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Indonesia was severely hit by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and thus, rapid vaccination of most of the population was imperative to help suppress the virus transmission and return to normalcy. However, vaccination progress appeared to be slow in many Indonesian regions, including the Pandeglang District. The purpose of this research was to investigate the factors that contribute to the slow rollout of the COVID-1 9 vaccine in the Pandeglang District of Banten Province, Indonesia. A series of audio-recorded focus group discussions and in-depth interviews were conducted with the director of the Pandeglang District Health Department, community leaders, health workers, and individuals targeted by the COVID-1 9 vaccination program. The audio data were then transcribed and thematically analyzed to extract the participants' perspectives on factors that affected vaccination rollout in Pandeglang. The analysis stage revealed five factors at the community and organizational levels that hindered the COVID-19 vaccination coverage. Factors at the community level were the fear of adverse reactions following immunization, the halal issue of the newly invented COVID-1 9 vaccines, comorbidities that prevented individuals from being vaccinated, and inadequate health literacy. On the other hand, the scarcity of the COVID-19 vaccine supply was the factor identified at the organizational level. Since the issues occurred at both community and organizational levels, the government of Pandeglang District and central governments should work together to address the problems and increase the likelihood of vaccination success. It is important to involve religious leaders in vaccination campaigns to gain the trust of the local community and alleviate vaccine hesitancy on religious grounds. At the same time, education through an appropriate medium is required to raise the community's COVID-19 literacy and mitigate the negative effects of the incessant false information. Securing more COVID-19 vaccine supply from the existing manufacturers while accelerating the development of Indonesian-made COVID-19 vaccines and improving the distribution system would help ensure vaccine availability.
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As the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is highly contagious, application of preventive practices, such as personal protective equipment (PPE) usage and hand-washing, are crucial to prevent its spread. Evidence suggests that preventive behavioural responses to COVID-19 might be affected by risk perception. The present study aimed to assess risk perception and preventive behavioural responses among midwives and the association between them. In September 2020, a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Indonesia among 421 midwives. Spearman's correlation coefficient or Spearman's rho (ρ) was used to identify the factors associated with risk perception and preventive behavioural responses as well as the correlation between risk perception and preventive practices. Generally, the midwives had a high-risk perception of COVID-19 infection. However, approximately 27% of the midwives did not always use PPE, and around 56% did not often wash their hands. Midwives who worked at health facilities had a higher level of risk perception of COVID-19 infection as well as adherence to preventive practices than those who worked at universities. A significant association was found between perception of risk severity and preventive practices (p 0.05). The healthier the midwives, the higher their level of adherence to PPE and hand-washing. Older midwives tended to use PPE at any time, while those who had a chronic disease were more likely to wash their hands for at least 20 seconds more frequently. Although the midwives had a high-risk perception of the COVID-19, it is necessary to improve their preventive practices, particularly hand hygiene. © Unisa Press 2022.
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The first COVID-19 case in the Special Region of Yogyakarta (SRY), Indonesia, was reported in March 2020.When the case surge peaked, SRY was also exposed to effusive Merapi eruption (during which lava domes were formed on the southwest flank and inside the crater) accompanied by several pyroclastic flows and rockfalls.The research sought to evaluate disaster management practices during the eruption’s emergency response phase amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in the SRY.The primary data on the mechanism by which the disaster management was conducted were obtained from in-depth interviews with the key informant from the Local Disaster Management Agency (BPBD of SRY and Sleman District) and the Disaster Risk Reduction Platform (FPRB of SRY).They included ancillary data such as the number of vulnerable groups, susceptibility, and disaster risk from the National Disaster Management Agency.The research argued that several disaster management practices had been implemented during the emergency response phase that cooccurred with the COVID-19 pandemic, including modifying evacuation shelters to meet the requirements of the public health measures and planning the “sister village” and “sister school” system.In addition, all parties were actively involved in drafting and implementing new rules and regulations under the authority of the central and provincial governments.The critical question arising from the praxis is how strictly the health protocols had been enforced in the research area since the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increased. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
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Objective: To investigate the prevalence of belief in COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and its associated factors. Methods: Due to mobility restriction, this study was conducted cross-sectionally via online platforms. The included factors were age, gender, religious identity, marital status, education level, occupation, and living with health workers. Logistic regression was used to assess the association between belief in COVID-19 vaccine with the predictors. Results: A total of 5 397 responses were taken into analysis. The prevalence of belief in COVID-19 vaccine efficacy was 62.3%. Whereas factors associated with belief in COVID-19 vaccines were being in the age of 45-54 (aOR 1.767;95% CI 1.219-2.562), 55-64 (aOR 1.703;95% CI 1.219-2.562), and >64 (aOR 2.136;95% CI 1.128-4.047), completing education until the secondary level (aOR 1.354;95% CI 1.111-1.650), working as health practitioners (aOR 2,353;95% CI 1.655-3.344), and living with health workers (aOR 1.278, 95% CI 1.079-1.514). All religious identities including Muslim (aOR 2.447;95% CI 1.183-5.062), Protestant (aOR 3.615;95% CI 1.703-7.677), Catholic (aOR 4.486;95% CI 2.015-9.987), and Hindu (aOR 3.286;95% CI 1.410-7.655) showed significant association with belief in COVID-19 vaccine efficacy. Conclusions: A high prevalence of belief in COVID-19 vaccine efficacy was evident. Since vaccine compliance is determined by an individual's risk-benefit perception, this study emphasizes the need of raising awareness of the benefits of COVID-19 immunization.
