Behavior Of Coastal Communities Research Articles

Mengamati Perilaku Merokok Pada Masyarakat Batang Kilat, Kelurahan Sei Mati, Medan Labuhan Tahun 2023 N

Various This research was conducted aiming to determine the percentage of people who actively smoke and to prove how the behavior of coastal communities in Sei Mati Medan Labuhan Village regarding health. To achieve this goal, the researcher used a quantitative descriptive method, which is a research methodology by submitting questionnaires to informants or the public. This was done to calculate, describe, and present the community's figures regarding smoking behavior. The analysis technique used was interviews with questions that had been arranged in a questionnaire. The results showed that of the 30 samples taken from coastal communities, 60% of the respondents were active smokers, the majority of whom were 20 years old. Factors supporting the counseling strategy on public health in the Sei Mati Medan Labuhan Subdistrict are due to the high number of active smokers in coastal areas and are related to behavior drivers in the community itself.
 Keywords: Healthy behavior, Coastal Society, Cigarettes, Methods

Kajian Perilaku Masyarakat Pesisir yang Mengakibatkan Kerusakan Lingkungan di Pantai Mangrove Desa Tanjung Rejo Kecamatan Percut SEI Tuan

One of the busiest places is the beach. The beach is where the highest tide meets the mainland. The beach is a rapidly developing tourist destination with strategic potential, including the mangrove beach. The most common environmental problem is waste. The high rate of waste generation will definitely have an effect on the health of the environment, which includes the community and other living beings. The objective of the research was to determine community behavior that resulted in environmental damage. The research used a descriptive quantitative method where the data collected was based on the results of a questionnaire using a simple random sampling technique. The results showed that the behavior of coastal communities was in the unfavorable category as it resulted in environmental damage to mangrove beaches. The conclusion of this study is that the behavior of the community is in the unfavorable category, causing environmental damage to the mangrove coast. This is supported by the overall results with the highest value category for population activity (50%), natural resource conditions (80%) and mangrove conditions (53.3%). ) is not very good.
 Keywords : Behavior, Coastal community, Environmental damage, Mangrove

KETERLIBATAN MASYARAKAT TERHADAP PENCEMARAN PERAIRAN PESISIR KOTA PALOPO

The amount of population pressure in coastal areas is one of the factors causing damage to the aquatic environment. Damage to the coastal environment is dominated by oil pollution, mangrove damage, coastal abrasion and waste. This phenomenon indicates that communities activity is a major cause of damage to the coastal environment. This research aims to study the implication of communities in terms of knowledge, attitudes and behavior of coastal communities against coastal water pollution. The method used of survey, documentation, and interview to the coastal communities in Palopo with a questionnaire. The data questionnaire analysis was carried out descriptively. The results of the analysis of the questionnaire data show that the low percentage of the level of knowledge of coastal communities about management rules and the importance of protecting the environment influences the attitudes and behavior of the people who tend to dispose of waste into the aquatic environment.

The behavior of coastal communities on management of domestic wastewater in Ternate City, Indonesia

Coastal area is a region that highly vulnerable to environmental degradation. One of the problems occurred in the coastal area in Ternate city is the number of solid and liquid household waste throws to the watershed or sea water. The different of geographical characteristics in Ternate is the focus of this study. The study took place in Kampung Makassar Timur Village that has people who have the house on the sea water and Sangadji village who live in the coastal area. This research aims to determine the behaviour of the population in residential areas who live in different geographical characteristics by calculating a total load of domestic wastewater and measuring the quality of domestic wastewater. Data collection and information collected by using questionnaires to the respondents in the study areas and following up by determining the quality of wastewater in some representative stations by laboratory analyses performed. The result shows that the behaviour of most respondents indicate the same behaviour in disposing the domestic wastewater directly to the sea because of it is an easy way to throw the wastewater, while other mentioned there is no wastewater drainage available at their place.

The Effectiveness of Environmental Health Behavior in the Community through Coastal Community Empowerment Program in Kendari City Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

Generally, coastal area settlements are areas that have very complex health problems with very limited availability of basic health services and facilities. The limitations of health facilities and environmental health facilities have resulted in the low health status of coastal area. The aim ofstudy was to determine the determinant model of behavior of coastal communities through the empowerment of coastal communities in Kendari City. The type of study was qualitative research. The results showed that the factors that led to the behavior of coastal communities towards environmental health besides being influenced by knowledge, attitudes and behavior, the determinants that shape clean and healthy living behavior were the availability of infrastructure, stakeholder intervention, routine monitoring by stakeholders, threats of health risks due to unhealthy behavior, and habits of coastal communities thus enhancing the environmental health behavior of coastal communities through the findings of these behavioral determinants, the form of empowerment of coastal communities includes the provision of housing assistance through proper housing program and meeting health standards, latrines, procurement of clean water; do routine controlling every day by stakeholders; reprimand sanctions raised by stakeholders for communities who behave unhealthy and health education by health workers to improve healthy behavior of the community. Conclusion: to change the healthy behavior of the community it will not be effective if it only changes knowledge, but it needs stakeholder commitment, cooperation between community leaders and health workers as well as policy support from the government in order to improve the environmental health of coastal communities. Suggestion: It is a need for socialization, education, and training for community based on community employment for health, advocacy and collaboration across sectors of government agencies in the preparation and improvement of policies through structuring the management of environmental resources and institutional health facilities

The environmental behavior of coastal communities in Makassar

The environmental behavior of coastal communities in Makassar