Writing groups for doctoral students are generally agreed to provide valuable learning spaces for PhD candidates. Here an academic developer and the seven members of a writing group formed in a Discipline of Public Health provide an account of their experiences of collaborating in a multicultural, multidisciplinary thesis writing group. We consider the benefits of belonging to such a group for PhD students who are operating in a research climate in which disciplinary boundaries are blurring and where an increasing number of doctoral projects are interdisciplinary in nature; in which both academic staff and students come from enormously diverse cultural and language backgrounds; and in which teamwork, networking and collaboration are prized but not always proactively facilitated. We argue that doctoral writing groups comprising students from diverse cultural and disciplinary backgrounds can be of significant value for postgraduates who wish to collaborate on their own academic development to improve their research writing and communication skills; at the same time, such collaborative work effectively builds an inclusive, dynamic research community.

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Background: Indonesia is currently experiencing a case of the Covid-19 pandemic, a case of the corona virus appears and attacks humans for the first time in Wuhan Province, China. This emergency occurs mainly in patients with previous health problems. Many schools and universities are closed by the government by imposing learning and working at home, limiting religious activities, limiting transportation modes, restricting activities in public places and dismissing workplaces and other activities specifically related to aspects of defense and security. The government in this case continues to make promotions to disseminate the prevention of the spread of the corona virus, especially in workplaces. Health promotion is an important determinant of the healthy behavior of the community, especially workers who continue to work during the Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between Occupational Health and Safety Promotion (K3) and COVID 19 Prevention Measures for employees at a hospital in North Sulawesi Province. Methods: This study was an observational study with a cross sectional study design. The population in this study were all employees of the Eye Hospital. The sample in this study was a total population of 70 people. The independent variables in this study were training, communication, and supervision with the dependent variable, namely the prevention of Covid 19. The research data were analyzed using univariate, bivariate and multivariate analysis and chi-square statistical calculations. Presentation of data is made in table and narrative form. Results: This study showed that 51.8% of hospital staff did not take preventive measures properly. The results of the bivariate analysis showed that there was a significant relationship between K3 training and covid-19 preventive measures with a value of p = 0.047, there was a significant relationship between K3 communication and covid-19 prevention measures with a value of p = 0.000, there was a significant relationship between supervision and covid-19 precaution with a value of p = 0.000. The results of the multivariate analysis showed communication (p = 0.000; OR = 5.090 was the most dominant influencing factor, with good supervision it would increase covid-19 prevention measures for employees at a hospital in North Sulawesi Province, Conclusion: Conclusion of the study This states that OHS training, OHS communication and supervision have an important role in efforts to prevent Covid-19 at a hospital in North Sulawesi Province and the factor that plays the most role in taking Covid 19 preventive measures is K3 communication.

Compared with standard ergonomics advice to management, there was evidence of a benefit of stage-matched intervention for MSPD prevention, particularly for low back pain. Organisational safety climate should be taken into account when planning prevention programmes.

According to WHO, musculoskeletal disorders are categorized as the second rank of work-related disease. Various factors such as work, individual, and social factors can cause MSDs. These disorders play an important role in morbidity of workers such as healthcare workers. This study was aimed to analyze the correlation between the risk level of MSDs evaluated by using REBA and MSDs complaints among surgery residents. This was an analytical observational study with a cross-sectional design. The instruments used in this study were the Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) worksheet and the Nordic Body Map (NBM) questionnaire. Data were analyzed with the Spearman correlation test. There were 42 surgery residents of Faculty of Medicine, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado participated in this study. The majority of them were males (81%) and young adults (88%). The prevalence of MSDs complaints were as follows: 60% of respondents had mild complaints, 33% had moderate complaints, and 7% had severe complaints. The bivariate analysis showed that the risk level of MSDs evaluated by REBA had a strong positive correlation with MSDs complaints (P=0.000; r=0.603). Conclusion: There was a significant correlation between risk level of MSDs evaluated by using REBA and the MSDs complaints. Based on the results, ergonomics interventions are recommended to surgery residents in order to prevent the occurence of MSDs.Keywords: musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), REBA, surgery residentsAbstrak: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) menurut WHO berada di urutan kedua terbanyak penyakit akibat kerja. Berbagai faktor seperti pekerjaan serta faktor individu dan sosial dapat menyebabkan terjadinya MSDs. Gangguan ini berperan dalam morbiditas di banyak bidang pekerjaan salah satunya di bidang kesehatan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan tingkat risiko MSDs menggunakan REBA dengan keluhan MSDs pada residen ilmu bedah. Jenis penelitan ialah analitik observasional dengan desain potong lintang. Alat ukur yang digunakan ialah lembar kerja Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) dan kuesioner Nordic Body Map (NBM). Analisis data menggunakan uji korelasi Spearman. Hasil penelitian mendapatkan sebanyak 42 residen ilmu bedah Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Sam Ratulangi Manado menjadi responden penelitian. Mayoritas responden berjenis kelamin laki-laki (81%) dan berada dalam kategori dewasa muda (88%). Prevalensi keluhan MSDs ialah 60% keluhan MSDs ringan, 33% keluhan sedang, dan 7% keluhan berat. Hasil uji korelasi Spearman mendapatkan tingkat risiko MSDs menggunakan REBA memiliki hubungan positif kuat dengan keluhan MSDs (P=0,000, r=0,603). Simpulan: Terdapat hubungan bermakna antara tingkat risiko MSDs menggunakan REBA dengan keluhan MSDs. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian maka direkomendasikan intervensi ergonomi pada residen bedah untuk mencegah terjadinya keluhan MSDs.Kata kunci: musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), REBA, residen bedah

