Tag: Health Literacy

Structural Equation Model of Articles Covid-19 on Social Media to Health Literacy and Behavior Among Health Information Students

by ahla | Mar 6, 2024 | Research | 0 |

AUTHOR: EVINA WIDIANAWATI, WIDYA RATNA WULAN, IKA PANTIAWATI Abstract: The COVID-19 infodemic is spreading through social media and website requires people to be able to evaluate information during a pandemic. Health literacy is the key to evaluating the infodemic and to get the decision making on health behavior. Health information students primarily use digital technologies such as social media to get information about covid-19 so that students need to have good health literacy to evaluate infodemic. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of covid-19 article content on health literacy and health behavior among health information students. Data were collected using a questionnaire on 142 health information students then analyzed descriptively and using the structural equation modeling (SEM) method. The results of the descriptive analysis show that 70% of students access covid-19 information through social media mainly using Instagram, where more than half of students access covid-19 article content <= once a day by reading and liking the article. Based on the results of SEM, it is known that the most important factor of the article content is trustworthy content, the most important factor of health literacy is adherence to prevention and the most important factor of health behavior is reducing contact with other people. From the results of the SEM effect test, it is known that there is a direct effect of content articles on...

Development and Validation of Digital Health Literacy Competencies for Citizens (DHLC), an Instrument for Measuring Digital Health Literacy in The Community

by ahla | Feb 29, 2024 | Research | 0 |

AUTHOR: ENNY RACHMANI, HAIKAL HAIKAL, ETI RIMAWATI Abstract: COVID-19 is a new disease in human life and has become pandemic. Pandemic Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) has been speeding up digital transformation in every sector. Implementation of digital technology in health should be supported by the community’s readiness, such as digital health literacy to achieve the goals, optimize health service performance, and blockage infodemics and miss information. Implementation of digital technology in health should be supported by the community’s readiness, such as digital health literacy to achieve the goals, optimize health service performance, and blockage infodemics and miss information. This study aims to develop a tool to measure digital health literacy in the community through three stages such as expert review, pre-test and field test. DHLC adopted the five competencies areas into 18 questions and put eight questions related to health literacy; the total items question of DHLC are 26 items questions. This study reveals that all of the score digital competencies areas below 4. Score 4 in DHLC indicates that the community still need guidance to doing activity in the digital environment. Elevating digital health literacy in the citizens is urgent to control the spreading misinformation and disinformation that could worsen pandemics. Future studies need to conduct to test the validity and reliability of DHLC in various settings. Keywords: Digital competencies; Digital literacy; eHealth literacy; Health literacy; Indonesia Link:...

Acceptance and Use of PeduliLindungi Application in Patients Based on Digital Health Literacy Competence

by ahla | Jul 31, 2023 | Research | 0 |

Author: Nabila Nur Aisya, Enny Rachmani, Laila Chuvita. PeduliLindungi is a COVID-19 tracking application with a QR Code feature officially used for contact tracing in Indonesia. District General Hospital (RSUD) Tugurejo Semarang already has a QR Code Scan to enter the building. However, many patients havenotused to utilizethe scanner. Therefore, the researcher aimed to determine the acceptance and use of the PeduliLindungi app based on patients’ digital literacy competence at RSUD Tugurejo, Semarang City. The research was descriptive and distributed questionnaires to 100 outpatients. The results showed that 41% of outpatients could use social media to communicate, and 31% used the internet to find health information. 54% of patients strongly agree that PeduliLindungi helped control Covid-19. The app’s acceptance and use were mainly in patients aged 18–27. Patients with education who did not graduate from high school had the lowest average usage, 51.29. The difference in digital literacy competency scores between female and male patients was relatively high, namely 136.6 in women and 124.46 in men. The average digital literacy competence in the expert category was 61.05. Education regarding the PeduliLindungi app is necessary, especially for patients in the non-productive age group. Keywords: PeduliLindungi, Digital Literacy, Covid-19, Health ...

