Author : Nurjanah, Enny Rachmani, Yusthin M. Manglapy   Introduction: Health literacy is new term in Indonesia but it has become a health determinant in the world. Health education institutions, such as the Faculty of Health Sciences yields graduates who eventually became a health provider. Assessment of health literacy on students is very important because they come from different high schools, different regions, who have different social backgrounds, cultures and access to information and health services. Methods: This was cross sectional study, used online questionnaire. The study population was first semester 285 students at Faculty of Health Sciences of Dian Nuswantoro University, until the end of the study period, 69 students filled out the online questionnaire form. The questionnaire of health literacy consisted of HLS-EU-16 (Health Literacy Survey-Europe-16 Questions), eHEALS (eHealth Literacy Scale) and NVS (The Newest Vital Sign). Results: Low health literacy problems were happened on 31.9% of respondents. Factors associated with health literacy on student were age, frequency of access to health information through TV and radio, access to health information through the internet and mobile phones, eHEALS, functional health information / NVS. Respondents who had good health literacy tended to use health services actively and more likely to ask questions during a consultation with a doctor. Health literacy correlated with general health conditions.   Link...

Author : Nurjannah   Background: No comprehensive short-form health literacy (HL) survey tool has been available for general use across Asia. Objective: This study aimed to develop and validate a short-form HL instrument derived from the 47-item European Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q47). Methods: A population survey (N = 10,024) was conducted from 2013 to 2015 using the HLS-EU-Q47 in 1,029 participants from Indonesia, 1,845 from Kazakhstan, 462 from Malaysia, 1,600 from Myanmar, 3,015 from Taiwan, and 2,073 from Vietnam. Validation of the short form was evaluated by principle component analysis, internal consistency, Pearson correlation, and regression analysis. Key Results: Based on responses from six countries, a 12-item short-form HL questionnaire (HLS-SF12) was developed, retaining the conceptual framework of the HLS-EU-Q47 and accounting for the high variance of the full-form (i.e., 90% in Indonesia, 91% in Myanmar, 93% in Malaysia, 94% in Taiwan, and 95% in both Kazakhstan and Vietnam). The HLS-SF12 was demonstrated to have adequate psychometric properties, including high reliability (Cronbach’s alpha = .85), good criterion-related validity, a moderate and high level of item-scale convergent validity, no floor or ceiling effect, and good model-data-fit throughout the populations in these countries. Conclusions: The HLS-SF12 was shown to be a valid and reliable tool for HL surveys in the general public in six Asian countries. [HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice. 2019;3(2):e90-e102.]   Link...

Author : Enny Rachmani   The enactment of the national social security program in 2014 requires Health Information Technology in the health facilities to work efficiently and effectively. Studies found that the success and the failure of the implementation of an eHealth most depend on the PHC staff skill, including physicians, nurse, etc. PHC’s workers should have digital health literacy so that they could adopt eHealth in daily activities. This study aims to describe internet behavior and the digital health literacy of PHC staff in Kendal District to explore the correlation with the perception of eHealth in PHC’s work environment. This study conducted in Kendal District, Central Java, Indonesia that has PHCs distributes in rural and urban areas. This study assigned 281 PHC’s staff from 13 PHC. This study used a questionnaire to collect data on internet behavior and perception of eHealth while digital health literacy was measured with PHIC4PHC (Public Health Informatics Competence for Primary Health Care) questionnaire. Most of the respondents are female (86.1%) and have vocation education (82.9%), and 37.7% of respondents have range age at 31-40 years old. Some of PHC staff still never use the internet (7.5%) and computer (15.7%). Only 18.9% respondent ever get training, and 64.4% have computer/laptop. Male had better internet behavior and digital health literacy but lowered in the perception of eHealth. PHC staff in urban area had higher digital...

Author : Sri Handayani, Kismi Mubarokah   Maternal population is a high-risk population in certain severity for diseases. For maintaining pregnancy health, maternal need enough literacy to decide on accessing health services as needed. Study aimed to measuring health literacy of maternal and the influence of knowledge for health literacy. The study was cross sectional study, data collected with interview used HLQ-16 questionnaire. Sample of study was 34 maternal in working area of public health centre of Semarang city. Correlation of knowledge and health literacy tested with pearson product moment and simple logistic regression test. Result showed the level of health literacy among maternal was 41.2% problematic, 32.4% inadequate, and 26.5% sufficient. Education level was 58.8% bachelor degree and 41.2% high school. The experience of pregnancy in average was twice. Average age of maternal was 29 years, with youngest age was 20 years. Knowledge on pregnancy was 44.1% above the group average (13,5;2,8). That was significant correlation between knowledge and health literacy (pvalue: 0.02, r: 0.4). Knowledge was factor influenced health literacy of maternal (pvalue: 0.039, R2 : 0.159). Health promotion and education of pregnancy is need to perform intensively among maternal to increase health literacy. Posyandu can be used as facility on performing health promotion and education for maternal.   Link...

Author : Sri Andarini Indreswari, Nurjanah, Sri Handayani, Kismi Mubarokah, Yusthin M. Manglapy Background: Tuberculosis is a reemerging disease which is an important problem in Indonesia that puts Indonesia in the second position of the biggest TB prevalence in the world. Indonesia is one of 27 MDR TB high burden countries worldwide. In 2016, 2293 were confirmed as MDR TB/RR TB and 62% new cases were enrolled. Tuberculosis is an airborne disease that can be a threat for people who live together in the same place for a long period, such as in boarding school. This research aimed to explore TB literacy among (santri) in Baitussalam Boarding School Semarang. Methods: This was observational study with cross sectional design. The respondents were 106 male santri grade 7 and 8 in Baitussalam Boarding School Semarang. The self-administered questionnaire contained demographic variables, TB literacy 16 questions, knowledge 10 questions, was used to collect data and chi square test was used to data analysis. TB literacy divided into two categories based on total score (＞47, and ＜=47). Results: Result showed that 33% of santri has difficulty to find information about TB, 26.4% said that was quite hard to understand information from media about TB, 27.4% was not understand that TB need to follow medication until six months. 30.1% stated that was hard to assess why it is needed vaccination for TB. Santri were 46.2%...