Background: Leprosy is one of neglected tropical diseases, which is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. This disease attacks especially on the skin, peripheral nerves, mucosa of the upper respiratory tract, and eyes. This study aims to analyze the influence of contact history and knowledge on the incidence of leprosy in Jeneponto district.Methods: This study used observational descriptive research with a case control approach. This research was conducted in the work area of the Health Office in Jeneponto district from January to June 2018. A total of 31 leprosy patients and 31 non lepers were sampled in this study. Statistical analysis of Chi square test was used to determine the relationship between contact history and knowledge with the incidence of leprosy.Results: The results showed that there was a significant relationship between contact history with the incidence of leprosy (p=0.001<0.05). But knowledge did not have a significant relationship with the incidence of leprosy, (p=0.203> 0.05).Conclusions: Contact history is a predictive factor for leprosy in Jeneponto. It is expected that the population who has contact with leprosy patients to pay attention to other things that can increase the risk of leprosy.
It is quite challenging at this moment for undergraduate students to study from home (SFH) during the COVID-19 outbreaks. Social distancing practices applied during the coronavirus outbreaks to most of the public settings, including at academic activities at university. Fortunately, there have been many platforms of social media provided and accessed easily in this digital era. This current study aimed at investigating and understanding higher education students’ perspectives on social media in learning English independently in the COVID-19 outbreak. Researchers used an online survey as the main research instrument to gather data from 147 potential students to be the respondents to fill out the survey from three universities in the Sulawesi region, Indonesia. The result showed that 81% of respondents used WhatsApp as the medium to study autonomously at home during the pandemic. Besides, YouTube (77.6%), Instagram (57.8%), Facebook (29.3%), and Twitter (24.5%) also became the additional choices. They used those friendly-users and cheap accessed social media platforms to watch and to listen to English videos (79.6%) also to have the written chats in English with friends and teachers (67.3%) as well as to have the audio and video calling in English (36.1%). Further, during the pandemic, respondents improve their speaking skills (37.4%), listening skills (29.3%), reading skills (17%), and writing skills (16.3%) through social media. Even though the world is distracted, university students in this region keep their motivation to learn English from home autonomously.
The Covid-19 pandemic forced the teaching and learning system by distance. The purpose of this study to investigate the struggle and challenges were faced by students and teachers to ensure the effects on students’ learning achievement before and during distance learning. This research applied a descriptive qualitative method with some questionnaires that dealt with students’ perceptions of using distance learning. Moreover, this research applied interviews to compile the previous data from the questionnaire. The results showed that distance learning has impacts and effects. The impacts and effects were mostly negative, shown by the responses of students’ perception of using distance learning in questionnaires and interviews; namely, the networking was not good, the teaching was not clear, and it was difficult to understand the materials. On the other side, the teacher’s responses showed; that the learning process has not been completed, sometime the network is not good, the students were not disciplined either entering class or submitting assignments, and the students had a decline in motivation, interest, and enthusiasm in learning. For the effects, the students’ value of learning achievement declined significantly from good to fair. The data was taken from evaluation scoring at the end semester. In conclusion, there are a great deal of factors to consider in order to ensure a smooth learning experience when completing coursework online.
The presentation of appropriate learning materials to students should be an essential concern for a lecturer because some students need the material in general, and there are also those who need it specifically. Accordingly, a lecturer needs to know the needs of the learning materials needed by students who will be taught before the material is given to them. The objectives of this research were to design a syllabus, lesson plan, and coursebook of English for nursing at Nursing College of Famika (STIK Famika), Makassar, Indonesia. A research method used was research and development. It applied five steps of ADDIE design (analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate). Qualitative descriptive was used to analyze the data collected. The results of this research recommended a syllabus, lesson plan, and coursebook (English learning materials for nursing students). The coursebook has seven units of learning materials, and the materials were designed based on task-based instruction. The lesson plan was designed after the syllabus design, the important things to be included in the syllabus and lesson plan are learning objectives, standard competence, basic competence, time allotment, indicators, learning materials, learning activities (lecturer and students’ activities), method, media, sources to be used, and evaluation. In designing the products (syllabus, lesson plan, and coursebook), the writer involved two lecturers (Nursing and English lecturers) to know their opinions regarding the design of the products. The research results are expected to be useful for the teaching and learning English at the nursing study program of STIK Famika, Makassar, Indonesia.
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