Climate Factors and Dengue Fever in Jakarta 2011–2015

Dengue fever is a public concern because of its outbreak with a high mortality rate. Aedes aegypti as a vector of dengue fever is very sensitive to its environment, especially to climate variability. The aim of the study was to examine the correlation between climate factors (temperature, rainfall, humidity, and solar radiation) anddengue fever cases in Jakarta 2011-2015, since Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia. It was a quantitative study with an ecological study design. A correlation test was used to determine the correlation between the independent and dependent variables. The study was carried out in Jakarta using secondary data from the Health District Office of Jakarta for monthly data on dengue fever cases and the Soekarno-Hatta Meteorological Station for daily converted to monthly climate data from January 2011 to December 2015. The instruments used to measure independent variables were a thermometer for temperature, tipping for rainfall index, hygrometer for humidity, and Campbell-stokes for solar radiation. The results showed a significant correlation between the climate variables studied – these were temperature (p-value<0.05, r=-0,293), rainfall (p-value<0.05, r=0,327), humidity (p-value<0.05, r=0,586), and solar radiation (p-value<0.05, r=-0,408) – and dengue fever cases in Jakarta 2011- 2015. It was concluded that four independent variables had an influence of the increase in the number of cases. There were two climate variables that had a positive correlation with dengue fever cases, namely humidity and rainfall, while temperature and solar radiation had negative correlations. The highest correlation value was that of humidity with a strong correlation category. The remaining factors, namely temperature, rainfall, and solar radiation, were in the medium correlation category. Keywords: Dengue, temperature, rainfall, humidity, solar radiatio

The Pentahelix Partnership Responses during Covid-19 Pandemic in Makassar

Background: A Partnership is one of the strategies for accelerating responses of Covid-19, especially in understanding the decisions made by the government and the various reactions of the community regarding the Covid-19 pandemic. Objective: This study aims to explore partnership efforts pentahelix involving the government, academia, community, business sectors, and the media in handling Covid-19. Methods: The qualitative study was carried out through in-depth interviews with 18 participants consisting of government, media, academics, and community elements. The participants were members of the Covid-19 Handling Task Force (Covid-19 Task Force) and people who were directly involved in handling Covid-19 in Makassar. The content analysis was performed using the collected data. The themes that emerge from the data are the pentahelix partnership with the government, community groups, academics, business sectors, and mass media. The data were collected from December 2022 to March 2023. Results: The pentahelix partnership involves 5 parties: government, community, academics, business sectors, and the media. The partnership is accomplished through coordination, collaboration, participation, and mutual assistance. This partnership is established in the implementation of government policies in handling Covid-19 with the formation of Task Forces where the community participates in its implementation. Coordination between the government and academics regarding ways to resolve the Covid-19 case; collaboration with business sectors in providing facilities and infrastructure for handling Covid-19 activities as well as with the media that assist in disseminating information, public education, and news related to the incident of Covid-19 was adopted to implement the health policies during this pandemic. Conclusion: handling covid-19 with pentahelix partnerships was carried out through coordination, collaboration, participation, and mutual assistance of all parties. The partnership process is a strategy for implementing health programs related to the handling of Covid-19 which are regulated by the government

Description of the Acculturation Process of Tuak Consumption in North Toraja

Rambu Solo’ and Rambu Tuka’ are traditional parties in Toraja, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. At these traditional parties, hosts typically provide alcoholic beverages, such as tuak. Lembang Embatau village has a plantation that produces nira, the main ingredient in tuak. Not only is drinking tuak part of Torajan life; moreover, othertribes living there have adopted this practice. This ethnographic study was aimed at exploring the acculturation process of tuak consumption in North Toraja. Interviews were conducted with 12 informants selected purposively based on their experience with tuak. The informants consisted of residents of Embatau Village who drank tuak, as well as migrants, community leaders, and health providers. Source and technique triangulation were used to ensure the validity of the data. The results show that tuak is an absolute requirement at traditional parties because it is considered to be associated with honor, is believed to enliven the atmosphere, and is used by hosts to express gratitude to guests attending parties. Consumption of Torajan alcoholic beverages has undergone an acculturation process as traditional parties also feature other alcoholic beverages (beer). As well, particular kinds of alcoholic beverages are associated with the socio-economic identity of the hosts of traditional parties. Hosts with high socio-economic status usually provide beer at parties. If tuak and beer areserved at traditional parties, people tend to mix them. In conclusion, cultures from other areas have influenced and shaped this local community’s culture of alcoholic beverage consumption. Keywords: acculturation, tuak, ethnographic, Toraj

