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Proceedings Article

Identifying Parents’ Needs in Providing Sex Education to Adolescents

Ema Waliyanti, Reski Harjuansa
Background: 60% of adolescents in Indonesia claim to have had pre-marital sex, and 50% of them have been diagnosed with HIV and AIDS. The lack of sex education influences the prevalence that occurs in adolescents. Besides, factors affecting sex education in adolescents are lack of access to information...
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Medical and Social Consumer Profile for Paid Medical Services in State-Owned Medical Organizations

N.K. Grishina, O.V. Perepelova, Z.B. Kindarov, O.V. Mirgorodskaya, N.B. Solovieva
As the purpose of the research is to give scientific grounds for the patient awareness principle while providing paid medical services for the population, the authors create medical and social image for consumers of paid ambulant and hospital medical help from the point of view of age and place of residence...
Proceedings Article

Factors Affecting Cattle Prices During Year-End Holiday Season

Sudi Nurtini, Endang Baliarti, Vinsky Maulana
This study was to determine the factors that affect the cattle prices during the year-end holiday season in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The study used 266 cattle transacted at Ambarketawang Animal Market and Mancasan Slaughterhouse in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This research was carried out using a survey method...

The Perception of Sex for Teenager and Application of Behavior: A Case Study at Department of Islamic Education of University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara

Munawir Pasaribu
This research aims at knowing the perception of teenager sex that is studying at Departement of Islamic Religion in University Muhammadiyah of Sumatera Utara. In this research, the researcher wants to know students’ knowledge about sex and theirbehavior in daily life. This research employsexplanatory...

The Perspective of Family-Gender Role of PPKn Teacher Candidates at Universitas Negeri Surabaya

Oksiana Jatiningsih, Maya Mustika Kartika Sari, Totok Suyanto
Gender construction builds social agreement on the gender roles of women and men. The division of gender roles is common and may have to occur in life, but sometimes the concept of role sharing leaves injustice in life. There is a role that seems to be a "destiny" of women or men in a family so that...
Proceedings Article

A Preliminary Study on DNA Damage in Peripheral Blood of Cancer Patients After Radiotherapy with Comet Assay

Darlina Yusuf, Tur Rahardjo, Viria Agesti Suvivan
The aim of this study was to look at DNA damage studied in cancer patients during radiotherapy using the comet test. Subjects were from patients diagnosed with different solid tumors who received radiotherapy and control groups adjusted for age, sex. Blood samples were collected from patients with several...

The Impact of Co-Sleeping Behavior on Children’s Activities in the Classroom

Khoirunnisa, Adi Atmoko, Anggit Prasetio Nugroho
Parents play a dominant role on children’s behavior. The parents’ role is essential since the children’s’ education begins from the contribution of their parents. At this golden age, early childhood’s personality is caused by genetic and environmental factors. The research aimed to discover the impact...

The Influence of Social Demographic Factor on Individual Decision to Cross-border Migration between Timor Leste and Indonesia

Petrus Kase
Recently cross-border migration of people from Timor Leste to Indonesia cannot be dammed, but data regarding the influence of social demographic factor on this phenomenon have not been adequately described yet. This research examines the influence of social demographic factors on individual decision...
Proceedings Article

Reproductive Health Snake Game in Prevention of Before Marriage Sex Prevention in Adolescents

Ayu Dwi Putri Rusman, Usman, Fitriani Umar, Haniarti, Henni Kumaladewi Hengky, Makhrajani Majid, Herlina
Kemenkes reports that as many as 4.31% of junior and senior high school boys and girls have been forced to have sexual relations before marriage. BPS reports also reported 0.9% of children aged 10-17 in South Sulawesi had been married and as many as 0.11% had been divorced. This study aims to analyze...

Law Enforcement of Perpetrators of Human Trafficking Against Children as Victims of Commercial Sex Workers

Kurnia Dewi Anggraeny, Diah Ayu Ningtias
Human trafficking is always a crime with grave repercussions for the victims, their family, community, and nation. various national circumstances, such as those in which human trafficking occurs as a source, transit, or destination country—all of which apply to Indonesia. Children are the easiest and...

