Indonesian Red Cross Research Articles

KEPEMIMPINAN KOPRS SUKARELA PALANG MERAH INDONESIA; UPAYA MENINGKATKAN SKILL ANGGOTA

This study aims to determine the leadership strategy used in improving members' skills and to find out the stages and inhibiting factors of activities related to improving the skills of members in the Organizational Special Activity Unit of the Indonesian Red Cross Voluntary Corps at UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi Higher Education. This research is field research, namely by collecting data in the field. This study uses interview techniques, observation, and interviews. The research results show that the Indonesian Red Cross Volunteer Corps Leadership Strategy to Improving Member Skills, namely providing teaching material and practice in accordance with the skills in their respective fields. The stages of activities involved in improving members' skills are basic room education and training, field education and training, permanent member education and training, joint training with Basarnas, basic organizational leadership training, and weekly member training. As for the supporting factors, the leader always instills a positive spirit in the members in the process of improving their skills of the members. While the inhibiting factors are first, the implementation of the role of administrators is not in accordance with basic organizational leadership training, second, some members have not been able to manage time between academics and organizations so members tend to do excessive activities, and third, regarding campus funding for organizational activities sometimes not according to what the manager said.

Profile of Volunteer Blood Donation during The Month of Ramadhan

During the month of Ramadan, people choose not to donate blood, because they do not know that blood donation is allowed and does not interfere with fasting activities. The amount of blood available at the beginning of the month of Ramadan at Blood Donation Unit in Indonesian Red Cross Rembang Regency accumulated as many as 373 bags of blood. The availability is only sufficient to meet the availability of needs for the first week during the month of Ramadan. The Purpose of the research is to describe the profile of voluntary blood donation during the month of Ramadan 2018 – 2020 at at Blood Donation Unit in Indonesian Red Cross Rembang Regency, The method of the research is This type of quantitative descriptive research, with a retrospective research design, and the Quota Sampling research technique, uses the solvin formula ,the sample for the 2018 sampling quota is 85 samples, in 2019 90 samples, and in 2020 85 samples, The results showed that the most voluntary blood donation during the month of Ramadan were male as much as 85.5%, the blood group of the most blood donation was blood type O Positive as much as 45,7%, the highest blood pressure category of blood donaton, namely 86,0% of pre-hypertensives and 98,8% of voluntary blood donation live in Rembang.

Humanitarian Calls For Blood Donation: Construction of Binary Message on @pmikotabogor

The blood stock of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) is running low due to restrictions on community activities during the Covid-19 pandemic. The decline in stock was exacerbated by the public's view that the transfusion process had been contaminated with the virus. The study used Ferdinand de Saussure's semiotic analysis to examine the structure of messages on @pmikotabogor. During 2020, there were posted 896 contents. Through the categorization process, 22 relevant content (graphic) posts were obtained answering research questions, which two of them became the unit of analysis. Content as a sign was constructed through Saussure's binary opposition principal which are selection (paradigmatic axis) and combinations (syntagmatic axis). The results showed, to deal with a critical situation, PMI Bogor City conveys a “humanity call” to the public through two types of messages, namely “call for blood donors” and “safety” during blood transfusions.

Analysis of blood donors’ characteristics during third-peak COVID-19 in Bojonegoro Regency, Indonesia

The third peak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Indonesia was recorded on February-March 2022 had an impact on voluntary blood donors at the Indonesian Red Cross (IRCS) Bojonegoro. The objective of this research was to analyze the blood donors’ characteristics during third-peak COVID-19 in Bojonegoro Regency. This research was descriptive analysis study using secondary blood donor data from February 22, 2022 to March 19, 2022 at IRCS Bojonegoro. The data was collected in donor selection process accordance the Indonesian and WHO blood donor selection guidelines. The average number per daily blood donors was tested using the Mann-Whitney-U test using IBM SPSS type 23 software with significancy p<0.05. The results showed there were 219 people (80.51%) on 22-28 February and 332 people (83.63%) on 1-19 March 2022 who approved to donate at IRCS Bojonegoro. There was a significant decrease in the average of daily male blood donors (p=0.01), average age group: 17-24 years (p=0.013), 35-44 years (p=0.002), and 45-54 years (p=0.030), hemoglobin (Hbl) levels on 16.1-17 g/dL (p=0.000), systolic blood pressure (SBP) <120 (p=0.03) and 130-139 (p= 0.02) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) <80 (p=0.001), pulse rate (PR) 65-74 beats/minute (p=0.016), and blood type O+ (p=0.008). The characteristics of blood donors at the third peak of COVID-19 in Bojonegoro Regency decreased significantly in the number of male blood donors, age group, SBP, DBP, PR, and O+ blood type.

