knowledge on Anemia among Adolescent Girls

Iron deficiency is one of the healthful issues in Asia, remembering for Indonesia. Young women often consume risky foods such as fast food, snacks and soft drinks. Such condition is due to lack of education among adolescent girls. This study aims to determine the effect of health education using booklet media on the increase in knowledge on anemia among adolescent girls. This was a pre-experimental study with a One-Group Pre-Test-Post Test Design approach. The population involved in this study was adolescent girls in State JHS of Gorontalo City, with a total sample of 132 respondents. The samples were selected using the Simple Random Sampling technique. Data on knowledge were derived from questionnaires that had been tested for validity and reliability. The study was conducted in February to March 2021. Data analysis was performed using the Wilcoxon test. The results showed that there was an effect of health education using booklet media on the increase in knowledge on anemia among adolescent girls with p-value equals 0.000. It is expected that healthcare workers can provide health services in the form of education to young women using booklet media so that adolescents are interested in listening to information and the information can be easily understood.Anemia merupakan salah satu masalah gizi utama di Asia termasuk di Indonesia. Remaja putri sering mengkonsumsi makanan berisiko seperti fast food, snack dan soft drink, hal ini terjadi karena kurangnya edukasi pada remaja putri. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh pemberian edukasi menggunakan media booklet terhadap peningkatan pengetahuan pada remaja putri tentang anemia. Penelitian ini yaitu penelitian pre-eksperimen dengan pendekatan One-Group Pre-Test-Post Test Design. Populasi pada penelitian ini adalah remaja putri di SMP Kota Gorontalo, dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 132 orang. Sampel yang didapat dengan menggunakan teknik Simple Random Sampling. Data pengetahuan didapat dari kuesioner yang telah diuji validitas dan reliabilitas. Penelitian dimulai pada bulan Februari sampai Maret 2021. Analisis data dilakukan dengan uji Wilcoxon. Hasil penelitian terdapat pengaruh pemberian edukasi menggunakan media booklet terhadap peningkatan pengetahuan pada remaja putri dengan nilai p-value sama dengan 0,000. Dari hasil penelitian ini diharapkan tenaga kesehatan dapat memberikan pelayanan kesehatan seperti edukasi pada remaja putri menggunakan media sehingga remaja tertarik dalam mendengarkan informasi dan mudah dipahami oleh remaja putri

Low Cardiorespiratory Fitness is an Independent Predictor of Metabolic Syndrome in Young Korean Adults

Objective: To investigate the relationship between cardio/respiratory fitness (CRF) and metabolic syndrome (MS) in young Korean men. Design: In a cross-sectional study, we examined 909 young Korean men (mean±SD age, 24.0±2 years) who were healthy and not taking any medications affecting blood pressure, glucose, or lipids concentrations. Body fatness, resting blood pressures, and fasting blood levels of lipids, glucose, and insulin were measured with our standardized laboratory protocols. CRF was quantified as the maximum volume of minute oxygen consumption measured during a graded treadmill test. Metabolic syndrome was defined with the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III criteria and a modified cut-off value of waist circumference from the Asia-Pacific Perspective: Redefining Obesity and its Treatment. Results: Group analyses showed significant and inverse dose-response trends between the metabolic syndrome markers and CRF levels such that men with high and moderate CRF levels had more favorable profiles in body fatness, resting blood pressures, mean values in fasting lipids, glucose, and insulin, and homeostasis model of assessment-insulin resistance than men with low CRF level. After adjusting for several potential confounders such as age, smoking, and body fatness variables, the low and moderate CRF groups had odds of 4.64 (95% CI, 2.00 to 10.79) and 2.57 (95% CI, 1.04 to 6.34) for having metabolic syndrome than the high CRF group. Conclusion: These findings suggest that low CRF is a significant and independent risk factor for metabolic syndrome in young Korean men

Developing Teaching Materials Two-Dimensional Figure-Based on Palembang Local Cultural Context

Developing teaching materials is important to help students in learning mathematics especially for two-dimensional figure by using Palembang local cultural context. The purpose of the research was to develop whether the teaching materials two-dimensional figure-based on Palembang local cultural context are valid, practical, and have potential effect. The research method used research and development (R&D). The research consists of two stages, namely the preliminary stage and the formative evaluation stage. In one-to-one evaluation involved three students. Then, small group evaluation involved 9 (nine) students in the research. Meanwhile, in field test stage involved 29 students. Data collection techniques employed interviews, tests and documentation. The research was conducted in seventh graders at one of junior high school in Indonesia. The results of this study were the developed teaching materials were categorized as valid, practical and have potential effect. The average score of validity content, construct and product design were 3.65 which was very highly valid level. The practicality of one-to-one was 3.47 and small group evaluation was 3.61 which was at very highly practical level. The teaching materials were categorized as effective. It showed that there were 24 students (82.75%) out of 29 students (17.24%)