Relationship between the Human Development Index and its Components with Oral Cancer in Latin America

Brenda Yuliana Herrera-Serna, Edith Lara-Carrillo, Victor Hugo Toral-Rizo, Regiane Cristina do Amaral, Raul Alberto Aguilera-Eguía
Pages: 223 - 232
To evaluate the relationship between the Human Development Index (HDI) and its components with oral cancer (OC) in Latin America. Ecological study in 20 Latin American countries in 2010 and 2017, which evaluated the relationship between the Age-Standardized Rates (ASRs) of incidence and mortality from...
Research Article

Association between Mental Health and Arterial Stiffness in Middle-aged and Older Adults

Nobuhiko Akazawa, Koichiro Tanahashi, Keisei Kosaki, Ai Hamasaki, Seiji Maeda
Pages: 223 - 227
Background: Mental stress is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, little is known about the impact of mental stress on arterial function in middle-aged and older adults. Objective: This study is aimed to investigate the association between mental stress and arterial function in this population. Methods:...

Comparison of Gender Equality in Children Education Policy and Classroom Between Norway and China

Fangjichen Tie, Hang Zhang, Shuhang Chen, Shuo Liang
Gender equality is a necessary condition for social justice and it is an important topic in the field of contemporary social sciences. Childhood is a critical period for shaping gender awareness. This article focuses on gender equality in children’s education and compares the gender equality in children’s...

The Origin and Development of the “Ordinance on Apparel System” of the Republic of China in the Context of Culture

Defeng Song, Jie Wang
The promulgation and formulation of ordinances on apparel system in past dynasties are not only the factors restricting clothing culture, but also the factors promoting clothing culture. The enactment of the ordinances on apparel system of the Republic of China is the inheritance of the Chinese costume...
Proceedings Article

Identification of Adolescent Needs in Sex Education

Ema Waliyanti, Rusdi Halim
Background: Lack of reproductive health education and sexual knowledge impacts the increasing number of sexual violence cases. From 2000–2018, in 161 countries and territories worldwide, nearly 30% of women were victims of sexual violence. Specifically, one of the sexual deviation behaviors is premarital...
Proceedings Article

The Effect of Sex and Slaughter Ages on the Chemical Composition, Physical and Sensory Qualities of Merawang Chicken

Edi Suryanto, Jamhari Jamhari, Rusman Rusman, Nanung Danar Dono, Endy Triyannanto, Rio Olympias Sujarwanta, Mochammad Fahmi Habibi, Yuli Dwi Irma Suryani, Amilia Nur Fadhila, Gustya Amalia Rizqy
The purpose of the experiment is to evaluate the effect of sex and slaughter ages on the chemical composition, physical, and sensory qualities of Merawang chicken meat. The materials used in this research were 20 Merawang chickens aged 10 and 20 weeks, consisting of 10 male and 10 female chickens. The...

Current Cancer Epidemiology

Camilla Mattiuzzi, Giuseppe Lippi
Pages: 217 - 222
In this brief report, we offer a concise overview on current cancer epidemiology garnered from the official databases of World Health Organization and American Cancer Society and provide recent information on frequency, mortality, and survival expectancy of the 15 leading types of cancers worldwide....

Resilience of Female Bullying Victims in Orang-Orang Biasa and Guru Aini by Andrea Hirata

Ratih Tri Pertiwi, Taufik Dermawan, dan Azizatuz Zahro’
This study aims to obtain the resilience of female characters who are victims of bullying in the novel Orang-Orang Biasa and Guru Aini. This is because the novel ends with the success of one of the female characters who are victims of bullying in achieving their goals. The approach used in this research...

Characteristics, Nutritional Status, and Sarcopenia in the Elderly in Pangkalpinang City

Ratmawati, S. Fatimah-Muis, Muchlis Achsan Udji Sofro, Ani Margawati, Martha Irena Kartasurya
Sarcopenia is a decrease in muscle mass, muscle strength, and physical performance in the elderly ≥ 60 years. The study in 2016 found out that the prevalence of sarcopenia among the elderly in Indonesia was considerabely high (40.6%). The risk factors for sarcopenia include age, gender, lifestyle, nutritional...