Civic Virtue Pada Kegiatan Ekstrakurikuler Palang Merah Remaja

This article aims to find out what the efforts and obstacles to strengthening civic virtue in Youth Red Cross (YRC) extracurricular activities at MAN 1 Indragiri Hilir. This article was conducted through a qualitative approach with a descriptive method. Data was obtained by observation, interview, and documentation methods. The results showed that efforts to strengthen civic virtue in YRC MAN 1 Indragiri Hilir extracurricular activities were carried out in several ways, namely: First, through the activity of delivering material directly by the YRC coach. Second, through a joint exercise between YRC MAN 1 Indragiri Hilir with the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Indragiri Hilir Regency. Efforts to strengthen civic virtue in YRC extracurricular MAN 1 Indragiri Hilir still have several obstacles, namely: First, YRC members have difficulty understanding the content because they are not accompanied by direct practice. Second, YRC members cannot participate in regular training either delivered directly by the supervisor or joint activities with PMI Indragiri Hilir regency because the training schedule always coincides with other extracurricular agendas. The limitation of this research is that it has not explored what steps must be taken in order to overcome these obstacles.

DONOR DARAH DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19

The principle of the Indonesian Red Cross service is the spirit of neutrality and independence, having a major role in providing safe, ready-to-use blood in sufficient quantities so that it can meet the demands of patients in need. The purpose of this activity is the implementation of blood donor activities in the community as an effort to maintain health. Activities in community service include health education and blood donation. The number of residents identified as registering to become blood donors was 61 people. After being screened by the Blood Transfusion Unit officers, 49 people were eligible to donate their blood. Public understanding of the importance of blood donation has increased and blood donation activities can be carried out smoothly as expected. People who cannot donate blood should be given an education

Upaya mendalami arti lambang PMI untuk meningkatkan minat generasi muda pada organisasi PMI

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) is a national association organization in Indonesia that was founded by Dr. RCL Senduk and Bahder Djohan to engage in social humanitarian activities. PMI has always adhered to the seven basic principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent movements, namely humanity, equality, volunteerism, independence, unity, neutrality, and universality. The Indonesian Red Cross in its implementation does not make a distinction but prioritizes the victims who need immediate help for their lives. The PMR is under the supervision of the PMI, whose objectives are not much different from the PMI. PMR became important and became one of the extracurricular organizations in the school because its existence became one of the bridges with health workers to save more people. Unfortunately, our society still does not understand how important the handling and provision of P3K is not only at home but also outside the home or in the bag. Make the community aware through the younger generation of the importance of rescue and handling so that the chances of life of the patient, or in medical terms commonly called the "golden hour", on the victim are not missed.

Antara Netralitas dan Keberpihakan: Palang Merah di Jawa pada Masa Perang (1945–1949)

This research discusses about the role PMI (Indonesian Red Cross) and NERKAI (Nederlandsche Roode Kruis afdeeling Indonesië) in Java during Indonesian Independence War 1945-1949. As one of the most important institutions in wartime, the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI and NERKAI) was in a dilemmatic position. They had to obey the state for which they served, but on the other hand, they had to adhere to the fundamental principle of the International Red Cross. These dual functions have to be carried by the two Red Cross organizations, led them to abandon their neutrality. This study was designed to explain the reason why the two Red Cross organizations involved in the Indonesian Independence War abandoning their neutrality principle. This research found out, at least, four factors influenced the partiality actions of the Red Cross, first, the special status of the Red Cross in wartime; second, the unclear definitions of “Red Cross independent”; third, sentiment of the Indonesian nationalism; and fourth, the presence of militarism in the Red Cross.

Pertunjukan Amal: Dana Awal Perjuangan Rakyat di Yogyakarta 1945-1947

This research discusses the existence of charity shows in Yogyakarta as one of the people’s efforts to support the financial needs of independence struggle bodies. As the capital of the revolution, Yogyakarta’s atmosphere was filled with patriotic spirit to defend independence, and its society supported the birth of struggle organizations. To finance their activities, people conducted fundraising activities, such as by organizing charity shows. This method was chosen because of its effectiveness in mobilizing charity-fund from society, since at the same time they also enjoyed entertainment. The shows were presented in the form of theater and cinema. From these charity shows, the collected funds were distributed to various independence struggle bodies such as People’s Militia, Independence Funds Agency, and the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI).

