Factors Associated with Unsafe Behavior among Construction Workers in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara

Background: Earlier studies have shown that about 90% of accidents in the work settings occur because of unsafe behavior and human errors. If workers do not have the right knowledge, favorable attitude, and proper behavior toward safety measures in a safe workplace, all efforts for an accident-free workplace will be in vain. This study aimed to determine factors associated with unsafe occupational behavior among construction workers in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara. Subjects and Method: This was a cross sectional study carried out in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara. A sample of 200 construction workers were selected at random for this study. The endogenous variables were perceive benefit, favorable attitude, and unsafe occupational behavior. The exogenous was good knowledge. The data were collected by questionnaire and analyzed by a path analysis model. Results: Good knowledge increased perceived benefit (b= 0.25; 95% CI= 0.06 to 0.56; p= 0.038). Perceived benefit increased favorable attitude (b= 0.56; 95% CI= 0.25 to 0.86; p<0.001). Favorable attitude decreased unsafe occupational behavior (b= -0.56; 95% CI= -0.32 to -0.80; p<0.001). Conclusion: Good knowledge, perceived benefit, and favorable attitude, respectively, decrease unsafe behavior among the construction workers in the work settings. Keywords: good knowledge, perceived benefit, favorable attitude, respectively, unsafe behavior, construction workers

Factors Related to Lung Function In Wood Furniture Workers In Oesapa Village, Kelapa Lima Sub District Kupang City

Workers of wooden furniture is the workers who are at risk for decreased lung function caused by exposure to wood dust in the working environment. Wood dust will enter the respiratory organs, thereby affecting lung function. Decreased pulmonary function can be seen by the method of Harvard Step Test. This research aims to analyse the relationship between age, working period, nutritional status, smoking habits, long exposure to dust, and use of PPE with lung function in wooden furniture workers in Oesapa Village, Kelapa Lima Sub District, Kupang City. The study was analytic survey with Cross Sectional approach. This research was conducted in the wood furniture industry in Oesapa Vilage, Kelapa Lima District, Kupang City in July 2020. The population in this study was 33 workers of wooden furniture. Data collection is done by questionnaire, weight measurement, height measurement and the Harvard Step Test to determine the level of lung fitness workers. Data analysis technique used is the Chi Square test with level of significance . The results showed that there was a significant relationship between age (0.002), working period (0.023), nutritional status (0.039), and use of PPE (0.016) with lung function in workers of wooden furniture. There is no relationship smoking habits (0.093), long exposureto &nbsp;dust (0.057) and lung &nbsp;function in workers of wooden furniture. &nbsp

PENERAPAN TEKNOLOGI FILTER UDARA PADA RUANG KELAS DALAM PENCEGAHAN COVID-19

Abstrak:Corona virus disease19 atau yang biasa dikenal dengan sebutan COVID-19 merupakan sebuah virus baru yang mengakibatkan penyakit saluran pernapasan (seperti flu) dengan gejala seperti batuk, demam, dan pada kasus yang lebih parah, pneumonia. Di Provinsi NTT, kasus Covid-19 masih mengalami peningkatan hingga bulan April 2021. Dengan adanya kebijakan pemerintah untuk kembali melakukan kegiatan belajar mengajar secara luring, maka sekolah perlu menyiapkan berbagai hal khususnya terkait dengan pencegahan covid-19. Salah satu hal yang dapat dilakukan adalah dengan menggunakan filter udara di setiap ruangan kelas. Agar dapat menerapkan teknologi tersebut, perlu dilakukan sosialisasi baik untuk penggunaan maupun untuk perawatan alat. Kegiatan sosialisasi dilaksanakan secara daring melalui aplikasi google meetdan diikuti oleh 17 siswa dan 7 orang guruSMP Kupang Montesori. Setelah kegiatan sosialisasi, dilaksanakan penyerahan alat filter udara yang akan disumbangkan untuk sekolah tersebut. Hasil evaluasi kegiatan pengabdian ini menunjukkan bahwa secara keseluruhan kegiatan pengabdian berjalan baik dan sesuai dengan rencana awal kegiatan.Abstract:Coronavirus disease19 or commonly known as COVID-19 is a new virus that causes respiratory tract diseases (such as flu) with symptoms such as cough, fever, and in more severe cases, pneumonia. In NTT Province, Covid-19 cases are still increasing until April 2021. With the government's policy to resume teaching and learning activities offline, schools need to prepare various things, especially related to the prevention of COVID-19. One of the things that can be done is to use air filters in every classroom. To be able to apply this technology, it is necessary to conduct socialization both for the use and for maintenance of tools. The socialization activity was carried out online through the google meet application and was attended by 17 students and 7 teachers of Kupang Montesori Junior High School. After the socialization activity, the air filter equipment was handed over to be donated to the school. The results of the evaluation of this service activity indicate that overall service activities are going well and by the initial plan of activity

