Pub Date : 2012-01-27DOI: 10.7718/IAMURE.IJHE.V1I1.206
May Claire L. Villegas, Rosielyn D. Tan
This study determined the relevance of achievement tests on the academic and board examination performance of the University of Cebu College of Nursing Graduates who took the board examination for the first time last December 2010. A descriptive correlational research design was utilized by the researchers. Permission to conduct was obtained as well as the informed consent signed by the respondents to gain access of their tests scores. The data retrieved were the entrance tests prior to acceptance in the College last school year 2005, the average academic grades of the nursing graduates on their Nursing Care Management subjects, Nursing Research subjects and their board examination result. As to the entrance examination results, 35.56% have below average IQ, 48.39% have below average rating in Arithmetic, 60.22% have below average reading comprehension, 59.14% have fair academic performance and 70.97% passed the board exam. Moreover, the IQ and board exam performance with value of 3.84 have significant relationship as well as the reading comprehension and board exam performance with a value of 5.99. Furthermore, it was concluded that the achievement tests have no significant relationship with the academic performance. However, the IQ and reading comprehension has significant relationship with board exam performance.
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Pub Date : 2012-01-27DOI: 10.7718/IAMURE.IJHE.V1I1.215
Requel Legaspino, E. Metillo
The study was conducted in four locations of Iligan City in - coastal, poblacion (city proper), hillside and mountain villages. Anthropometric measurements such as body weight and height were done. Presence of helminth eggs was done following standard parasi tological examination. Survey questionaires were completed to determine factors contributing to the occurrence of infection. A total of 1,170 individual volunteers were gathered. Mountain villages revealed 69% infection rate followed by coastal villages with 28.3%, hillside villages with 26.03% and poblacion village with 16.7%. Multivariate analysis reveals that the pattern of Ascaris lumbricoides infection strongly influenced by several contributory factors. People sleeping in one room, absence toilet, source of water, presence of worms, playing in the soil, deworming drugs, gender, and type of toilet, presence of flies, number of people in household, herbal medicine, house pets, health condition, distance of house from the sea and eating of raw fish significantly contributed to the prevalence of A. lumbricoides infection. This study shows that the four sampling sites in Iligan city has provided favorable conditions for intestinal ascariasis. Transmission of intestinal A. lubricoides is linked to generally poor living conditions, poor public health services, poor sanitation and individual health behavior. Keywords - ascariasis, flies, roundworms, prevalence, parasite, transmission
{"title":"Prevalence of Ascariasis and the Factors Potentially Influencing Its Transmission among Children in Iligan City, Philippines","authors":"Requel Legaspino, E. Metillo","doi":"10.7718/IAMURE.IJHE.V1I1.215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7718/IAMURE.IJHE.V1I1.215","url":null,"abstract":"The study was conducted in four locations of Iligan City in - coastal, poblacion (city proper), hillside and mountain villages. Anthropometric measurements such as body weight and height were done. Presence of helminth eggs was done following standard parasi tological examination. Survey questionaires were completed to determine factors contributing to the occurrence of infection. A total of 1,170 individual volunteers were gathered. Mountain villages revealed 69% infection rate followed by coastal villages with 28.3%, hillside villages with 26.03% and poblacion village with 16.7%. Multivariate analysis reveals that the pattern of Ascaris lumbricoides infection strongly influenced by several contributory factors. People sleeping in one room, absence toilet, source of water, presence of worms, playing in the soil, deworming drugs, gender, and type of toilet, presence of flies, number of people in household, herbal medicine, house pets, health condition, distance of house from the sea and eating of raw fish significantly contributed to the prevalence of A. lumbricoides infection. This study shows that the four sampling sites in Iligan city has provided favorable conditions for intestinal ascariasis. Transmission of intestinal A. lubricoides is linked to generally poor living conditions, poor public health services, poor sanitation and individual health behavior. Keywords - ascariasis, flies, roundworms, prevalence, parasite, transmission","PeriodicalId":75938,"journal":{"name":"International journal of health education","volume":"15 1","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87835554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2012-01-27DOI: 10.7718/IAMURE.IJHE.V1I1.213
Ernesto O. Golosino
One of the highly communicable form of vices is smoking. It easily attracts people from all walks of life who savors it out of curiosity and later on becomes addicted. The competing interests between government and tobacco enterprises makes smoking not only a social disease but an economic variable. Intense anti-tobacco campaign were launched by different lobbyist including the scientific communities but to no avail. This minute efforts were eaten up by the giant leap of tobacco manufacturers. Heavy investments were poured-in just to drive strong marketing appeal. Not only that they conquered the market, they also made it to the legislative and to the executive branches of our government. Heavy logrolling were done rendering our laws which intend to curb smoking inutil. In order to chronicle the fate society is heading to, this paper attempts to uncover the real picture of the issue using qualitative methods. Documents from the antagonists and pro smoking were gathered in order to draw unbiased conclusions. The results indicated that the benefits offered by this industry is very minimal relative to the greater damage it caused to society. Hence, it is imperative that government must act with dispatch in solving this problem. Keywords- The Real Cost, Smoking, Final Burden