The Correlation Between e-Health Literacy Competencies and Self-management of COVID-19 Disease (Case Study of Health Information Managements Students in Semarang)

by ahla | Dec 27, 2022 | Research | 0 |

Author: Enny Rachmani, Haikal Haikal, Eti Rimawati, M. G. C. Yuantari, Anasthasya Nisrina Arifin, Prima Pratiwi, Krhisna Prymaditya Achmad Introduction: Mass open communication via social media and the internet causes infodemics and information gaps. The COVID-19 pandemic has become a driving force in global adoption of digital technology such as the internet, including in Indonesia. Individuals need eHealth literacy to assess the information they are overwhelmed with critically. This study is the first paper exploring eHealth literacy related to self-management COVID-19. Method: This study used a case study approach. An online questionnaire was distributed to health information management (HIM) vocational students of Universitas Dian Nuswantoro and got 245 responses. The questionnaire was constructed and modified from eHeals and Corona Virus disease advice for the public from WHO. Result: This study reveals that competency in evaluation information is the lowest score than competencies in access, managing, and integrating health information. This study found that eHealth literacy related to self-management COVID-19 (r = 2.69, p = 0.000) means competencies managing health information in HIM students relate to knowledge, attitude, and practice COVID-19. Discussion: This study found that 6.5% of HIM’s students still believe in conspiracy theory and politics; furthermore, 71.4% are still unsure how to respond to this issue. Future research needs to be conducted to explore eHealth literacy and Self-management COVID-19 in the community and compare them with this study. Keywords: COVID-19; Deception; Digital health literacy; eHealth literacy; Self-Management Link:...

SICERDIK: Rujukan Untuk Para Peneliti Literasi Kesehatan

by ahla | Nov 30, 2022 | Post | 0 |

Fakultas Kesehatan Universitas Dian Nuswantoro meluncurkan sebuah wadah digital yang bermanfaat untuk para peneliti khususnya di bidang literasi kesehatan. Wadah digital yang diberi nama SICERDIK (Sistem Informasi Cara Evaluasi Range Digital Literasi Informasi Kesehatan) merupakan aplikasi self-assessment literasi kesehatan digital sebagai dasar transformasi digital bidang kesehatan. SICERDIK terbentuk sebagai wujud dukungan Fakultas Kesehatan Universitas Dian Nuswantoro dalam kemajuan pengembangan penelitian dibidang literasi kesehatan. Dalam laman SICERDIK terdapat empat kategori literasi yang dapat diakses oleh para peneliti, yaitu: Public Health Informatics Competencies for Primary Health Care (PHIC4PHC). Kategori ini digunakan untuk mengukur literasi digital untuk tenaga kesehatan. Digital Health Literacy...

The 8th Asian Health Literacy International Conference, Oct 27-29, 2022

by ahla | Oct 25, 2022 | Event, Post | 0 |

The Asian Health Literacy Association, AHLA, was founded in 2013, and registered in Geneva, Switzerland in 2014, has been one of the most active and respected professional non-governmental international organizations in the promotion of education and research in health literacy in and beyond the region. The AHLA has more than 100 institutional and individual members and has established more than 15 offices in promoting health literacy at the country level. The current leadership of the AHLA includes President Prof. Peter Chang from Taiwan, and Vice Presidents, Prof. Carmen Tolabing from Philippines, Angela Leung from Hong Kong, and Dr. Duong...

