The Influence of Product Quality and Price toward Purchasing Decision of Lifebuoy Toilet Soap (Case Study on Kelurahan Tlogosari Kulon Semarang)

Toilet soap constitutes one of human principle commodity that is used everyday. This conditions brought consequence upon its demand, which is very high. In order to be able to win on market, and for gaining maximally profit, so then, Lifebuoy’s producer must previously known what factors that is influencing buying decision on consumer’s side, among other were product quality and price. Although Lifebuoy always became a winner on compact soap category championship (since 2005 to 2007, runner up in 2004), but its Total Satisfaction Score value experienced decrease by 0.41 on 2006, from 4.180 became 4.139. Notwithstanding its consumer satisfaction index on 2007 experienced increment compared 2006, but its consumer satisfaction index adequately fluctuate well since 2004 until 2007. Thus, purpose of this research could be stated for knowing how far product quality and price influenced toward buying decision of Lifebuoy toilet soap. Research type used here was explanatory research, or can be said as research that is explaining any relationship between research variables. Population in this research was all of consumers who used Lifebuoy toilet soap, that is resident in Pedurungan Sub-District, specifically who lived on Kelurahan Tlogosari Kulon. Sampling method in this research was area sampling. Data collection was done through questioner dissemination and literature study. Questioner tests used validity, reliability, and hypothesis tests, through t-test, F-test and determination coefficient

Aktivitas Ekstrak Buah Adas (Foeniculum Vulgare Mill.) terhadap Uterin Tikus Wistar Betina yang Belum Dewasa

Fennel fruit (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) is one of traditional plant medicine known having effects as anti-infl ammatory, analgesic and antioxidant. It also has been reputed to increase milk secretion, promote menstruation, facilitate birth, alleviates the symptoms of the male climacteric andincrease libido. Fennel fruit contains mainly with essential oils, such as anethole. It also contains lignan and flavonoids that are predicted having an estrogen-like eff ect or as phytoestrogen. Phytoestrogen is weak agonists for estrogen and can elicit statistic signifi cantly increases in uterine wet weight, at definite dose, in the uterothrophic bioassay. It is known that estrogen has eff ect on woman’s sexual organ, such as proliferation of uterine, mammary and ovary. The aim of this research was to investigate the estrogenic eff ect of fennel fruit’s ethanolic extract in immature, 19 days old, Wistar female rats. These models represent the climacteric/menopause phase, where estrogen level is very low because in this age, estrogen not yet produced by ovary. The testing animals were divided into fi ve groups, namely normal group, estradiol control group and three level doses of fennel extract (30 mg/200 g BW; 60 mg/200 g BW and 120 mg/200 g BW). The result indicated that start on 60 mg/200 g BW, fennel extract signifi cantly (α=0.05) increased wet weight of uterine. Fennel extract also lengthen the uterine and increased proliferation of uterine, such as uterine diameters, endometrium diameters and uterine thickness on dose 60mg/200gBW and 120mg/200gBW. Analysis of vaginal smear showed vaginal lubrication eff ect, surprisingly start on 60mg/200BW could induce estrous cycle.Buah adas (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) merupakan salah satu tanaman obat tradisional yang dikenal memiliki efek sebagai anti-infl amasi, analgesik dan antioksidan. Dikenal juga untuk meningkatkan sekresi susu, mempromosikan menstruasi, memfasilitasi kelahiran, meringankan gejala klimakterik laki-laki dan meningkatkan libido. Buah adas banyak mengandung minyak esensial, seperti anethole, serta mengandung lignan dan fl avonoid yang diprediksi memiliki efek seperti estrogen atau sebagai fi toestrogen. Fitoestrogen adalah agonis lemah untuk estrogen dan dapat menimbulkan peningkatan yang signifi kan dalam berat basah uterus, pada dosis tertentu, dalam bioassay uterothrophic. Telah diketahui bahwa estrogen memiliki efek pada organ seksual wanita, seperti proliferasi uterus, kelenjar susu dan ovarium. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menyelidiki efek estrogenik ekstrak etanol buah adas pada tikus Wistar yang belum dewasa berusia 19 hari. Model-model ini mewakili faseklimakterik / menopause, di mana tingkat estrogen sangat rendah karena pada usia ini, estrogen belum diproduksi oleh ovarium. Hewan uji dibagi menjadi lima kelompok, yaitu kelompok normal, kelompok kontrol estradiol dan tiga tingkat dosis ekstrak adas (30 mg/200 g BB; 60 mg/ 200 g BB dan 120 mg/200g BB). Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa mulai dari 60 mg/200 g BB, ekstrak adas secara signifi kan (α =0,05) meningkatkan berat basah uterus. Ekstrak adas juga memperpanjang uterus dan meningkatkan proliferasi uterin, seperti diameter uterus, diameter endometrium dan ketebalan uterus pada dosis 60mg/ 200gBW dan 120mg / 200gBB. Analisis pulasan cairan vagina menunjukkan efek lubrikasi vagina, secara mengejutkan dimulai pada 60 mg/ 200 g BB dapat menginduksi siklus estrus