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Background: East Java Area is the epicentre of COVID-19 transmission with the largest number of cases and the highest death rate in Indonesia. This pandemic has created a stigma that can lessen the quality of life. This study was con-ducted to find a model of predictor factors that affect the stigma of society during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: This study involved 322 respondents in East Java, Indonesia and used multivariate analysis with the PLS (Partial Least Square) method to determine the relationship between several variables. The studied variables were demographics (age, gender, educational level, and occupation), attitudes, knowledge, behaviour, stigma and acceptance. Result: Stigma since the CO-VID-19 pandemic outbreak was influenced by demographic, knowledge and behaviour factors, while the attitude variable in this study did not affect the occurrence of stigma. Knowledge aspect had a positive relationship with stigma. The higher the knowledge of the respondents in this study, the higher the tendency to produce stigma. Likewise for demographic variables. Meanwhile, behaviour aspect indicated a negative relationship. Conclusion: The factors that influence stigma, starting from the most powerful are behaviour, knowledge and demographics. This model is a recommendation for the government to improve the quality of life of the people and reduce the spread of COVID-19. © 2022 KBCSM, Zagreb.
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Background: West Java is one of Indonesia’s provinceswith a large and dense population, making it vulnerable to quarantine or restrictions related to COVID-19.The study aims to analyze the determinants of the COVID-19 psychosocial burden in West Java Province, Indonesia. Methods:The author collected data by online survey until it gets 653 respondents. The study reviewed psychosocial burdens by worries level. The study built the worries based on anxiety in five daily aspects: economic, religion, education, work, and social aspects. Six independent variables were involved in the analysis, including age, gender, marital status, education, employment status, and religion. In the final stage, the study carried out a multivariate test using binary logistic regression. Results:The results found that women were 0.544 times more likely than men to experience high worries (OR 0.544;95% CI 0.330-0.896). Men are more likely than women to experience the psychosocial burden of COVID-19.Higher education has a probability of 0.405 times compared to secondary education to experience high worries (OR 0.405;95% CI 0.240-0.685). Higher education levels are a protective factor against the psychosocial burden of COVID-19 in West Java Province, Indonesia. Conclusion:The study concluded that there are two determinants of the COVID-19 psychosocial burden in West Java, Indonesia. Both are gender and education status.
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Background: The increase in COVID-19 cases demands hospitalpreparedness in handling COVID-19 to provide quality services by prioritizing patient safety and health personnel factors. The purpose of this study is to analyze hospital preparedness in providing COVID-19 services comprehensively. Method: The study is a cross-sectional design. The research objects are public, private, and police hospitals. The review usesthe checklist from the CDC.Observation and interviews with hospital leaders carried out data collection. Data were analyzed descriptively. Result: From the results of filling out theinventory, the preparedness of public, private, and police hospitals in Banjarmasin was low on average. In detail, it showedaverage scores that publichospital(2.83), privatehospital(2.70), and Policehospital(2.63). Police hospital is better prepared than the private and public hospital. Public and private hospitals have the lowest scores on the written COVID-19 Development of written COVID-19 Plan component. Meanwhile, the Police hospital had the lowest scores on consumable and durable medical equipment and supplies. Conclusion: It concludedthe private, public, and police hospitals have a low level of preparednessfor COVID-19 services.
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Psychosocial burden as a result of the risk of decreasing income and the possibility of being laid off from work is a problem that must be faced by workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was aimed at analyzing predictors of psychosocial burden among workers during the co-19 pandemic period. A total of 6,053 worker respondents were involved in this study. The psychosocial burden was reviewed based on the worries level. There were 4 independent variables involved in the analysis, including age, gender, marital, and education. A multivariate test was performed using binary logistic regression. The results found that the workers in the ≤ 19 age group were 1.900 times more likely than the≥ 50 age group to experience a psychosocial burden. The workers in the 40-49 age group were 1.523 times more likely than the ≥50 age group. Male workers were 0.693 times more likely than female workers to experience a psychosocial burden. The higher education workers were 0.563 times more likely than workers with secondary education. It could be concluded that the 3 variables were proven as predictors of the psychosocial burden among workers during the COVID-19 pandemic period in Indonesia, namely age, gender, and education.
