JCES (Journal of Character Education Society)
Vol 4, No 1 (2021): Januari

COUNSELING AND HEALTH CHECKS AS AN EFFORT TO PREVENT DEGENERATIVE DISEASES

Anisa Anisa (Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar)
Rahmatia Thahir (Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar)
Nurul Magfirah (Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar)
Baharullah Baharullah (Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar)
Ernawati Ernawati (Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Jan 2021

Abstract

Abstrak: Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat penyuluhan dan cek kesahatan ini berlokasi di Desa Borong Sapiri Kecamatan Bontomarannu Kabupaten Gowa Sulawesi Selatan. Kegiatan ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kesadaran masyarakat tentang pola hidup sehat guna mencegah penyakit degeratif di usia lanjut. Permasalahan yang terjadi adalah kurangnya kesadaran masyarakat untuk melakukan pengecekan kesehatan secara berkala dan kurangnya kesadaran masyarakat untuk melakukan pola hidup sehat. Berdasarkan permasalahan tersebut maka kegiatan ini dilakukan dengan melalui kegiatan penyuluhan da pengecekan kesehatan. Kegiatan penyuluhan berupa penyampaian materi dan edukasi mengenai penyakit degeneratif dan pola hidup sehat. Sedangkan kegiatan pengecekan kesehatan  meliputi cek tekanan darah, gula darah dan kolesterol Hasil yang diperoleh adalah 60% warga mengalami hipertensi, 30% warga memiliki kadar kolesterol tinggi dan tidak ada warga yang mengidap diabetes.Abstract:  This outreach and health check community service activity is located in Desa Borong Sapiri, Kecamatan Bontomarannu, Kabupaten Gowa, South Sulawesi. This activity aims to increase public awareness about a healthy lifestyle to prevent degerative diseases in old age. The problems that occur are the lack of public awareness to carry out regular health checks and the lack of public awareness to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Based on these problems, this activity is carried out through counseling activities and health checks. Extension activities in the form of delivering materials and education about degenerative diseases and healthy lifestyles. While the health check activities include checking blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol. The results obtained are that 60% of residents have hypertension, 30% of residents have high cholesterol levels and none of the residents have diabetes.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JCES

Publisher

Subject

Education

Description

Journal of Character Education Society (JCES) | ISSN 2614-3666, is one of the devotion journals managed by the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Muhammadiyah University of Mataram and published every January and July. The publication of JCES aims to disseminate conceptual thinking and ...