Factors that Influence Caesarean Section Delivery at Columbia Asia Hospital Medan

Delivery is the process of expelling the products of conception (fetus and placenta). Caesarean section is a delivery in which the fetus is born through an incision in the front wall of the abdomen and uterine wall with the condition that the uterus is intact and the fetal weight is above 4000 grams. The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze the delivery of Caesarean section at Columbia Asia Hospital Medan in 2020.This study used a quantitative method with a cross sectional design, with a research sample of 40 respondents. This study used a questionnaire. The research was conducted on March-October 2021 as a follow-up to the end of the research. The analysis of this study used Univariate, Bivariate and Multivariate. The statistical test used chi square test and logistic regressionThe results of the study on the effect of Age (P-value 0.000), Parity (P-value 0.000), Knowledge (P-value .003), Trust (P-value 0.000), Childbirth Indications (P-value 0.001), Anxiety (P-value .002), Husband's Perception (P-value .001) and based on the logistic regression test of age, parity, confidence, labor indications, anxiety, husband's perception were variables that affect the delivery of cesarean section.The conclusion in this study shows that there is a significant influence between age, anxiety and work on cesarean delivery. It is suggested and expected to midwives on duty at Columbia Asia Hospital Medan City to provide health education about family planning to mothers after giving birth so that pregnancy does not occur before 2 years

Asian and African business students : a comparative analysis of their motivation, family support and culture on business orientation

This research and resulting contribution are with the patronage of President University, Indonesia, School of Business research project based on a lecturer’s obligation of 2019.Purpose: The aim of this research is to analyze Asian and African business students’ motivation, family support and culture on business orientation. Design/Methodology/Approach: The research method used is both qualitative and quantitative, where quantitative data is obtained through an online questionnaire of 335 respondents, then the data is supplemented by in-depth interviews with respondents to obtain more complete data. Quantitative data is processed using SPSS software statistical program. Findings: The results showed that descriptively there were differences of Asian and African business students. Based on t-test and F-test, there are positive and significant motivation, family support and culture aspects on business orientation in both groups of students. The results are also in-line with some of similar previous researches where the factor that most influence business orientation is culture. Practical implications: For the university and family business, this study can be useful as one of the materials discussion in the family business class and also design the curriculum. The results of this study shown that, culture have the big contibution on business students orientation. Therefore the univesity and family business can include culture as one of the topic of entrepreneurship curriculum. Originality/Value: This research specifies and focuses on comparative analysis of Asian and African business students, the result can be use for design the business students curriculum, therefore the business motivation indexes of Asian and African can be increase through entrepreneurship education in business schools.peer-reviewe

Are work-integrated learning (WIL) students better equipped psychologically for work post-graduation than their non-work-integrated learning peers? Some initial findings from a UK university

Work-integrated learning (WIL) provides an opportunity to develop the skills, knowledge, competence, and experience, which increase employability and lead to more satisfying careers. Research indicates that WIL results in improved academic- and occupationally-related outcomes. However, there is a paucity of quantitative research examining the psychological impact of WIL. The study aimed to determine whether students who pursue WIL in the UK, differ significantly in terms of self-concept, self-efficacy, hope, study skills, motivation, and procrastination than students who have not participated in WIL. The methodology used a cross-sectional analysis of a large sample (n=716) of undergraduate students at the University of Huddersfield, UK. Results showed significant differences predominantly centred upon measures which pertain to students’ confidence in setting and attaining goals. The increased hope and confidence in goal attainment suggest that gaining work experience perhaps enhances the ability to set and achieve goals once in the work force. (Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2013, 14(2), 117-125) Keywords: Employability; Psychological factors; Work-integrated learning; Placement; Confidence; Self estee

Expanding Access and Increasing Student Learning in Post-Primary Education in Developing Countries: A Review of the Evidence

