Implementing Web Technologies as Organizational Communication Media: A Study of Employee Adoption Likelihood

As an indicator of adoption likelihood, we studied employee dispositions that impact Perceived Usefulness (PU) of several Web technologies as organizational media. We also examined the acceptability of organization-owned platforms as informal communication media by employee. Employees were studied across two countries with different levels of infrastructure maturity—Spain and Nigeria. Results show that PU of Web technologies is positively impacted by employee usage habits, perceived capacity to facilitate image enhancement, use by persons with whom the employee wishes to relate and the availability of media options on the same platform. Previous notion that PU is positively impacted by media richness was not supported. Results also suggest employee unwillingness to use organization-owned media for informal communication except for job-related conversations that could enhance performance. We recommend approach to planning Web technologies implementation as effective organizational media

EFEKTIFITAS SMARTPHONE TERHADAP KONTROL TEKANAN DARAH DAN KEPATUHAN PASIEN HIPERTENSI

Latar Belakang: Data dari World Health Organization (WHO) sejak tahun 2014 penyakit hipertensi telah menyerang 22% penduduk dunia [1]. Diprediksikan pada tahun 2025 sekitar 29% orang dewasa di seluruh dunia menderita hipertensi. Menurut American Heart Association (AHA), terdapat 76,4 juta orang usia dewasa di Amerika menderita hipertensi [2]. Sedangkan di Asia Tenggara, angka kejadian hipertensi mencapai 36% [3]. Tujuan: mengidentifikasi efektifitas smartphone terhadap kontrol tekanan darah dan kepatuhan pasien hipertensi. Metode: literatur review dengan menggunakan data base online meliputi PROQUEST, EBSCO dan Science Direct. Boolean “AND” dengan kata kuncinya smart phone, hypertension, adherence, dan self care. Hasil: Program smartphone dikembangkan dalam berbagai fitur diantaranya adalah SMS sebagai reminder dan juga sebagai media untuk melakukan edukasi kepada pasien hipertensi terkait penyakit, komplikasi, penatalaksanaan hingga pencegahannya. Penggunaan smartphone dapat meningkatkan kontrol tekanan darah, menurunkan tekanan darah (sistolikd an diastolik), serta dapat meningkatkan kepatuhan pasien dalam menjalankan terapi. Kesimpulan: Penggunaan smartphone sebagai intervensi dapat digunakan sebagai intervensi terkini dalam melakukan manajemen penyakit jangka panjang termasuk hipertensi, sehingga dapat menurunkan angka kesakitan dan kematian akibat komplikasi hipertensi yang tidak diharapkan

Environmental sanitation policy and solid waste management in Sunyani municipality

Solid Waste management is one of the least recognized public policy issues in Ghana. Quite apart from the obvious physical unattractiveness of the business, waste management often competes with more pressing economic and social issues such as fiscal and trade matters, unemployment and poverty, education and health. Even within the domain of environmental sustainability, the management of waste has had to play second fiddle to more apparently manifest challenges such as land and coastal degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate change. Waste management, however, remains a major challenge for any society, since all natural processes generate waste. The particular economic, social and environmental circumstances of the Sunyani municipality make this issue especially critical for medium to long-term sustainable development. When you are citing the document, use the following link http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/3169

“HUBUNGAN ANTARA UMUR, KADAR GLUKOHEMOGLOBIN DAN INCOME DENGAN COST PENGOBATAN: a Path Analysis”

Latar Belakang:   Path analysis ialah suatu teknik untuk menganalisis hubungan sebab akibat yang tejadi pada regresi berganda jika variabel bebasnya mempengaruhi variabel tergantung tidak hanya secara langsung tetapi juga secara tidak langsung. Sulitnya pemahaman mengenai jenis analisis inilah yang melatarbelakangi penulis menyajikan sebuah model contoh kasus menggunakan analis jalur. Tujuan:    tujuan dari penulisan ini adalah untuk memperkenalkan tahapan analisis jalur, model dan prosedur penghitungan berdasarkan contoh kasus “Hubungan antara umur, kadar glukohemoglobin dan income dengan cost pengobatan”. Metode:  Studi literatur dan analisis kasus menggunakan path analysis Hasil:    Dari ketiga variabel independen yang ada, semuanya dapat membentuk jalur yang mempengaruhi variabel dependen dalam hal ini cost treatmen. Data yang disajikan tidak menunjukkan normalitas data sehingga ujia dilakukan dengan non parametrik, dengan cara melakukan transform sehingga mendekati kenormalan dan memenuhi syarat untuk dilakukan analisis selanjutnya. Koefisien jalur diatas diperoleh informasi semua koefisien dari X1 ke Y1, X2 ke Y1, X3 ke Y1, semuanya bermakna (p<0,05). Artinya Umur (X1), kadar glukoshemoglobin (X2), income (X3) mempunyai pengaruh positif terhadapberat cost treatmen (Y1).             Kesimpulan:  Berdasarkan hasil analisis jalur ini, kita dapat mengetahui bahwa konstruk atau variabel yang paling besar pengaruhnya terhadap variabel dependen (cost treatment) adalah kada glukoshemoglobin yaitu sebesar 46,9%

