Developing Predictor Index of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in Surakarta, Central Java

background: tb remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries, including indonesia. annual incidence of lung tuberculosis in 2015 was 10.4 million worldwide. one of the cha...

Biopsychosocial Determinants of the Quality of Life of Patients With Breast Cancer: A Path Analysis Evidence from Surakarta, Central Java

background: breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. women are now diagnosed with the disease earlier and live longer. quality of life has become a well-accepted outcome measure ...

A Path Analysis on the Risk Factors of Multidrug Resistant tuberculosis in Surakarta, Central Java

background: multidrug-resistant tb (mdr-tb) is defined as a simultaneous resistance to at least rifampicin (rmp) and isoniazid (inh) two of the most important and effective “first-line” drugs. patient.

A Path Analysis on the Biopsychosocial Determinants of Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in Surakarta

background: multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (mdr-tb) causes significant problem and cost for national tb control program. mdr-tb constitutes an increasing public health concern globally. the prevalen...

Life Course Perspective of the Factors Affecting Overweight and Obesity in Children Under Five: A Path Analysis Evidence from Surakarta

background: obesity is a public health problem that has raised concern worldwide. according to the world health organization, there will be about 2.3 billion overweight people aged 15 years and above,...

Factors Affecting the Occurrence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Depression: A New Evidence Using a Path Model Approach

background: type 2 diabetes mellitus (type 2dm) ranks third by global public health priority. globally, the incidence of type 2 dm in 2014 was 442 million patients. indonesia is one of 10 countries wi...

Behavioral and Environmental Determinants of Leptospirosis: A New Evidence from Klaten, Central Java Using a Path Analysis Model

background: leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that affects both humans and animals. humans become infected through direct contact with the urine of infected animals or with a urine-contaminated env...

Path Analysis on the Effect of Ambient Smoke and Other Risk Factors on Pneumonia among Children Under Five in Karanganyar, Central Java

background: pneumonia remains the leading killer of children beyond the neonatal period, but substantial progress was made in the past decade in reducing pneumonia-related mortality. according to unic...

The Quality of Life of Gay Community in Tulungagung, East Java, and its Associated Biopsychosocial Factors

background: little is known about the quality of life of gay men and lesbians living in indonesia. recent research has shown that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (lgb) adults have greater psychiatric morbi...

Safe Sex Behavior among Commercial Sex Workers in Banjarsari, Surakarta, Central Java, and its Associated Factors

background: worldwide it is estimated that more than one million people in contract sexually-transmitted disease (stds) everyday. annually approximately 357 million new infections occur by one of four...

Women’s Decision to Become Commercial Sex Workers in Banjarsari, Surakarta, Central Java, and its Associated Factors

background: worldwide, an estimated 33 million people are living with human immuno deficiency virus (hiv). sex workers are 10 times more at risk of hiv compared with the general population, due to an ...

The Quality of Life of the Elderly in Surakarta, Central Java, and its Associated Biopsychosocial Factors

background: the quality of life of the elderly is of major concern in indonesia and worldwide as the aging population is increasing. little is known about the association between biopsychosocial facto...

Does School Environment Affect the Risk of Overweight in High School Students? A New Evidence from Karanganyar, Central Java, Indonesia

background: studies have shown that adolescent obesity is associated with greater risks of adverse health in severely obese adults. as the basic health research (riskesdas) has reported the prevalence...

Risk Factors of Breast Cancer in Women: A New Evidence from Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia

background: breast cancer is a leading type of cancer affecting women in developed and developing countries. breast cancer is the leading cause of death among women in indonesia with 19,731 cases of d...

The Psychosocial Impact of Obesity or Overweight in Adolescents: A Path Analysis Evidence from Surakarta, Central Java

background: obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health. people are generally considered obese when their body ma...

How Much Does Village Environment Affect the Risk of Pneumonia in Children under Five? A Multilevel Evidence from Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia

background: pneumonia is the leading infectious disease killer of children worldwide. it kills 2,500 children each day. more children died of pneumonia than malaria, tb, measles, and aids combined. im...

Factors Associated with Years of Life with Disability in Patients with Leprosy: A Path Analysis Evidence from Kelet Hospital, Central Java

background: leprosy, also known as hansen’s disease (hd), is a long-term infection by the bacterium mycobacterium leprae or mycobacterium lepromatosis. world health organization (who) reported that th...

The Behavioral, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Factors Associated with Leprosy in Kediri, East Java: A Path Analysis Model

background: leprosy is a leading cause of preventable disability in many low and middle income countries, including indonesia. it thereby poses a major public health challenge for the country. leprosy...

Nitrate in Groundwater and its Associated Health Risk: A Cross-Sectional Study in Mukim Salor, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia

background: mukim salor is an agricultural area in the district of kota bharu, kelantan state, malaysia. farmers there use nitrogen-based fertilizers for paddy and vegetable planting. the use of these...

The Association between Contact History, Occupancy Density, and the Risk of Lung Tuberculosis in Adult Aged 15-49 Years in Mandailing Natal, North Sumatera

background: tuberculosis (tb) is the leading cause of death in the world. an estimated 1/3 of the world’s population has been infected with tuberculosis bacteria. it is estimated that in 2020 there wi...