Karolus Ngambut

ABSTRACT

A total of 892 million people of the world still practice the behavior of open defecation. The strategic steps taken are the STBM program (Community Based Total sanitation). With the Community Lead Total Sanitation approach. The challenge in implementing the program is on the sustainability of changes in community behavior after the declaration. This research is a survey research that aims to picture the behavior of the community after the declaration of Open Defecation Free (ODF). The sample size in this study were 148 RT and 178 RM in each village. The sampling method is multistage random sampling. Data collection is done by using standard instrument and by observation and interview method. The latrine ownership data consists of data prior to triggering, data 6 months after triggering and data after six months after the ODF declaration. The data from measurement proccess is analyzed descriptively. The STBM intervention model found with CLTS approach which is still oriented towards the achievement of sanitation access, has not been oriented towards the expected behavior change. In addition, there is tendency of community behavior returned to as before the STBM program. A comprehensive strategy that is oriented towards changing the behavior of individuals, groups and communities in accordance with the context of local communities is needed. The approach is an ecological model approach, and regular monitoring after the declaration needs to be done to ensure that behavioral changes occur on an ongoing basis.

Key Words: Community Based Sanitation (STBM), Open Defecation Free (ODF), sanitation

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Maria Agnes Etty Dedy, Pius Weraman, Hari Rarindo, and Rafael Paun

ABSTRACT

Children under five with malnutrition likely to be more susceptible to TB because of damage to the cells of Cell Mediated Immunity (CMI) as a result of malnutrition itself. The success of treatment against TB is one among other indicators to control morbidity and mortality rates due to TB incidence on children under five. From the pharmacokinetics aspect, the protein plasma binding determines amount of drug that can reach out the receptor. On the children under five with malnutrition who suffer from TB, the amount of protein is less; therefore, it will be only slightly active drug substance which can bind to proteins of blood plasma. The kind of research used was observational analytic with case-control design. The research was conducted in the Timor Tengah Selatan (TTS) District with total samples were 72 respondents. The determinant for the success of treatment was the children under five suffering from TB without malnutrition complication risk were likely to succeed in treatment at 14,154 times greater, compared to the children under five with malnutrition complications. It is recommended that the TTS District government needs to enforce a regulation which aims to raise awareness and foster a sense of all parties towards the high incidence of malnutrition over the district area, given that is is an indirect cause which will trigger the emergence of other diseases, as well as minimize the chances for success of a treatment. This study is expected to be as a basis for dose adjustment in order to increase the chances of the success of TB treatment on children under five.

Key Words: Children under five TB, success treatment, malnutrition, TTS District

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