Health Insurance Ownership among Moluccans in Indonesia.

Background: Expanding the reach of health insurance in Maluku aims to increase public access with the archipelago topography to healthcare facilities. Objective: The study aimed to analyze factors related to health insurance ownership among Moluccans. Materials and Methods: The study employed 788 respondents. The variables analyzed included health insurance, age, gender, education, and employment. The study used multinomial logistic regression in the final stage. Results: The age group ≤19 years was 0.182 times more likely than the ≥50 years of age group to have government-run type health insurance. The 20-29 years of age group was 0.219 times more likely than the ≥50 years of age group to have government-run health insurance. On the other hand, Moluccans with primary education were 0.196 times more likely than Moluccans with higher education to have a government-run type of health insurance. Moluccans with secondary education were 0.415 times more likely than Moluccans with higher education to have government-run health insurance. Unemployed have a probability of 0.358 times than employed to have the government-run health insurance type. Finally, unemployed is 0.056 times more likely than employed to have private-run health insurance. Conclusions: Three variables prove associated with health insurance ownership among Moluccans in Indonesia, namely age, education, and employment.

Analyzing the use of pesticides on health complaints of farmers in Waihatu Village, Indonesia.

OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to find the factors that contributed greatly to health complaints due to use of pesticides. METHOD: The research using the cross-sectional research design. The sample was determined using a total sampling technique. Data analysis was performed by path analysis using Smart PLS. RESULTS: The result of the study found that the use of pesticides affected the working time t-statistic 3.467. The use of pesticides affects health complaints t-statistic 2.586. Types of pesticides affect working time t-statistic 2. Improper timing of spraying and the frequency of spraying has a bigger impact on farmers' health complaints. CONCLUSIONS: Spraying time has the greatest influence on health complaints. It is recommended that farmers reduce the frequency of spraying more than 2 times a day, spraying time in the morning, and pay attention to the wind direction to reduce exposure and health hazards due to pesticides.

Analyzing the use of pesticides on health complaints of farmers in Waihatu Village, Indonesia

Objective: The study aimed to find the factors that contributed greatly to health complaints due to use of pesticides. Method: The research using the cross-sectional research design. The sample was determined using a total sampling technique. Data analysis was performed by path analysis using Smart PLS. Results: The result of the study found that the use of pesticides affected the working time t-statistic 3.467. The use of pesticides affects health complaints t-statistic 2.586. Types of pesticides affect working time t-statistic 2. Improper timing of spraying and the frequency of spraying has a bigger impact on farmers’ health complaints. Conclusions: Spraying time has the greatest influence on health complaints. It is recommended that farmers reduce the frequency of spraying more than 2 times a day, spraying time in the morning, and pay attention to the wind direction to reduce exposure and health hazards due to pesticides. (AU)