Health Literacy dan Perilaku Pencegahan terhadap TBC Paru Anak di Puskesmas Bandarharjo

by ahla | Apr 28, 2022 | Research | 0 |

Author: Fitria Anggraini , Aprianti , Dian Puspitaningtyas Laksana , Fitria Wulandari Pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Semarang City in 2017 increased compared to 2016 with 916 cases. Puskesmas Bandarharjo is the area with the highest TB sufferers in Semarang City. The discovery of pediatric TB cases at Puskemas Bandarharjo in 2016-2019 fluctuated up to 43 cases spread across 4 urban villages,. The high number of tuberculosis cases in Semarang City can be caused by low health literacy. Low health literacy will affect pulmonary tuberculosis prevention behavior so that it will increase the number of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between health literacy and parental prevention behavior against cases of pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis at Puskesmas Bandarharjo, Semarang. Primary data collection was carried out by Puskesmas Bandarharjo cadres using a questionnaire The questionnaire contains questions that related the demographic characteristics, 10 questions about tuberculosis prevention behavior and 15 questions regarding health literacy. The sampling technique was consecutive sampling with a total sample of 92 people. The analysis used in this research is univariate and bivariate analysis. Univariate analysis was carried out to provide an overview of the research variables in the form of a percentage distribution. Bivariate analysis was performed using chi-square to determine the relationship of each variable. There is a significant relationship between parental income per month with the incidence of child pulmonary tuberculosis...

Hubungan antara Akses Informasi Tuberculosis dengan Health Literacy Petugas Puskesmas Bandarharjo Semarang

by ahla | Apr 26, 2022 | Research | 0 |

Author: Fitria Dewi Puspita Anggraini, Lenci Aryani, Ririn Nurmandhani Cakupan Case Detection Rate tuberkulosis Kota Semarang terus mengalami peningkatan. Tingginya angka kasus tuberkulosis di Kota Semarang dapat disebabkan oleh rendahnya health literacy. Health literacy adalah kemampuan seorang individu untuk memperoleh, memproses dan memahami informasi kesehatan dasar dan layanan yang dibutuhkan untuk meningkatkan status kesehatan sesuai dengan yang diharapkan. Terdapat korelasi yang kuat antara health literacy yang rendah dengan penggunaan layanan kesehatan yang tidak efisien dan merugikan status kesehatan. Petugas puskesmas merupakan stakeholder yang berperan penting dalam memberikan pemahaman optimal terkait health literacy. Tujuan dari penelitian ini mengetahui keterkaitan akses informasi dengan status health literacy petugas puskesmas. Penelitian ini mengukur dua variabel demografi dan akses informasi tuberkulosis yang dikaitkan dengan health literacy petugas puskesmas. Design penelitian observasional dengan sampel penelitian adalah seluruh petugas di Puskesmas Bandarharjo yang berjumlah 52 orang. Data diambil dengan wawancara menggunakan kuesioner dan dianalisis menggunakan chi-square untuk mengetahui hubungan masing-masing variabel. Sebanyak 75% responden adalah tenaga kesehatan. Sebagian besar responden (51,9%) memiliki lama kerja <5 tahun. Tingkat health literacy petugas terkait dengan tuberkulosis masih kurang (65,4%). Sebanyak 98,1% responden sudah pernah mendapatkan informasi tentang tuberkulosis. Tidak ada hubungan antara jabatan, lama kerja dan akses informasi tuberkulosis dengan health literacy petugas di Puskesmas Bandarharjo. Link:...

Pengenalan dan Penggunaan Aplikasi ACOV-19 sebagai Activity Tracking dan Media Literasi Digital pada Era Pandemi COVID-19 di Kelurahan Tanjung Mas

by ahla | Mar 11, 2022 | Post | 0 |

Pengabdian yang dilakukan pada Jumat,25 Februari 2022 dengan tim pengabdian Universitas Dian Nuswantoro yaitu Ririn Nurmandhani, M.Kes, Sri Handayani, M.Kes, Edi Jaya Kusuma, M.Kom dan Aditya Dwi Pratama, S.Kom , para anggota KWT Tunas Bahagia serta Lurah Kelurahan Tanjung Mas dengan tema mengenai aplikasi ACOV-19. Kegiatan pengabdian dimulai dengan presensi oleh para peserta yaitu anggota KWT Tunas Bahagia dan pembukaan oleh Bapak Lurah Kelurahan Tanjung Mas, pelaksanaan pengabdian ini dimulai pukul 10.00 WIB. Kegiatan yang dilakukan setelah sambutan yaitu pemaparan mater berupa penjelasan mengenai COVID-19 serta perbedaan dari kondisi pada setiap varian virus, yang disampaikan oleh Ririn Nurmandhani,...