Analyses of the Existing Situation and Countermeasures of China’s Children Sex Education — Taking Shanxi Province as an Example

Jiaqi Zhang
In recent years, sexual abuse of young children has occurred frequently in China, and people’s calling for children’s sex education is increasing. At present, most of the research mainly focuses on the coastal economically developed areas, and the research on the central and western regions such as Shanxi...

Occurrence of acute respiratory infection, diarrhea and jaundice among Afghan pilgrims, 2010

Khwaja Mir Islam Saeed, Jawad Mofleh, M. Hafiz Rasooly, M. Iabal Aman
Pages: 215 - 220
Background: Annually 30,000 Afghans attend the Hajj in Saudi Arabia that is one of the largest mass gathering events in the world. We aimed to determine the prevalence of three syndromes of interest diarrhea, acute respiratory infections (ARI) and jaundice-among Hajjis gathering at the four transit sites...

Research of the Current Situation and Strategies of the New Generation of Female Migrant Workers City Integration - Taking the H community of Jinan as an example

Jie Zhang, Gongjing Gao
This paper takes the H community of Jinan as an example. Through self-filling questionnaire and structured interview, this paper investigates the city integration of female migrant workers in this community. This paper analyzes the current situation of urban adaptation of female migrant workers in the...
Proceedings Article

Cystic Adenomatoid Thyroid Nodule

Guntur Bayu Bima Pratama, Denny Satria Utama
Thyroid nodules are a common clinical problem. The prevalence of palpable thyroid nodules approximately 5% in women and 1% in men. In contrast, high-resolution ultrasound (US) can detect thyroid nodules in 19-68%. The clinical importance of thyroid nodules is to exclude thyroid cancer, which occurs in...

Changes of Social Pattern in Dolly Area from Prostitution Localisation to Tourism Village with Copreneurship Approach

Rachmawati Novaria, Awin Mulyati, Agung Pujianto
The closure of the Dolly-prostitution area by the Surabaya city government turned out to have a significant impact on the community and the local community. There are social changes such as the pattern of relations between communities, relations between religions and relations between community groups....

The Research on the Online Videos About Sex Education in China

Taking Bilibili Videos as an Example

Tian Gu
Sex education has been in an awkward place in Chinese society that it often is presented as an evaded topic, yet it undeniably plays an integral role in the young generation’s growth, assisting to learn to communicate with others, view and build gender identity and build a value system of respect for...
Proceedings Article

Knowledge About Hypertension and Its Treatment Among Patients and Lay Health Workers in the Posyandu Lansia

Nida Zahrotun Nazihah, Riana Rahmawati
The size of the elderly population continues to increase. In Indonesia, hypertension often occurs in the elderly. Knowledge about hypertension plays a vital role in hypertension control. Posyandu lansia (Integrated Health Service Post for the Elderly) is a community program involving the active participation...
Proceedings Article

Plastic Wastes in the Aquatic Environment: Ecotoxicological Impacts and Mitigation Strategies

Ebele Geraldine Okeke, Oluseun Motunrayo Osineye, Chidalu Irene Okeke
Plastic products are in high demand due to their broad applications, resulting to a corresponding rise in the production of plastics. As a result of poor waste management practices such as uncontrolled open dumping, coastal littering, fishing, shipping and other industrial activities, plastics end up...
Proceedings Article

Burden of Cervical Cancer in Indonesia: Findings From the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017

Mugi Wahidin, Rini Febrianti, Frides Susanty
Cervical cancer is the second commonest cancer among females in Indonesia. The Global Burden of Disease 2017 study provides the comprehensive estimates of all diseases, including cervical cancer. This study was aimed to give overview of burden of cervical cancer at national and provincial level in Indonesia...

Variety of Chronic Diseases of the Elderly in a Pension Institution in Guilin

Meiting Wu, Shangyuhui Huang, Jingwen Liang, Tao Jiang
Objective According to the clinical characteristics and types of chronic diseases of an elder care institution in Guilin, the number of multiple chronic disease types, basic physiological indicators, and influencing factors were counted. This paper aims to explore the establishment of an...

