Background: Cervix cancer is a type of cancer which attacks many women. Today, it
ranks the second in the world in cancer diseases which attacks women and the first in
the developing countries. Generally, it can be primarily, secondarily, and tertiarly
prevented. One of the primary preventions is by vaccination. HPV vaccination can
reduce Human Papilloma Virus infection since it has >90% of protection.
Method: The research used descriptive analysis with questionnaires in order to find
out the description of the students level of knowledge, attitude, and action at the
Faculty of Medicine, University of Methodist Indonesia on HPV vaccine. The
population was all 553 students in the academic year of 2010 2011, and 84 of them
were used as the samples.
Result: The result of the research showed that 59 respondents (70.2%) had good
knowledge, 15 of them (17.9%) had moderate knowledge, and 10 of them (11.9%)
had bad knowledge. 68 (81.0%) respondents had good attitude, seven of them (8.3%)
had moderate attitude, and nine of them (10.7%) had bad attitude. 70 respondents
(83.4%) had good action, six of them (7.1%) had moderate action, and eight of them
(9.5%) had bad action.
Conclusion: Based on the result of the research, it could be concluded that 70.2% of
the respondents had moderate level of knowledge, 81.0% of them had good attitude,
and 83.4% of them had good action.
Description of Titer, Using Widal Test in Child Patients Suffered from Typhoid
Fever at RSUD Dr. Pirngadi, Medan, in the Period of 2010-2012
Background: Typoid fever is worldwide in nature but it can be found more in the
developing countries, such as Indonesia, compared to the developed countries. In
Indonesia, typoid fever is one of the endemic diseases. In Sumatera Utara, typoid
fever ranked second in terms of its incidence rate in 2008. The main causal factor of
the incidence of typoid fever is the lack of environmental and individual hygiene. The
purpose of this study was to find out the characteristics of the adoles centpatients
with typhoid fever at Dr. Pirngadi General Hospital Medan within the period of
January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2012.
Method: This descriptive study used retrospective secondary data to find out the
characteristics of the adolescent patients (age, gender, education, occupation) with
typoid fever. The population of this study was all of the 250 adolescent patients with
typoid fever who came to this hospital for treatment from 2011 to 2012 and 154 of
them were selected to be the samples for this study through purposive sampling
technique. The data obtained were processed through SPSS program and interpreted
in the form of table.
Result: Statistically, the result of this study showed that most of the adolescent
patients with typoid fever were those of 18 21 years old (43.5%), female (50.6%)
and male (49.4%) and SMA (High School) graduates (49.4%). In terms of
occupation, most of them belonged to school group (90.9%).
Conclusion: Based on the result of this study, the conclusion is that the characteristic
of the adolescent patients with typoid fever was that most of them was of 18 21
years old, female, SMA graduates, and students.