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Ekasari, Mia Fatma
- Self Help Group Activity in Improving Knowledge Onelderly with Hypertension in Jakarta, Indonesia
Authors
1 Universitas Indonesia, ID
2 Poltekkes Kemenkes Jakarta III, ID
Source
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, Vol 10, No 12 (2019), Pagination: 1935-1939Abstract
Background: Self-help group is one of the intervention groups with activities including exchanging ideas, overcoming problems, and mutual support among older people. Elderly people with hypertension are a vulnerable group and it is important to improve their health so they can maintain greater independence.
Objective: This study aims to determine differences in knowledge, attitude, and behavior in older people with hypertension by self-help group intervention.
Method: The research method used is non-equivalent pretest-posttest with the control group. Including intervention trainings and meetings for elderly hypertensive respondents. The samples were older people suffered from hypertension (45-59 and >60 y.o). Sampling method used random sampling resulted 44 respondents group as the intervention group and 42 respondents in the control group. Statistical test used independent t-test.
Results: There are differences in hypertension knowledge between the intervention group and the control group after the intervention of self-help group (0.66 ± 3.27; p value 0.001).
Conclusion: Self-help group’s intervention can serve as an important tool for health workers to implement education change that can empower elderly hypertension in the community.
Keywords
Education Change, Older People With Hypertension, Self-Help Group Activity.
- A Qualitative Study:Perceptions of Premarital Sexual Behavior among Teenage Girls
Authors
1 Nursing Major, Poltekkes Kemenkes Jakarta III, ID
2 Doctoral Nursing Program Student, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Indonesia, ID
3 STIKes Faletehan Serang Banten, ID
Source
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, Vol 11, No 1 (2020), Pagination: 1425-1429Abstract
Background: Youth nowadays are encouraged to do premarital sexual practice like kissing or making out even some of them are okay with free sex. This happens because of assertiveness deficiany among teenanger.
Objective: This qualitative study aims to explore teenage girls’ experience in assetiveness toward premarital sexual behavior.
Method: Data were acquired through a thorough interview on eight teenage girls aged from 18 to 21 years old selected with purposive sampling technique. The data were analized with Colaizzi approach.
Results: The themes found related to teenage girls experience on premarital sexual behavior including sexual behavior determinant, reasons on being assertive, the assertiveness, its impact or effect, and obstacle of being assertive.
Conclusion: This study recommends healthy sexual education for teenage girls to prevent premarital sexual behavior by boldly stating the limitation on what to do and not do while in a relationship, by always having healthy communication with parents, by developing religion believes and knowledge, and as well by boldly reject any negative or unhealthy behavior while in a relationship.