The Transformation of Early Marriage in Pacitan as the Impact of Modernization

M. Fashihullisan, Mukodi, Sugiyono
Modernization in Pacitan has brought an impact on people's lives change. Economic development impacts on the increase of educational opportunities and delays the age of marriage. The culture of early marriage in the past had been distressed by the postponement of the age of early marriage. The goal of...

Evaluation Learning Program "You And Me" At The Kindergartens Built by PKBI In Central Java

Ode Yahyu Herliany Yusuf
This study aims to evaluate sex education programs called “You and Me.” This study was conducted in three preschools namely Kindergarten Lab school UNNES, Taman Belia Kindergarten, and TK Post Anak Bangsa preschool with CIPP evaluation model (Context, Input, Process, Product). The study applied a quantitative...
Proceedings Article

Patient Sociodemographic Characteristics and Adherence to Hypertension Medication: A Survey in a Rural Village in Indonesia

Alma Natasya, Riana Rahmawati
Hypertension has become a major global health problem and is one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular events that can be prevented and treated. Medication adherence is important in hypertension management and can be influenced by various factors, including those related to patients and...

Cross-factor Effect Analysis of Revenue-cost Dilemma of Manufacturing Servitization - based on Empirical Evidence of Manufacturing Listed Companies

Yinghao Li, Bingyi Huo
Based on the 2012-2023 China a-share manufacturing listed company data, around the manufacturing enterprise in the transformation of service “revenue growth” and “costs” the reality of the tension, build the theoretical model of ability to integrate internal and external relationships elements, Discusses...
Short Communication

Tuberculosis screening among Bolivian sex workers and their children

Silvia S. Chiang, Jessica K. Paulus, Chi-Cheng Huang, P.K. Newby, Dora Castellón Quiroga, Renée Boynton-Jarrett, Lara Antkowiak
Pages: 205 - 210
Bolivian sex workers were more likely than other employed women to report tuberculosis screening only if they reported HIV screening. Of all women with household tuberculosis exposure, <40% reported screening for themselves or their children. Coupling tuberculosis screening with sex workers’ mandatory...
Proceedings Article

The Characterization and Treatment Overview of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Universitas Sumatera Utara Hospital Medan in September-October 2021

Embun Suci Nasution, Urip Harahap, Baharudin Ibrahim, Khairunnisa
One of the highly prevalent non-communicable diseases is type 2 diabetes mellitus and some of its risk factors include living a sedentary lifestyle, family history, and being 45 years or older. The disease was observed to have 57% prevalence in Indonesia according to the data provided in 2007 by the...

Protection of Children Sexual Violence Victim through Promotive, Preventive, Curative and Rehabilitative Approaches

Yunan Prasetyo Kurniawan, Thomas Arsil
State recognition of human resources starts from the recognition of children as one of the nation's valuable assets. Recognition of dignity is inherently adhered to children as their social life recognition. Children are the forerunner, potential generation to succeed the ideals of the nation's aims,...
Proceedings Article

Correlation of Age and Genetic with Gout Arthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Feti Kumala Dewi, Susilo Rini
Unchangeable risk factors such as family history, genetic, age and sex. Risk factors that can be changed and affect the incidence of hyperuricemia are obesity, food and alcohol intake, drug consumption, kidney disorders and hypertension. The purpose of the study was to analyze the correlation of obesity...
Proceedings Article

Critical Assessment of Factors Negatively Impacting on Effective Participation of Women in Key Leadership Roles in Nigeria: A Study of Abia State

J. U. Philips, N. E. Okoronkwo, V. Benson-Eluwa
Issues relating to gender and leadership, especially the female gender, in key leadership roles has remained a crucial subject matter in contemporary politics and leadership discourse. The study critically assessed the factors that tend to negatively impact on effective participation of women in key...

The Representation and Performance of homosexual subculture in Contemporary Chinese Film and Television

Mengyuan Hou
With the subdivided development of the world market culture industry, the requisition of homosexual subculture in contemporary film and television has become more and more widespread. After the collapse of the wall of sexual orientation, the corresponding inscription mode of film and television has also...

A Comparative Study of Sex Education for Teenagers in America and China

AnRan Chen
At present, in many countries, sex education is no longer a resistance, criticism and sensitive issue of perversion, developed countries, such as the United States, Britain, Canada, provide appropriate sex education to teenagers, and has carried out many sex education and reproductive health services....