Management Information System Web-Base on Blood Donation Service

Blood donation is an activity of sharing blood from a person to others in need. This activity was carried out because of the large number of patients in the hospital who needed blood for their illness. The amount of blood needed is not proportional to the amount of blood stock in the hospital, so it is deficient and requires a lot of blood from donors. The scarcity of blood stocks does not occur only in hospitals but also in PMI (Indonesian Red Cross) so that patients or families have difficulty finding blood to meet the needs of patients. The method used in these crisis conditions is to contact a few random people, or create information on personal social media about who can donate blood. This method is less efficient and effective because the data of potential donors is often also not qualified and data collection is also still done manually by the blood transfusion unit. Information technology is one of the solutions in providing information and data collection as well as management in the blood transfusion unit PMI Deli Serdang. In this case the R&D method ( Research And Development) can help develop a management information system to collect data in blood donation services at PMI Deli Serdang.

Psychological Adjustment after the Cianjur Earthquake: Exploring the Efficacy of Psychosocial Support and Collaborative Leadership

This study examines the psychological adjustment of disaster workers in relation to differences in stress management training, along with factors associated with psychosocial support and collaborative leadership during earthquake emergency response operations in Cianjur, West Java, on November 21, 2022. Using a mixed-methods approach, we recruited Indonesian Red Cross staff and volunteers who were assigned to the disaster response team after the earthquake. Data collection involved 59 disaster workers selected through accidental sampling. We measured the levels of perceived stress, anxiety, and depression, as well as professional quality of life, while also observing psychosocial support and collaborative leadership. Notably, the majority of respondents (79.7%) had never received stress management training for disaster workers before their assignment to the Cianjur earthquake. Untrained disaster workers exhibited higher levels of stress and burnout and lower levels of compassion satisfaction. Significant differences in perceived stress, depression, and burnout were observed between trained and untrained disaster workers regarding stress management. However, no differences were found in other variables (anxiety, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion satisfaction). This research revealed that volunteers who received a briefing generally reported feeling happier, with scores of 2.07 points for overall happiness, 1.82 points for satisfaction in their role as disaster helpers, and 1.86 points for their happiness in being able to assist people in disaster areas. On the other hand, volunteers who maintained intense communication with friends and family were relatively better at controlling stress and maintaining happiness, with a score of 2.27 points for those who stayed in touch with family and 2.06 points for those who interacted intensely with fellow volunteers. These findings emphasize the importance of friends and peer support, as well as family support, for disaster workers in handling double disasters. Overall, the results suggest that the mental health of disaster workers deployed in natural disasters during the Covid-19 pandemic requires further consideration, with stress management training being considered as a preventive program. This research also reveals the importance of the collaborative leadership paradigm in supporting disaster activism. Furthermore, there is a need for further research that delves into the cultural aspects of understanding the mental health of disaster workers.

Skrining parasit malaria pada kantong darah di Unit Transfusi Darah Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI) Cabang Kota Banda Aceh

Background: Blood screening of donors has been routinely conducted to anticipate various infectious diseases transmitted through blood transfusion. However, screening for malaria has not been a top priority at the Blood Transfusion Unit (BTU), despite Banda Aceh City being a malaria-endemic area. Screening for malaria is essential to reduce transmission risk and ensure recipient transfusion safety.Objectives: The study aimed to determine the results of the Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) examination of malaria in blood bags at the BTU in the Indonesian Red Cross (IRC) branch in Banda Aceh.Methods: The study used an experimental design with the RDT method, which was conducted at the IRC Banda Aceh in December 2021. This study uses a descriptive research design through a cross-sectional approach. The total sample in this study was 30 donor blood bags taken by simple random sampling.Results: The results showed that malaria was found positive in 1 donor blood sample (3.33%) and 29 (96.67%) negative for malaria.Conclusion: The frequency of malaria screening results is predominantly negative. However, there are some positive ones in donor blood at the Banda Aceh branch of the Indonesian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Unit.

Humanitarian Shelter Guidelines: Indonesian Version

No one can avoid disasters that could happen to anyone, anywhere, and anytime. Disasters might destoy people’s homes which are the primary need of human being. Therefore, people affected by disaster need new shelters to live in. Providing a shelter is not merely building a structure. However, shelter is a process of providing a better place for people especially those who are affected by disasters. Shelters and settlement assistance need to support a secure, dignified, and comfortable life. Ministry of Social Affairs Republic of Indonesia, coordinating with Indonesian Red Cross Society, published the Humanitarian Shelter Guidelines book in Indonesian version. This book contains informations regarding the basic understanding and paradigm of shelter, leading to determining the needs of shelters, guidelines on designing and planning shelter programs, implementing shelters and exit strategy, monitoring, and evaluating shelter and settlement assistance. All the informations completes the main purpose of providing better shelter for population affected by disaster. Therefore, this book is inclusively a pertinent reference to improve humanitarian shelter in Indonesia and worldwide.

