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Increasing Society's Knowledge about The Prevention of Respiratory, Hypertension, and Tb Pulmonary Diseases in Lihu Village, Railaco Administrative Post, Ermera Municipality, Timor-Leste, from August to October 2023. Conceição, José Ximenes da Conceição; Oqui, Maximiano; Gomes, Lídia; de Jesus Vaz Cabral, Teresa; de Jesus Leite, Ana do Rosario; Boavida Tilman, Carlos; da Silva Belo, Ostelino
Bhinneka Tunggal Ika : Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat Vol. 2 No. 1 (2024): Jurnal Bhinneka Tunggal Ika: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat
Publisher : Rifa Institute

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The problem that occurs in Lihu village in various places is that some houses do not have basic sanitation, there is no access to clean water, lack of awareness to dispose of waste properly, and inadequate waste management. A total of 262 children aged 0?6 (14.86% of the population) havevarious illnesses, with 39 diagnosed with medical conditions such as IRA (57.14%), diarrhea (25.71%), skin diseases (11.42%), epilepsy (2.85%), and asthma (2.85%). Out of the 413 young people (23.43% of the population), two have been diagnosed with medical illnesses rheumatoid arthritis (50%) and TB (50%). A significant number of people are at high risk of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases due to smoking (42.61%) and alcohol consumption (54.72%). A total of 90 elderly people aged above 60 represent 5.10% of the population, out of which 39 have been diagnosed with various illnesses, including DM (2.56%), RA (23.07%), hypertension (28.2%), IRA (5%), stroke (2%), gastritis (5%), TB (12.8%), liver disease (2%), asthma (15%), and skin disease (2%). Objective: The objective is to use community service to serve the community, through the resolution of their problems based on data obtained and promotion of their health. It is hoped that the community will understand and value their food chains, which play a principal role in the development of their bodies, and increase their knowledge to prevent illnesses. Through this community service, students can apply their academic skills to benefit the community. Method of community service: The implementation of the community health service activity uses an experimental method with a community trial approach. The implementation stage of the community health service activity started on August 25th until October 7th, 2023, in Liho village, Rai?lako subdistrict, Ermera municipality Timor?Leste. In the first stage of implementation, data was collected in the health center and entered the community to obtain information about the prevalent illnesses. Following this, the community was informed of the results and agreed to implement the program. Result: The result of the community service is an increase in the community's knowledge regarding the prevention of illnesses and most communities are satisfied with the implementation
Factors That Influence the Growth and Development Disorder for Children aged 1 - 5 years in the Liquica Internal Health Centre, Liquica Municipality, Timor-Leste, 2022 Manuela Alves, Maria; de Jesus Amaral, Isabel; Noronha, Herminio; de Jesus, Acacio; da Silva Belo, Ostelino; de Fatima dos Santos Atya , Maria
Jurnal Syntax Fusion Vol 3 No 06 (2023): Jurnal Syntax Fusion: Jurnal Nasional Indonesia
Publisher : CV RIFAINSTITUT

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Growth and development of children at the aged 1-5 is an action that requires maximum attention. Because at the age 1-5 it refers to a faster and most critical phase of child development, usually known as the golden money phase. This phase is esensial, because form the privasity and characteristic beginning from this, WHO (2014). rowth and development disputes are a serious problem for both developed and advance countries around the world, and growth is assessed by body weight, height, and head cycle, development is assessed by motor, social, emotional, speech and cognitive capacity. According to the World Health Organization (2020) it was discovered that 149 million children suffered stunting, 45 million children were weaker/seriously wasted and over 38 million obesity/weighted. On the other hand, the WHO also stated that child mortality in the age of < 5 increased by 45% due to lack of nutrition. According to data by the Ministry of Health of Timor-Leste, (2018) children aged 1-5 years of age suffering from malnutrition were 1.521, men 734 and women 787. In this research, quantitative discretive aproach cross sectional Type of saturate sampling has a total of 29 people. Data collection techniques are used by a questionary with questions closed. To know the factors that influence the growth and development disturbances of children aged 1-5 years old at the Liquica Internal Health Centre, Liquica Municipality. Based on the results of 29 respondents, the majority of child nutrition factors were 15 people (51.7%), the majority of child stimulations were 14 people (48.3%) and the majority of child growth and development disabilities were 15 people (51.7%). Statistics test using Spearman Rank Corelation nutrition for children with growth and development disabilities with the value of P-Value = 0.001 with the value of r = 0.573 * * and the correlation test of the factors of stimulation and growth and development disabilities with the value of P-Value = 0.003 with the value of r = 0.527*, resulting in evidence that the correlation is sufficiently strong.