Developing 汉语的语义学 [Hanyǔ de yǔyì xué] of Chinese Semantics Digital Module

Karina Fefi Laksana Sakti, Amira Eza Febrian Putri, Octi Rjeky Mardasari, Sunarti, Muhamad Rajali, Arya Bima
The difficulty that is experienced by most Chinese language teachers is to determine which Chinese language textbooks are suitable to be applied to Indonesian learners. In Indonesia, most of the Chinese books, including the Chinese Semantic textbooks, are still in full Chinese or English. Learning Chinese...
Proceedings Article

The Sex Difference in Hemoglobin Level, Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure of Dragon Boat Athletes

Pipit Pitriani, Mona Fiamentta Febrianty
Dragon boat racing is one of rowing competition. The purpose of this study was to investigate the sex difference of hemoglobin level and blood pressure of dragon boat athletes. This descriptive cross-sectional study with 29-person dragon boat athletes (14-person female and 15-person male). Blood tests...
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Peculiarities of Homeostatic and Genetic Profile in Women With Miscarriage Contaminated With Hydroxybenzol

O.A. Kazakova, V.B. Alekseev, O.O. Sinitsyna, O.V. Dolgikh
The analysis of the features of homeostatic markers and genetic polymorphism in women of fertile age, whose anamnesis is characterized by the presence of reproductive disorders in the form of miscarriage associated with the excessive contamination of biomedia with hydroxybenzene of technogenic origin....
Research Article

Sex differences in noninvasive estimates of left ventricular pressure energetics but not myocardial oxygen demand in young adults

William E. Hughes, Nicole L. Spartano, Wesley K. Lefferts, Jaqueline A. Augustine, Kevin S. Heffernan
Pages: 197 - 204
Background: Sex differences in arterial stiffness and wave reflections may lead to disproportionate increases in afterload and myocardial work in women. We examined sex differences in arterial stiffness, pressure from wave reflections, measures of left ventricular (LV) energetics and myocardial work. Methods:...

Knowledge and Perception of Reproductive Health Among Men Who Have Sex with Men

Made Kurnia Widiastuti Giri, Ni Komang Arie Suwastini, Ni Nyoman Artini
The Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) lives in irrational stigma of sexual behavior where the community does not have a complete knowledge about MSM sexual behavior. This study aimed to describe MSM’s sexual behavior, knowledge, and perception of reproduction health. This study was designed as systematic...

Explaining Career Achievements During the Work: A View of Sex Segregation and Education in Chinese Experience

Tong Shen, Yu Zhang, Youran Zhou
The essay aims to explore how the two factors of sex segregation and education influence people’s career achievements, including type choosing, promoting and treatment. The study predicts the way women office workers balance their work and domestic life under the new Three-child Policy, and analyses...
Proceedings Article

The Corelation Between Work-Stress Level and Obesity Among Teacher

Nina Dwi Lestari, Altori Samantha Evanov
The teacher is one of the aggregates of workers who have a high risk of work-stress due to many demands of work, duties, and responsibilities. Stress can support the occurrence of obesity caused by changes in behavior and metabolism. This study aimed to determine the relationship between stress and obesity...
Proceedings Article

The Effect of Community-Based Intervention on Controlling Blood Pressure for Hypertension Patient: A Systematic Review

Muhammad Luthfi Adnan, Miranti Dewi Pramaningtyas, Dini Islamiana
Hypertension is a significant risk factor for death caused by cardiovascular disease. Collaboration with the community through community-based intervention is one of the actions to reduce the incidence of hypertension. Although many community-based intervention studies have been carried out to treat...

Application of Roland Barthes’ Semiotics to QS. An-Naml [27]: 44 on the Bared Legs of Queen Balqis

Sidik Saiful Anwar, Andri Nirwana AN, Aiunur Rhain, Suharjianto Suharjianto
In general, every woman exposed legs as a form of a symbol (sign) to be appreciated, adored, and center of attention of men. Surah an-Naml [27]: 44 also mentions the story of bared legs of a woman. Does An-Naml verse 44 have the same sign as the circumstances in general? This paper discusses the meaning...