Enforcement of a smoke-free policy is of vital concern in support of the health of smokers and bystanders. Indonesia has issued a smoke-free law, but implementation and enforcement lie with the regional and municipal governments. In a survey of 225 respondents recruited via schools, knowledge about the health effects of smoking and the smoke-free regulation, as well as attitudes towards and commitment and support of the enforcement of the smoke-free regulation in the Kendari City through an electronic whistleblowing system was examined. Furthermore, the participants were asked about the smoking status and smoking behavior. About half of the respondents were students (teenagers), the other half—their parents. Male respondents were strongly overrepresented (85%). Only 18% of the respondents declared to be smokers, mostly adults and males. Both the smokers and the non-smokers supported the smoke-free law and its enforcement through a whistleblowing system. Representatives of the local government were interviewed and participated in focus group discussions. In general, they also exhibited strong support of an electronic enforcement tool. However, issues of efficiency, costs, and responsibility must still be resolved. Nevertheless, an electronic whistleblowing system has the potential to further the health and livelihoods in a community like the Kendari City.
Attractive learning media has become a necessity for teachers at all levels of education. For this reason, educators need to improve their competence in making good learning media. However, there are still many teachers who are not familiar with using technology to support their teaching and learning activities. As felt by MI and MTs AL-Mu'minin Kendari teachers who still find it difficult to make interesting and creative learning media. This service activity aims to improve the ability of teachers to create interesting media using the Canva application. The stages carried out in this activity are (1) coordinating with the school and identifying the needs of the target audience; (2) carry out community service activities with lecture, question and answer methods, and guided practice; and (3) evaluate and assign independent assignments. The results of this program showed an increase in teacher skills in making interesting learning media as seen from the independent assignments that were collected.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bogor City Government regulated to cover the health financing claim during the Indonesian National Health Insurance (NHI) integration period due to the lower amount of health care claim per episode in regional hospitals compared to ones that NHI paid. This study aimed to address post-COVID-19 health financing at two hospitals in Bogor City, West Java Province, Indonesia. Descriptive analysis using the aggregate statistical summaries was taken to explore the medical care episodes of the data series at two hospitals for the last two years. Of the 890 checked medical records data, the deficit occurred in 197 (22.1%) medical care episodes, while five (0.6%) exceeded the hospitals' tariffs. The remaining 688 (77.3%) medical care episodes had suits with the Indonesian Case Based Groups. Almost a quarter of medical care episodes in aggregate experienced a deficit in the two years before the pandemic. This study is the first to provide new insight into the discussion on medical care financing in a developing country's post-pandemic era in a newly-implemented NHI system.
Many countries, including Indonesia, were gravely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. While younger people were rarely severely affected by an infection, they still served as important spreaders of the disease. Therefore, the knowledge, perception and attitudes regarding COVID-19 of a mostly younger population was assessed in this study using a quantitative survey and semi-structured questionnaire. Out of 15 questions on COVID-19, males answered fewer questions (−1.26) correctly. Persons reporting more diseases in the last year (+0.49 per disease) that lived in a central area of Indonesia, and that had a better socio-economic status defined through household condition scores, had better knowledge of the symptoms, causes of and measures against COVID-19. Better knowledge independently predicted more responsible attitudes and stated behavior. Knowledge and understanding should be enhanced through information campaigns targeted specifically towards men, persons with poor socio-economic backgrounds and those living in the periphery of the state.
Jumlah perokok anak usia 10-18 tahun dalam kurun waktu sepuluh tahun terakhir semakin meningkat. Berdasarkan Riskesdas telah terjadi peningkatan prevalensi perokok anak dari 7,2% di tahun 2013 menjadi 9,1% di tahun 2018. Angka tersebut diperkirakan akan semakin meningkat dari tahun ke tahun. Berbagai cara telah dilakukan oleh pemerintah dalam menekan peningkatan prevalensi perokok anak. Salah satunya adalah pengembangan Kawasan Tanpa Rokok yang telah di sahkan melalui Undang-Undang Nomor 36 Tahun 2009. Namun hingga saat ini, sektor-sektor yang bertanggungjawab mengenai Kawasan Tanpa Rokok menyatakan belum ada indikator yang optimal dalam mengidentifikasi penurunan prevalensi perokok anak. Oleh karena itu tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengembangkan teknologi yang nantinya bisa digunakan sebagai indikator awal dalam mengetahui perkembangan prevalensi perokok anak terutama di dalam sekolah. Teknologi ini menggunakan konsep Internet of Things yang dikaitkan dengan Kawasan Tanpa Rokok. Sehingga teknologi ini akan digunakan sebagai pemantau serta pelaporan jika ditemukan anak yang sedang merokok di dalam sekolah. Dalam penelitian ini, teknologi yang dibuat masih terbatas pada purwarupa. Teknologi Internet of Things yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini terdiri dari NodeMCU ESP8266 dan Sensor MQ-2 sebagai hardware serta platform Thinger.io sebagai platform yang akan menyimpan berbagai data atau informasi yang diperoleh dari hardware. Purwarupa Sistem Smart Kawasan Tanpa Rokok dalam pelaksanaannya menggunakan dua skenario yaitu (1) melakukan monitoring kondisi lingkungan sekolah dan (2) mengontrol alat penunjang berupa buzzer jika di temukan adanya anak yang merokok di sekolah.
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