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Pub Date : 2012-01-27DOI: 10.7718/IAMURE.IJHE.V1I1.205
S. Reddy, L. Reddy, C. Narayana, T. S. Reddy, D. Rao
The common cause of persistent vertigo is affective in 2.4% of the universal population. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is produced when calcium carbonate material originating from the macula of the utricle falls into one of the semicircular canals. Due to their density relative to the endolymph, they move in response to gravity and activate excitation of the ampullary nerve of the exaggerated canal. This, in turn, produces a burst of vertigo connected with nystagmus unique to that canal. Recognition of this condition is important not only to avert expensive and often unnecessary testing, but also to easily, rapidly, and effectively treatment 90% of cases. Two well-established methods of treating BPPV form the basis for this project. By making people conscious of the phenomenon, helping them to cognitive choices, and brining awareness in humans and finding the symptoms and proactive measures to diminish the risk of positional vertigo. In forms of vertigo, where the inner ear has suffered damage and the function of that ear is fixed, not changing over time, physical therapy and behavioral therapy can be quite helpful. When the inner ear is damaged, people commonly experience severe spinning for several days. If after several weeks the person still has a loss of balance, then physical therapy can help restore this balance. The reason physical therapy and Behavioral therapy which is helpful to train the brain to compensate for the loss of function in the ear. Just as we can make a muscle stronger by exercising it, you can make the balance system in the brain work better by exercising it. The paper will give indispensable knowledge and understanding of vertigo and its effective treatment techniques. Keywords - Vertigo, paroxysmal, , nystagmus, utricle, inner ear.
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Pub Date : 2012-01-27DOI: 10.7718/IAMURE.IJHE.V1I1.211
C. Batbatan
Certain socio-demographic factors can strongly influenced transmission and infection of helminth parasites but these factors are variable due practices and traditions, age groups, geographical locations, sex, education, and sanitation. To determine and identify regional demographic, environmental and behavioral variables among the schooling children of Maramag, Bukidnon, a survey was conducted from June to August 2009 in five public elementary schools of Maramag, Bukidnon: Dologon Elementary School ( n =96), Famador Elementary School ( n =93), Maramag Central Elementary School ( n =65), Base Camp Elementary School ( n =95) and San Miguel Elementary School ( n =69). Each student was given a questionnaire and a fecal bottle. Fecal samples from 418 individuals were analyzed for the presence of helminths. Using direct microscopic examination, 18 (4.30%) individuals were positive for helminth infection out of 418 fecal specimens. The most common parasite was Ascaris lumbricoides with 6 (1.43%) individuals infected, 5 (1.19%) with Enterobius vermicularis , 4 with Necator americanus , 2 with Strongyloides sp and 1 with Trichuris trichura . By univariate analysis, all socio-demographic variables were not significantly associated to a particular helminth infection. However, high frequency of infected individuals can be observed in a certain socio-demographic variable. Among the 18 infected individuals 10 (58%) were, their mothers have no formal education. Thirteen infected individuals (72.22%) were from a low-income family having less than 5,000 pesos per month, and 12 (66.67%) infected individuals belong to a large-member-family having greater than eight members. Keywords: socio-demographic variables, helminth infections, prevalence
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Pub Date : 2012-01-27DOI: 10.7718/IAMURE.IJHE.V1I1.207
Magdalena M. Ocbian
This study documented the cultural beliefs and practices of Sorsoguenos related to pregnancy and childbirth through interviews to 233 respondents. The cultural beliefs were classified as prescriptive, restrictive, taboos and predictive. Examples of prescriptive beliefs are: conceiving mother is encouraged to be happy for this will have an effect on the baby; food cravings of the conceiving mother should be provided and lactating mother should be given warm bath with water previously boiled with guava and other medicinal leaves. Wearing anything around the neck of a conceiving mother like a shawl and a necklace is a restrictive belief; while watching scary movies or ugly images by the conceiving mothers is prohibited because it would cause the baby to resemble that person or object. A pregnant women should avoid witnessing an eclipse since it is believed to cause stillbirth. Determining the sex of the baby through the appearance and behavior of the mother and shape of her abdomen is a popular predictive belief. These cultural beliefs may be considered in implementing maternal care and other health programs that would fit in with their cultural practices. Keywords: culture, beliefs , practices, pregnancy, childbirth, Sorsoguenos, Philippines
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Pub Date : 2012-01-27DOI: 10.7718/IAMURE.IJHE.V1I1.210
A. M. Dumo