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Several previous studies have found that women are more susceptible to psychosocial burden than men. The study was aimed at analyzing the influence of having a husband/partner on the psychosocial burden of COVID-19 among women in Indonesia. The study involved 5,061 women collected through a rapid online survey. The psychosocial burden was reviewed based on worries level on 5 aspects of daily life, namely economic, religious, educational, employment, and social aspects. Four independent variables were included in the analysis, including husband/partner ownership, age group, education level, and employment status. A multivariate test using the binary logistic regression was done at the final stage. The results show that women who have a husband/partner have a risk of 1.377 times compared to women who do not have husbands/partners to experience worries. Women in the 40-49 age group had 0.630 times the risk of women with ≤ 19 age groups to experience worries. Meanwhile, women with the ≥ 50 age groups had a 0.327 times risk than women with the ≤ 19 age groups for experiencing worries. Women with higher education have a risk of 0.610 times compared to women with secondary education for experiencing worries. It could be concluded that having a soulmate is a risk factor for women to experience the psychosocial burden of COVID-19 in Indonesia. The analysis also found that younger age and lower education were risk factors for women to experience the psychosocial burden of COVID-19 in Indonesia. © 2021, Institute of Medico-Legal Publications. All rights reserved.
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The New Coronavirus 2019 pandemic (COVID-19) is the world’s health crisis. Various aspects of the virus are still unknown. As the COVID-19 virus became more prevalent, the Government of Indonesia issued several types of policies, including in the education sector, by closing schools as an emergency measure to prevent the spread of infection. But when the start of the new school year, it makes parents who have school-age children start to worry, if it will start during this pandemic. The study aimed to find a picture of the impact of the Ministry of Education’s policy discourse on the start of a new school year for school-aged children. The study design was conducted with a descriptive analysis approach which was carried out through a literature review. The results of the study found that although children tend to have mild symptoms of COVID-19, it did not mean we should ignore those who have this disease. We still need to take steps to prevent them from becoming infected. Policies for reopening schools must be carefully considered. Among them were waiting for conditions to be safe from the impact of COVID-19 following the decisions of the COVID-19 Task Force and the Ministry of Health, as well as the local government as the person in charge of basic education.
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Covid-19 prevention efforts in Indonesia are carried out through several policies taken by the Government. One of them is the policy of conducting Large-Scale Social Restriction (LSSR) for regions that meet the requirements. LSSR and other policies that require community participation and discipline. The case curve is still high. Many violations still occur. The easing discourse has been LSSR rolled out. The study was aimed at evaluating the picture of the impact of LSSR policies in efforts to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in Indonesia concerning current public discipline. The study was conducted with a descriptive approach that was carried out through a literature study. The type of data used was secondary data. The results found that the policies issued in the Covid-19 prevention efforts, both in the form of policies on physical distancing, the use of masks, washing hands, to LSSR, all were related and depended on the level of community discipline to carry out and obey them. But the reality in the field of discipline that occurs both personally and collectively was still at a low level and requires further support. So that this also has an impact on the increasing occurrence of Covid-19 cases in various regions, even though the area has implemented an LSSR policy. It could be concluded that community discipline was the key to success in preventing Covid-19. The LSSR policy can also be successful if the community was able to discipline it obediently.
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A healthy lifestyle is one of the determinants of the development of COVID-19. The purpose of the study was to analyze the predictors of a healthy lifestyle in the COVID-19 pandemic period. Data collected online. The sample size was 3,407 respondents. The variables analyzed included a healthy lifestyle (wear a mask when leaving the house, wash hands with soap, and implement physical distancing), age, education, and work type. In the final stage the binary logistic regression was used to determine the predictor. The results found that respondents with the age group 31-40 were 2.792 times more likely than respondents with the age group ≤20 to behave often wearing a mask when leaving the house. Respondents with a work type entrepreneurship category are 0.479 times more likely than respondents with a public servant/army/police work type category to behave often wearing a mask when leaving the house. The older the respondent, the more likely it is to behave frequently to wash hands with soap. Respondents with a work type entrepreneurship category have a lower possibility than the public servant/army/police category to behave frequently washing hands with soap. The analysis showed that none of the prospective predictors of behavioral variables often implementing physical distancing showed significant results. It was concluded that age groups and work types are predictors of two healthy lifestyles (wear a mask when leaving the house and wash hands with soap). While none of the variables tested proved to be a predictor of implementing physical distancing behavior. © 2020 Innovare Academics Sciences Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.