Quality of Health Care in the City Hospital of Kupang (Description of Health Care Terms Based Facilities, HR, and Facilities in the City Hospital of Kupang) in 2014

Implementation of Hospital services still have opportunities to improve the quality of service and take advantage of its resources, both human resources and financial resources, or capital economically and effectively. To improve the quality of service is not just a technical problem and the task of the hospital, but also our duty as a community, hopefully with the good cooperation, the services of the institution will be better. The purpose of this research is to find out the customer satisfaction, related to the medical technical services, and administrative services at the General Hospital of the city of Kupang. This type of research is descriptive research, which aims to describe or explain the events that occurred urgent nowadays. With cross sectional approach, which is an approach where the measurements or observations were made at the same time. Samples in this study is a part of the population which have been determined in accordance with the inclusion criteria, i.e. Clients Kupang City Hospital, concierge service providers in the hospital. Frequency distribution table is used for data analysis. The results obtained are the various deficiencies in the hospital from various aspects, especially the infrastructure and human resources. Thus, it can be recommended that the provision of infrastructure and equipment are needed to support the services in Kupang city hospital

COMPLIANCE OF HYPERTENSION PATIENTS IN DOING SELF-CARE: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY

Hypertensi as a one of non-communicable diseases is need of serious attention and dealt with " nation-wide " given the high prevalence and usually people do not realize that he was suffering from hypertension. Generally only known when they come for treatment to the health service because of illness or other complaints, so hypertension is often known as " the silent killer ". Patient compliance in undergoing hypertension treatment is also a determinant that affects the control of patient's blood pressure . The most important main determinant The effect on adherence to take antihypertensive medication is long suffered from hypertension. This study aims to develop theoretical concepts about strategies to improve patient compliance in self-care for hypertensive patients both pharmacologically and non-pharmacologically. The study design using qualitatively with five participants and purposive sampling. From the results of the study, six themes were obtained : experience of adherence to control, experience of handling symptoms and complications,  experience of taking medication adherence, experience of adherence to managing diets, lack of adherence to exercise, and obstacles to adherence . It is recommended that hypertensive patients can improve compliance for routine antihypertensive drug consumption by making simple schedules and enhancing their self-concept

Bacteriological and Physicochemical Qualities of Well Water in Imota-Lagos Nigeria and Health Effects Associated with its Usage.

Well water is a key source of drinking water in rural areas, such as Imota where this study was carried out. Forty wells made of concrete, comprising of 20 (50%) hand-drawn and 20 (50%) operated through mechanical/electrical pumps in Imota were investigated for their physicochemical and bacteriological qualities. Analytes such as total hardness, magnesium hardness, calcium hardness and nitrate levels were within the recommended WHO standard for water quality. The water from the wells with pH values of 4.5 – 5.9 is acidic and falls below the WHO recommended pH range of 6.5-8.5. Ammonium and iron concentrations in the well water were relatively higher as well as very high bacterial loads and coliform counts were obtained. Calcium and magnesium significantly correlates with each other and both with total hardness (p<0.001). Significant positive correlations were obtained between iron concentration and coliform counts (0.039), iron and nitrate (p=0.033), as well as coliform and total bacterial load (p=0.001). Higher bacterial loads were obtained from wells that are hand-drawn using various containers than wells where water is being pumped using devices. The bacteria isolated include Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus equorum, Staphylococcuss carnosus,  Kokuria varians,  Enterococcus faecalis, Bacillus niacini , Bacillus firmus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Citrobacter koseri, Enterobacter cloacae,  Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter aerogenes, Acinectobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas sp., Salmonella enterica, Edwardsiella tarda and Buttiauxella agrestis. The bacterial isolates were highly susceptible to antibiotics except for chloroamphenicol, ampicillin and nitrofurantion which showed 25%, 10% and 28.75% susceptibility respectively.. Symptoms of ill-health commonly reported by participants include fever, chills, headache, weakness/muscle ache, and skin rash, and abdominal pain, diarrhoea, sneezing and coughing. The reported frequencies of ill-health were significantly higher (t=3.200, p=0.013) among residents that drank water from the well than those that do not. The need to treat the water from these wells before drinking is highly recommended. Key words: Antibiotic resistance, bacteria, ill-health, quality, well water

Participative Decision Mechanisms for Sustainable Development in Co-Operative Livestock Systems in Europe

Alpine pastures have been used for centuries and have a specific economic, ecological and cultural history that gives local identity. Alpine pastures, used only in summer, are endangered due to modern farming methods and economic conditions. The consequences include loss of biodiversity, traditionally used landscapes and socio-cultural identity in marginal regions (Riseth et al., 2003). As the Entlebuch UNESCO Biosphere Reserve was established by its inhabitants in a participative process, sustainable development in alpine pastures is also implemented by stakeholder participation. The methodology of participative decision mechanisms were used in two EU-projects: LACOPE: Landscape development, Biodiversity and Co-operative Livestock Systems in Europe, developing references for sustainable development in marginal regions and VisuLANDS: Visualisations Tools for Public Participation in the Management of Landscape Change. The main objective was to improve participative decision mechanisms using visualisation tools