Medication errors seriously affect patient safety, hospital costs and integrity of nursing profession. Proper understanding of the contributing factors that increase medication errors is the first step toward preventing them. The study is quantitative descriptive using researcher-made questionnaire. Total enumeration was used and there are 210 nurses participated in the study. The data were statistically treated using frequency, percentages, average weighted mean, one way ANOVA, and Pearson r-correlation. Based on the key findings of the study, it found out that professional factors is the number one cause of medication errors, followed by managerial factors, work-related factors, and lastly personal factors. Furthermore, there were identified significant differences between the respondents profile, competency level, and factors affecting medication errors. There was a very-low correlation between respondent’s competency level and factors affecting medication errors. In conclusion, the longer the hospital experience and the proficient a nurse is in the standards of care on medication management, the higher is the ability of the nurse to handle factors affecting medication errors. The researcher recommended utilization of medication information guide for nurses, self-report logbook, and enhanced course syllabus in Nursing Pharmacology. Keywords - Medication, medication errors, factors, patient safety, self-report, nurse, competency, cause
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Pub Date : 2012-01-27DOI: 10.7718/IAMURE.IJHE.V1I1.208
Arnulfo B. Ramos
This study was conducted to document the practices on maternal and child health care along the areas of pregnancy, dietary systems, birthing, feeding, baptismal rituals, illnesses and discipline among the Matigsalug tribe in Sitio Simsimon, Barangay Kalagangan, Bukidnon. The gathering of the data was obtained from actual fieldwork. Key informant interview, participant observation and photography were triangulated in this study. Findings show that Sitio Simsimon is a mountainous area. Houses are made of rattan and the people are practicing slash-burn farming. A Matigsalug pregnant woman observes taboos to protect the infant's life and health. Many beliefs and practices on food have desirable effects on maternal and child health. The mothers practiced breast feeding although working mother sometimes trained the child to eat solid food. Circumcision, tattoo, and the chewing of betel nut are practiced in the area. Illnesses are diagnosed as caused by evil spirits. The Matigsalug taught their children to value honesty, cultivate their farm and helped their father in food hunting. It was concluded that the Matigsalug still possessed certain indigenous maternal and child health care. It is recommended that the Matigsalug mothers need adequate knowledge in hygiene and nutrition to improve their maternal and child health care. Keywors: Maternal and Child Health Care Practices, Matigsalug Tribe
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Pub Date : 2012-01-26DOI: 10.7718/IAMURE.IJHE.V1I1.204
Muhammad Fahad Sidddique
Postural back pain in the lumbosacral area is main type of commonly occurring back pain due to poor posture adopted during any work or exertion. According to statistical calculations every second person in US is suffering from it. The community has to face a loss of 700 million dollars due to back pain mainly due to posture. The association of height with the postural low back pain has been tested. The reference height taken for these results was 5 ft 7 Inches considering the fact that in Pakistan it is the average height of a person. Some other factors associated with the development of postural low back pain which can help the community and the therapists have been calculated. 50 patients reporting in the physiotherapy department of Mayo Hospital Lahore and concluded that a height plays an important role in the development of postural low back pain. It is more common in the taller persons or the persons who have height more than 5 ft 7 inches. “Chi – square” method has been used to conclude the resuls. So we reject the null hypothesis in favour of the research hypothesis. So height plays an important role in the development of postural backache and the people who have height more than 5' 7" are more at the risk of developing postural back pain or it is more common in tall people i.e. who have height more than 5' 7" than the persons who have height less than the required limit of height The taller person when tries to adjust himself in any environment which is not suitable for him often develops the bad posture which eventually results in the postural back pain. As in Pakistan the average height of a person is 5ft 7". When taller person tries to fit himself in its society, he may be more at the risk of postural back pain than the average height person here. It can also be concluded that males are taller than females on the average. So males are more at the risk of developing postural back pain.
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Pub Date : 2012-01-01DOI: 10.7718/iamure.ijhe.v2i1.464
Loneza G. Carbonel, P. Reyes, J. Guidangen
Every citizen is empowered to practice good environmental behaviors. This descriptive study determined how students and households practice clean, healthy, safe, and friendly (CHSF) environment in Kalinga. A survey questionnaire was used to gather data on the extent of the students’ CHSF practice. It included 250 sample respondents and 250 households. The mean was used to describe the extent of CHSF practice by the students while the t-test was used to determine the significant difference of the CHSF practice between the students and households in Kalinga. It was found that the students “seldom practiced” the guidelines in the CHSF program. However, there were guidelines in which the students have revealed that they “frequently practiced”. It was also found out that there were no significant differences on the extent of practices with regards to the assessment made between the students and households along the four components of the CHSF program. The CHSF program can be strengthened as a project of the student leaders through the initiative of the College and the local officials. Keywords: Ecology, Clean, Green, Healthy and Safe Environment, HouseholdPractices, Descriptive Research, Kalinga Apayao, Philippines
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