PENERAPAN TEKNOLOGI TEPAT GUNA SEBAGAI ALAT BANTU KERJA DI PUSKESMAS NUNKOLO

Abstrak: Masalah stunting merupakan masalah yang penting untuk segera ditangani khususnya di Puskesmas Nunkolo. Penanganan stunting dapat dilakukan dengan 2 intervensi gizi yaitu intervensi gizi spesifik dan intervensi gizi sensitive. Salah satu bentuk intervensi gizi spesifik yaitu menggunakan teknologi tepat guna berupa lemari pengering dan mesin penepung yang dapat digunakan masyarakat dalam hal ini ibu kader posyandu untuk membuat berbagai bubuk makanan yang dapat lebih bertahan lama dan mudah untuk dikonsumsi oleh ibu hamil dan balita stunting. Kegiatan pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk mengurangi angka stunting di Puskesmas Nunkolo dengan cara memberikan sosialisasi kepada 18 petugas puskesmas dan 14 kader posyandu terkait penggunaan teknologi tepat guna berupa penggunaan lemari pengering dan mesin penepung dengan bahan baku marungga. Setelah sosialisasi, dilakukan praktek penggunaan lemari pengering dan mesin penepung dengan bahan baku yang ada pada masyarakat, dan pendampingan dalam penggunaan lemari pengering dan mesin penepung tersebut, sehingga terjadi transfer teknologi. Evaluasi kegiatan sosialisasi penggunaaan lemari pengering, mesin penepung dan inkubator bayi diukur dengan kemampuan tenaga kesehatan dan kader dalam mengoperasikan alat tersebut. Hasil kegiatan pendampingan menunjukkan bahwa alat yang diberikan, digunakan dengan baik oleh Puskesmas Nunkolo dalam memberikan pelayanan kesehatan kepada masyarakat. Sejak penyerahan inkubator bayi, alat tersebut telah dimanfaatkan oleh 1 keluarga bayi prematur. Keluarga bayi tersebut merasa sangat terbantu dengan adanya inkubator ini dan berharap masih dapat menggunakannya hingga bayinya memiliki berat badan yang cukup. Sedangkan lemari pengering dan mesin penepung digunakan di bagian gizi dan dapat berproses dengan baik, hingga telah dilakukan 3 kali pengeringan daun marungga yang kemudian dijadikan tepung marungga.Abstract: The problem of stunting is an important problem to be addressed immediately, especially at the Nunkolo Health Center. Handling stunting can be done with 2 nutrition interventions, namely specific nutrition interventions and sensitive nutrition interventions. One form of specific nutrition intervention is using appropriate technology in the form of drying cabinets and flouring machines that can be used by the community in this case the Integrated Service Post cadre mothers to make various food powders that can last longer and are easy to consume by pregnant women and stunting toddlers. This community service activity aims to reduce stunting rates at the Nunkolo Health Center by providing socialization to 18 health center officers and 14 Integrated Service Post cadres regarding the use of appropriate technology in the form of the use of drying cabinets and flouring machines with Moringa raw materials. After the socialization, the practice of using drying cabinets and flouring machines with raw materials available in the community was carried out, and assistance in using the drying cabinets and flouring machines, so that technology transfer occurred. Evaluation of the socialization of the use of drying cabinets, flouring machines, and baby incubators is measured by the ability of health workers and cadres to operate these tools. The results of the mentoring activities show that the tools provided are well used by the Nunkolo Health Center in providing health services to the community. Since the delivery of the baby incubator, the tool has been utilized by 1 family of premature babies. The baby's family feels very helped by the incubator and hopes to still be able to use it until the baby has enough weight. Meanwhile, the drying cabinet and flouring machine are used in the nutrition department and can process well, so 3 times the drying of moringa leaves has been carried out which are then made into Moringa flour

Analisis Faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Perilaku Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja (K3) pada Petugas Kesehatan di RSUD Prof. Dr. W. Z. Johanes Kupang

A good occupational health safety at hospital can reduce the incidence of work accidents and increase the productivity of each officer. This study was to analyze the factors related to knowledge, perceptions and attitudes of health workers with occupational safety and health behavior. The study design was a cross sectional study. The population was 709 people with a simple random sampling technique of 97 people. The inclusion criteria are all health workers who have been selected by all hospital medical personnel who have contact with patients compared to hospital personnel in the field of management, where their presence has a greater risk of experiencing occupational diseases or occupational accidents (doctors, specialists, nurses, midwives and health analysis) and willing to be research subjects by signing the informed consent. Meanwhile, the exclusion criteria were respondents who were not willing to be the subject of research and medical officers who were on leave/sickness/ permission when collecting data. the instrument used was a questionnaire. The results of statistical tests showed p &lt; 0.05, that is, there was a significant relationship between the level of knowledge, attitudes and K3 RS behavior, while the statistical results of the perception level with behavior were p &gt; 0.005. Health and safety behavior of health workers is an action or activity in an effort to prevent occupational diseases and accidents. Therefore, it is hoped that the K3 Hospital can promote health and safety at the hospital regularly with various themes tailored to the needs of the workers

Status Gizi, Jenis dan Lama Pemakaian Alat Kontrasepsi Pil, Suntik 1 Bulan dan Suntik DMPA dengan Gangguan Menstruasi

This study aims to analyze the relationship between nutritional status, type and duration of contraceptive pills, 1-month injection and Depo Medroxy Progesterone Acetate (DMPA) injection with menstrual disorders in women of childbearing age in Kupang City. The method used is a quantitative method with a cross-sectional design. The sampling technique was simple random sampling with stratified random sampling. The results showed that there was a relationship between nutritional status and menstrual disorders with a value of (P = 0.000), type of contraception and menstrual disorders (P = 0.000), duration of contraceptive use and menstrual disorders (P = 0.001). In conclusion, there is a relationship between nutritional status, type, and duration of use of contraceptive pills, 1-month injections and DMPA injections with menstrual disorders. &nbsp;Keywords: Menstrual Disorders, Types of Contraception, Duration of Use, Nutritional Statu