Edukasi Vaksin Covid-19 Sebagai Upaya Persiapan Pembelajaran Luring Di Smp Barunawati Kota Semarang

by ahla | Feb 22, 2022 | Post | 0 |

Kegiatan IbM kali ini dengan mengusung tema “Edukasi vaksin covid-19 terhadap anak sekolah” terutama pelajar SMP yang masih dalam tahap perkembangan dalam pembelajaran. Kali ini edukasi berada pada anak sekolah di SMP Barunawati Kelurahan Tanjung Mas Kota Semarang. Kegiatan yang terselenggara pada tanggal 13 Januari 2022, diikuti oleh perwakilan dari wakil kepala sekolah dan guru kelas siswa. Dalam hal ini jangkaun ibM kali ini pada siswa kelas 3 dengan pemahaman bahwa edukasi vaksin sangat penting dalam menjaga kondisi tubuh. Kegiatan yang dibuka oleh ketua kelompok IbM yaitu Ibu Fitria Wulandari, SKM,M.Kes. Dengan membuka acara adanya perkenalan dari tim dengan...

PENINGKATAN LITERASI DAN SOFT SKILL MENOLAK HOAX DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN APLIKASI “HOAX BUSTER TOOLS” DI KELURAHAN TANJUNG MAS

by ahla | Nov 1, 2021 | Post | 0 |

Tim Pengabdian Universitas Dian Nuswantoro, anggota KWT Tunas Bahagia, dan beberapa undangan yang menghadiri kegiatan pengabdian menerapkan protocol kesehatan ketat pada saat berkumpul di Rumah Pintar RW 9. Kegiatan itu dimulai pada pagi hari dimana dibuka oleh ibu Alifah Triana selaku Ketua Kelompok Wanita Tani Tunas Bahagia. Melaksanakan kegiatan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat yang bertema tentang “Peningkatan Literasi Dan Soft Skill Menolak Hoax Dengan Menggunakan Aplikasi Hoax Buster Tools di Kelurahan Tanjung Mas Kecamatan Semarang Utara Kota Semarang Jawa Tengah Ibu Alifah Triana selaku Ketua Kelompok Wanita Tani, dalam sambutannya mengucapkan terimakasih karena sudah membatu dalam menambah wawasan tentang literasi...

Seminar Daring: Optimalisasi Potensi Digital Health di era Pandemi COVID-19

by ahla | Aug 31, 2021 | Event, Post | 0 |

Perkembangan teknologi digital dan kondisi pandemi Covid-19 mendorong masyarakat menggunakan layanan digital dalam berbagai aktivitas. AHLA Indonesia Universitas Dian Nuswantoro mengundang untuk mengikuti SEMINAR DARING dengan Topik ”Optimalisasi Potensi Digital Health di era Pandemi Covid-19” Hari, Tanggal : Jum’at, 3 September 2021 Waktu. : 13.00- 15.15 WIB Tempat. : Zoom Meeting Pendaftaran. : https://bit.ly/FormPendaftaranWEBINARAHLA 🎙Pembicara: 1. dr. Mochamad Abdul Hakam, Sp. PD (Kepala Dinas Kesehatan Kota Semarang) 2. Sri Handayani, SKM, M.Kes (Direktur AHLA Office UDINUS) 3. dr. Jhon Sugiharto, MPH (Direktur Eksekutif Yayasan KNCV Indonesia) Moderator : Dr. MGC. Yuantari, SKM, M.Kes (Kaprodi Kesehatan Masyarakat FKes, UDINUS) *Free...