Persepsi Remaja Tentang Kesehatan Reproduksi di Pondok Pesantren Manahilil Ulum Hidayiah Kaballangang Kabupaten Pinrang

Information on reproductive health is still a taboo thing to be learned by teenager at islamic boarding school. Lack of infrastructure at the islamic school has made the teenager less information on reproductive health. The objective is to explore the access of information on reproductive health among teenager at the islamic boarding school. This study is a qualitative study with phenomenological approach. The data is collected through in-depth interview to 11 informants. The result shows that teenager at the islamic boarding school need much information on reproductive health especially on reproductive organ, disease on health reproduction as well as the prevention and the cure of the disease. the source of information is only from the teacher of biology and the teacher of islamic law (fiqih). The recommendation is that the management of islamic boarding school should provide access of information on reproductive health so that the teenager will not learn from misleading information.Keywords: Perception, Reproductive Health, Teenager, Islamic Boarding Schoo

Aspek Sosial Budaya Pada Konsumsi Minuman Beralkohol (Tuak) Di Kabupaten Toraja Utara

Mengonsumsi minuman beralkohol pada beberapa daerah di Indonesia sudah menjadi kebiasaan dan kebudayaan. Data Riskesdas menunjukkan daerah dengan prevalensi minum alkohol tertinggi di Sulawesi Selatan adalah Kabupaten Toraja Utara, yaitu 27,5% dalam 12 bulan terakhir, atau 22,6% dalam 1 bulan terakhir. Studi kualitatif dengan rancangan etnografi dilakukan untuk mengetahui aspek sosial budaya pada konsumsi minuman beralkohol (tuak) di Kabupaten Toraja Utara. Data penelitian dikumpulkan melalui wawancara pada 12 informan. Selain itu, observasi juga dilakukan untuk menjaga keabsahan data.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa informanmemahami tuak sebagai minuman tradisional beralkohol yang memiliki pengaruh positif dan negatif bagi pengonsumsinya. Kebanyakan dari mereka mengonsumsi karena lingkungan sosialnya. Dari aspek budaya, tuak merupakan minuman yang dapat mempererat persaudaraan dan selalu disajikan dalam perayaan pesta adat. Proses difusi terjadi ketika orang Toraja mengundang pendatang di upacara adat dan menawarkannya minuman tuak. Demi menghormati tamu, undangan akan ikut mengonsumsi tuak dan akhirnya terbiasa dengan hal tersebut. Selain itu, juga terdapat kebiasaan mengonsumsi tuak dengan bir. Mereka yang berstatus sosial ekonomi tinggi biasanya menyediakan bir di setiap acaranya. Penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa konsumsi tuak di Toraja Utara merupakan bagian daripada tradisi masyarakat, baik pada perayaan pesta adat maupun dikegiatan sehari-hari

Penerapan Strategi Promosi Kesehatan pada Pemberian Inisiasi Menyusu Dini di Rumah Bersalin Sophiara Makassar 2009

This study aimed to explore the information about health provider support, family support, and the policy at Sophiara Hospital on giving early initiation of breast feeding/ IMD. This study was a qualitative study with phenomenology design. The informants are the health providers who help during mothers labour and also to the families who accompany the mother during antenatal and on birth. Data collection conducted by indepth interview and observation. Analysis data with content analysis. The study showed that the policy of the hospital support the giving of breast feeding early initiation/IMD, by suggesting the health provider to give IMD to the new born baby, rooming-in between mother and baby, and there is no promotion on milk formula. Health provider was giving the breast feeding early initiation /IMD to the new born baby but not perfect because the baby was not giving the chance too long until the baby reach the mothers breast, and still there baby was not giving IMD because the health provider is busy, obstacles of the work, and not enough time, because he/she works alone. The mother and the family also support the breast feeding early initiation/IMD although they never heard about breast feeding because they consider the breast feeding is best food for the baby. Keywords : Early Initiation/IMD, support, family, heatlh provider, wisdo