Background: Despite the lack of attention, suicide is a major public and mental health problem in Indonesia. Research on how Indonesian newspapers portray suicide case has been lacking. Aim: To assess the quality of Indonesian online newspaper reporting suicide news and its compliance with the World Health Organization (WHO) mass media reporting guidelines. Methods: The content of suicide news reported in online newspapers was searched and scrutinized against the WHO suicide reporting guidelines. Results: Within the duration of 6 months, there were 548 suicide news reported. This consisted of 16.8% attempted suicide and 83.2% completed suicide. Approximately 90.3% reported age, 97.3% reported gender and 64.3% reported the marital status of the victims. Furthermore, 68% reported the methods of suicide in headline or title, 40.5% shown the picture of the victims and 56.6% shown illustration only, and 67.2% reported life event related to suicide act. Conclusion: The vast majority of online newspapers in Indonesia exaggerate suicide news. They rarely inform the readers that there is hope and help available. The majority also do not conform to the WHO media guidelines.
The Badan Penanggulan Bencana Daerah (BPBD or Disaster Management Agency) of Banda Aceh City was established through Banda Aceh bylaw (or Qanun) No. 3 of 2011 following the significant 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Meanwhile, as Banda Aceh’s population has grown, an increasing number of people have moved to and decided to stay in areas once affected by the tsunami. Given this background, disaster risk communication is indispensable. It is important for the BPBD of Banda Aceh City to disseminate risk messages throughout the community. Disaster risk communication is informed by the communication targets set by the BPBD of Banda Aceh City. The purpose of this study is to explore the issues and challenges in implementing disaster risk communication in the Banda Aceh community and across various sectors. A qualitative research design is applied to gain an insight into the disaster risk communication of the BPBD of Banda Aceh City. Data were collected through interviews and document analysis. The results of this study show that the BPBD of Banda Aceh City has carried out disaster risk communication in accordance with its primary mandated tasks and functions. However, there have been several challenges and issues, namely limited funding and a lack of technology and disaster knowledge. Consequently, the BPBD of Banda Aceh City has been unable to efficiently realize its disaster risk communication goals.
Indonesia has a high risk of disaster hazards. According to BNPB (National Disaster Management Agency), in the past 10 years the incidence of disasters in Indonesia's territory has increased. Tornadoes, floods, landslides and earthquakes have become the disasters with a high incidence rate. Health workers are an important part of disaster management, both during emergency response and during other disaster management phases. Lack of capacity of health workers can occur, the potential resource available to meet the shortage of health personnel at the time of a disaster is students in the health sector. This study aims to examine the influence of internal variables (respondens’ gender, study period, disaster experiences, disaster knowledge, students’ organization experiences, volunteering experiences, training/skills, religiosity) and external variables (family support, university support, trust in organizations disaster management, and the type of disaster faced) on the students’ participation motivation in the health sector involved in disaster management. The population of this study was the health department students (general medicine, nursing, psychology and dentistry) of Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. A sample of 260 health students was taken using the quota sampling method. The data obtained through an online questionnaire distributed from April to June 2020. The gathered data was analyzed using the multiple regression statistical method. The results showed that the students’ participation motivation in disaster management activities is between low to moderate. There are only three factors that influence this students’ participation motivation, namely study period, training / skills and university support.
Coronavirus disease 19 is currently a global health threat. Viral spread prevention is essential as a feasible intervention strategy. The aim of this study was to determine the level of community knowledge, attitude, and perception towards Covid-19 in Aceh province. An electronic questionnaire was shared with 1,058 participants in the Covid-19 seminars organized by IMANI-PROKAMI Aceh Chapter (Islamic Medical Association and Network of Indonesia - Perhimpunan Profesi Kesehatan Muslim Indonesia), which were held between August 30th to Sept 20th, 2020. The questionnaire collected demographic data as well as data related to knowledge, perception, and attitude towards Covid-19 prevention. There were 1,058 survey participants, 841 (79.5%) of them were women, 366 (34.6%) were between 26 and 35 of age, 705 (66.6%) had a college degree and 540 (51.0%) were government employees. Most of participants had good knowledge and attitude about Covid-19 and its prevention. However, 44.1% of participants believed that the virus was created in research laboratories, as a result of conspiration (35.4%), and related to political issues (20%). They doubted the accuracy of Covid-19 diagnostic test (52.5%) and effectiveness of vaccines (28.2%). The results show multiple cases of misinformation around Covid19. Therefore, stakeholders need to counteract the community misperception towards disease by a transparent and strategic collaboration between society, government, and media, to increase positive perception, attitude, and practice of the community toward Covid19’s prevention.
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