Effective, evidence-based policies on post-primary education are of vital importance as many developing countries start to the see a bulge in secondary and postsecondary enrollment, the product of the achievement of near-universal access to primary school. Finding ways to deliver and promote access to high-quality post-primary education, and to ensure that education is relevant to labor market needs, is one of the great challenges of our times. This must be accomplished in countries where governments face severe budget constraints and many, of not most, parents are too poor to cover the costs out of pocket.International reports such as "A Global Compact on Learning", by the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution, emphasize providing opportunities for post-primary education as a first-tier policy challenge. In addition, there has been considerably less progress in gender parity at the secondary level. Meeting these challenges will require a combination of using existing resources more effectively -- which requires both understanding which inputs are key and which are not -- and a range of innovations that may fundamentally alter the current methods of instruction. To that end, the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) has launched a Post-Primary Education Initiative intended to promote policy-relevant research on secondary and post-secondary education in developing countries, which together will be referred to as post-primary education. This paper is a first step in that process. It reviews the evidence to date on post-primary education and highlight the gaps in the literature, with a focus on identifying policies that should be given the highest priority for future researchDifferent countries define primary and secondary schooling differently, and in many countries students attend middle schools, upper primary schools, or junior secondary schools before attending secondary school. For the purpose of this review, "post-primary education" includes everything from upper primary, middle, or junior secondary school through tertiary education, as defined by the local context in different countries, including vocational school and other alternative tracks for this age group. In practice, this means that in the research reviewed, the majority of children are in 5th grade (i.e. 10-11 years old) and older.The review is organized as follows. Section II provides some background on postprimary education in the developing world. Section III explains how papers were selected for this review. Section IV presents a conceptual framework for thinking about postprimary education (PPE), including a brief discussion of measuring outcomes. Section V reviews the evidence pertaining to the demand for schooling (the impact of policies that attempt to increase the willingness of households to send their children to school), and Section VI reviews the evidence on the supply of schooling (the impact of policies that change school and teacher characteristics, and more generally how schools are organized). A final section summarizes the findings, highlighting several research gaps that should receive high priority in future research

Investigation of dyeing based on pandanus amaryllifolius for superhydrophobic coating in cotton-polyester blended in textile application

Natural dyes are derived from natural resources. Colouring materials obtained from natural resources of plant, animal, mineral, and microbial origins were used for colouration of various textile materials. Use of natural dyes started fall after the invention of synthetic dyes in the second half of the nineteenth century. The synthetic dyes were rapidly industrialization of textile production resulted in almost complete replacement of natural dyes by synthetic dyes because their easy availability simple application process, better fastness properties and consistency of shades [1]. Recent environmental awareness has again revived interest in natural dyes mainly among environmentally conscious people. Natural pigments are considered eco-friendly as these are renewable and biodegradable which is skin friendly and provide healthier benefits to the wearer [2]. Pandanus amaryllifolius also called as pandan leaf is a tropical plant that under screw pine genus and it can be easily found all around in Malaysia. It is a genus monocotyledon plants with over 750 accepted species. Extraction of green pigments from pandanus amaryllifolius to produce an organic pigment for fabric dyeing can become an alternative of synthetic pigments. Organic pigments also can be classified as a biochrome substance which is produced by living organisms. These biological pigments include flower and plant pigments [3]

Evaluating the effectiveness of the Emergency Neurological Life Support educational framework in low-income countries.

BackgroundThe Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS) is an educational initiative designed to improve the acute management of neurological injuries. However, the applicability of the course in low-income countries in unknown. We evaluated the impact of the course on knowledge, decision-making skills and preparedness to manage neurological emergencies in a resource-limited country.MethodsA prospective cohort study design was implemented for the first ENLS course held in Asia. Knowledge and decision-making skills for neurological emergencies were assessed at baseline, post-course and at 6 months following course completion. To determine perceived knowledge and preparedness, data were collected using surveys administered immediately post-course and 6 months later.ResultsA total of 34 acute care physicians from across Nepal attended the course. Knowledge and decision-making skills significantly improved following the course (p=0.0008). Knowledge and decision-making skills remained significantly improved after 6 months, compared with before the course (p=0.02), with no significant loss of skills immediately following the course to the 6-month follow-up (p=0.16). At 6 months, the willingness to participate in continuing medical education activities remained evident, with 77% (10/13) of participants reporting a change in their clinical practice and decision-making, with the repeated use of ENLS protocols as the main driver of change.ConclusionsUsing the ENLS framework, neurocritical care education can be delivered in low-income countries to improve knowledge uptake, with evidence of knowledge retention up to 6 months

The Dag-Brucken ASRS Case Study

In 1996 an agreement was made between a well-known beverage manufacturer, Super-Cola Taiwan, (SCT) and a small Australian electrical engineering company, Dag-Brücken ASRS Pty Ltd, (DB), to provide an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) facility as part of SCT’s production facilities in Asia. Recognising the potential of their innovative and technically advanced design, DB was awarded a State Premiers Export Award and was a finalist in that year’s National Export Awards. The case tracks the development and subsequent implementation of the SCT ASRS project, setting out to highlight how the lack of appropriate IT development processes contributed to the ultimate failure of the project and the subsequent winding up of DB only one year after being honoured with these prestigious awards. The case provides compelling evidence of the types of project management incompetency that, from the literature, appears to contribute to the high failure rate in IT projects. For confidentiality reasons, the names of the principal parties are changed, but the case covers actual events documented by one of the project team members as part of his postgraduate studies, providing an example of the special mode of evidence collection that Yin (1994) calls ‘participant-observation’