PEMBERDAYAAN KADER KESEHATAN TERKAIT PENGGUNAAN FORMULIR SKRINING GIZI LANSIA DI DUSUN SUKOSARI KECAMATAN PONCOKUSUMO KABUPATEN MALANG

ABSTRAKFokus perhatian kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat kali ini pada golongan rentan yaitu lansia melalui pelatihan dan pemberdayaan kader kesehatan tentang penggunaan formulir skrining gizi lansia sebagai salah satu upaya identifikasi status gizi pada lansia yang mendukung program posyandu lansia yang akan terbentuk di Dusun Sukosari, Desa Pandansari, Poncokusumo Malang. Pelatihan dan Pemberdayaan Kader Kesehatan yang dilaksanakan oleh STIKes Panti Waluya Malang dikemas dalam bentuk Kegiatan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat bertujuan meningkatkan pemahaman dan keterampilan kader kesehatan tentang penggunaan formulir skrining gizi lansia sebagai salah satu upaya identifikasi kondisi status gizi pada lansia dan faktor resiko penyakit yang akan dialami di masa yang akan datang. Pada masa lansia umumnya banyak terjadi penurunan fungsi organ, serta mengalami berbagai masalah kesehatan karena penyakit kronis maupun daya tahan tubuh yang menurun karena kurangnya asupan gizi. Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk memberikan pengetahuan terkait skrining gizi pada lansia menggunakan instrument Mini Nutritional Assessment. Bentuk kegiatan berupa penyuluhan kepada kader kesehatan berjumlah 27 kader. Metode pelaksanaan Kegiatan diawali dengan melakukan penyuluhan kepada kader kesehatan terkait pentingnya rekam kesehatan, pentingnya skrining gizi pada lansia kemudian dilanjutkan dengan materi pewnyuluhan penggunaan formulir skrining gizi lansia dilaksanakan selama 3 (tiga) hari dengan peserta yang terlibat adalah 27 kader kesehatan di Dusun Sukosari. Kemudian pada akhir kegiatan dilakukan evaluasi kegiatan dengan memeberikan pertanyaan pretest menunjukkan hasil rata-rata 60.3 dan postest hasil rata-rata nilai sebesar 73.0. Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini dapat menumbuhkan pengetahuan dan kesadaran khususnya kader kesehatan dalam melakukan skrining gizi pada lansia sebagai salah satu Upaya Kesehatan Bersumber Daya Masyarakat (UKBM). Kata Kunci : kader kesehatan; lansia; skrining gizi ABSTRACTThe focus of this community service activity is on the vulnerable groups, namely the elderly through training and empowerment of health cadres on the use of the elderly nutrition screening form as an effort to identify nutritional status in the elderly who support the elderly posyandu program that will be formed in Sukosari Hamlet, Pandansari Village, Poncokusumo Malang . Training and Empowerment of Health Cadres carried out by STIKes Panti Waluya Malang is packaged in the form of Community Service Activities aimed at increasing the understanding and skills of health cadres regarding the use of elderly nutrition screening forms as an effort to identify nutritional status conditions in the elderly and risk factors for diseases that will be experienced in the elderly. future. In the elderly generally there is a lot of decline in organ function, as well as experiencing various health problems due to chronic diseases and decreased body resistance due to lack of nutritional intake. This community service activity aims to provide knowledge related to nutritional screening for the elderly using the Mini Nutritional Assessment instrument. The form of activity is in the form of counseling to health cadres totaling 27 cadres. Methods of implementation The activity begins with outreach to health cadres regarding the importance of health records, the importance of nutrition screening for the elderly, then continues with counseling material on the use of the elderly nutrition screening form which is carried out for 3 (three) days with 27 health cadres involved in Sukosari Hamlet. Then at the end of the activity an evaluation of the activity was carried out by giving the pretest question showing an average result of 60.3 and the posttest an average score of 73.0. This community service activity can foster knowledge and awareness, especially health cadres in conducting nutritional screening for the elderly as one of the Community-Based Health Efforts (UKBM). Keywords: health cadre; elderly; nutrition screenin

Prosiding Seminar Hasil Penelitian Kebahasaan Dan Kesastraan

Buku Prosiding Seminar Hasil Penelitian Kebahassaan dan Kesastraan ini adalah salah satu dari sekian banyak buku yang dimaksudkan sebagai pendukung program literasi. Buku ini berisi delapan belas makalah hasil penelitian bahasa dan enam belas makalah hasil penelitian sastra yang berasal dari berbagai instansi di empat kementerian, yaitu Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Kementerian Agama, Kementerian Informasi dan Komunikasi, dan Kementerian Riset, Teknologi, dan Pendidikan Tinggi. Makalah-makalah tersebut telah diseminarkan di Balai Bahasa Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta pada 24—25 Agustus 2016 dan telah direvisi serta disunting oleh tim penyunting. Buku ini diharapkan bermanfaat bagi pembaca, khususnya para dosen, peneliti,dan pemerhati bahasa dan sastra