Pandemi  Corona Virus (Covid-19) masih tetap terus menunjukkan angka kesakitan dan kematian yang tinggi di seluruh dunia. Di Indonesia penyebarannya semakin tinggi. Penularan yang tinggi ini bisa disebabkan oleh perilaku masyarakat yang kurang baik terhadap program pencegahan yang sudah diinformasikan dan di instruksikan oleh Pemerintah, oleh sebab itu perlu untuk dilakukan program untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan dan merubah sikap dan meningkatkan tindakan agar bisa meminimalisir penyebaran Covid-19. Program Kemitraan Masyarakat (PKM) ini dilakukan di salah satu kelurahan di kota Manado bertujuan untuk memberikan dan peningkatkan pengetahuan masyarakat tentang pencegahan Covid-19, melalui penyuluhan kesehatan, sosialisasi dan diskusi. Kegiatan ini juga membantu masyarakat yang terdampak oleh pandemi Covid 19 dengan membagikan kebutuhan pokok. Kegiatan PKM ini dihadiri oleh 33 peserta.  Kegiatan ini di ikuti dengan pengambilan data tentang perilaku masyarakat terhadap program pencegahan Covid-19, dan 23 peserta mengisi kuesioner yang dibagikan. Hasil analisa data tersebut menunjukan bahwa 91 % peserta mempunyai pengetahuan yang baik tapi hanya 61% mempunyai sikap yang baik dan 52% melakukan tindakan pencegahan Covid-19 yang baik. Pengetahuan Masyarakat tentang pencegahan Covid-19 di kelurahan mitra sudah baik namun sikap dan tindakan masih perlu ditingkatkan.

The Covid-19 pandemic constitutes a major impact not only on health but also onithe economy include those in Indonesia. Currently, the prevention of COVID-19 in the workplace needs attention, since worker's safety and health may influence companies' productivity. Information and infrastructure as a preventive measure of Covid-19 must be provided by the company so that employees could apply health protocols. This study was conducted with the aim of analyzing the relationship between knowledge and attitudes as well as preventive measures for the spread of COVID-19 among employees at a Bottled Drinking Water Producer Company. This research is a cross-sectional study design. Sixty-one employees were recruited randomly at the Packaged Drinking Water Industry in Airmadidi, North Sulawesi. Chi-square test was used to test the data. The results showed that 78.7% of employees had good knowledge, 65.6% of employees are in the category of good attitude,iand 88.5% of employees are in the category of good actions. The bivariate result showed that there was no significant relationship between knowledge with the practice of Covid-19 prevention measures (ρ i= i0.624). However, it revealed a significant relationship between attitudes (ρ= 0.002) and Covid-19 prevention measures (ρ= 0.002). In conclusion, the good attitudes toward the prevention of Covid-19 were important to the practice of preventive actions taken by employees at Packaged Drinking Water Industry in Airmadidi North Sulawesi.Keywords: knowledge, iattitude, iprevention imeasures, iCovid-19  Abstrak: Pandemi Covid-19 berdampak besar tidak hanyaibagiisektor ikesehatan tetapi juga terhadap perekonomian termasuk di Indonesia. Saat ini pencegahan COVID-19 di tempat kerja perlu mendapat perhatian, karena keselamatan dan kesehatan kerja dapat mempengaruhi produktivitas perusahaan. Informasi dan infrastruktur sebagai langkah pencegahan Covid-19 harus disediakan perusahaan agar karyawan dapat menerapkan protokol kesehatan. Penelitianiini bertujuan untuk menganalisis hubungan antara pengetahuan dan sikap serta tindakan pencegahan penyebaran COVID-19 pada karyawan di Perusahaan Produsen Air Minum Dalam Kemasan. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan desain studi potong lintang. Sebanyak 61 karyawan diambil secara acak di Industri Air Minum Dalam Kemasan di Airmadidi, Sulawesi Utara. Uji Chi-square digunakan untuk menguji data tersebut. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 78,7% karyawan memiliki pengetahuan baik, 65,6% karyawan dalam kategori sikap baik, i88,5% karyawan dalam kategori tindakan baik. Hasil uji dua variabel menunjukkan tidak ada hubungan yang berarti antara pengetahuan dengan tindakan pencegahan Covid-19 (ρ= 0,624). Namun, terungkap adanya hubungan yang signifikan antara sikap (ρ=i0,002) dan tindakan pencegahan Covid-19 (ρ=i0,002). Sebagai simpulan, sikap yang baik terhadap pencegahan Covid-19 penting untuk praktik tindakan preventif yang dilakukan oleh karyawan di Industri Air Minum Dalam Kemasan Airmadidi Sulawesi Utara.Kata kunci: pengetahuan, sikap, tindakan, Covid-19