Empowerment of the Indonesian Red Cross Organization (IRCO) as a Convenience of Knowledge Healthy and Clean-Living Behavior (HCLB) during the Covid-19 Pandemic in the School through Graphic Design Media

he impact of the lack of Clean and Healthy Living Behavior (HCLB) is a learning atmosphere that is less comfortable due to a dirty environment, lowers enthusiasm for learning, and reduces the good image of the school in the general public. Diseases that occur in school-age children such as diarrhea, intestinal worms, anemia, dengue fever are related to Clean and Healthy Living Behavior. This community empowerment program aims to provide information with the aim of increasing knowledge about clean and healthy living behavior (HCLB) through graphic design media during the COVID 19 pandemic. Theain material for this training was an overview of HCLB in general and HCLB that is more specific in school settings during the COVID 19 pandemic, as well as showing examples of graphic design to practice skills as an educational medium. The program targets were members of IRCO MAN 2 Makassar City. The first activity, namely the empowerment team from UIN Alauddin Makassar, first conducted a problem analysis by making IRCO members as partners. The second activity was advocacy by conducting program presentations, getting support from the school, their willingness to work together, and sharing team work with partners. The third activity, namely building an atmosphere, which was carried out by training and mentoring partners to become cadres, will be held on March 8-9, 2022. Assistance in making graphic designs on March 10, 2022. The number of students who were trained were 12 students who were members of IRCO as prospective peer counselors with the paired sample t-test, a 2-tailed significance value of 0.013 < 0.05, indicating a significant difference in pre- and post-test knowledge. The last activity is a community movement which is carried out in the form of implementing the previous peer educator training. The results obtained from 36 peer participants using the Wilcoxon test, known as Asymp.Sig. (2-tailed) is worth 0.000< 0.05. The results show that there is an effect of implementing empowerment on cadres and peers regarding HCLB in the school setting.

Strategi Komunikasi Persuasif Humas Palang Merah Indonesia di Masa Pandemi Covid 19

This research is entitled "PMI Public Relations Persuasive Communication Strategy in Disseminating Public Awareness of Donating Blood During the Covid 19 Pandemic" (Case Study of the Indonesian Red Cross, Palembang City). The purpose of this study was to determine the persuasive communication strategy of PMI Public Relations in disseminating public awareness of blood donation during the COVID-19 pandemic at PMI Public Relations in Palembang. The research method used is descriptive qualitative. Data collection techniques are observation, interviews and documentation. The primary data source of this research is through interviews with the Public Relations Officer of the PMI Palembang City concerned and the people in the city of Palembang. The secondary data sources are in the form of official documentation of PMI Public Relations in the city of Palembang, journals and books. The theory used is source credibility theory. This theory explains that a persuasion activity (persuade) begins with attracting attention or attention and ends with action. The result of this study is the Persuasive Communication Strategy applied by the PMI Public Relations of Palembang city in disseminating public awareness of blood donation during the covid 19 pandemic, which can be described by providing information about blood donation through social media or offline advertising by distributing brochures or installing These banners on the side of the road will attract attention from the process of persuasive communication strategy for PMI Public Relations in Palembang.

Perception of The Indonesian Red Cross Volunteer Corps on Earthquake Risk

<p>Korps Kesukarelawanan (KSR) merupakan kesatuan unit Palang Merah Indonesia yang memiliki salah satu spesialisasi pada kegiatan penanggulangan bencana. Untuk dapat melakukan fungsinya sebagai sukarelawan, anggota KSR dituntut untuk memiliki pengetahuan, sikap, maupun keterampilan yang mendukung dalam kegiatan penanggulangan bencana, khususnya bencana gempabumi. Untuk membentuk anggota KSR yang memiliki kemampuan tersebut, maka penting untuk mengetahui bagaimana persepsi anggota KSR terhadap risiko bencana gempabumi. Persepsi individu mengenai risiko bencana dapat mendorong individu tersebut untuk aktif dalam tindakan pengurangan risiko bencana. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui persepsi anggota KSR terhadap risiko bencana gempabumi, serta faktor-faktor yang memengaruhinya. Data penelitian diambil dengan menggunakan kuesioner online kepada 37 responden anggota KSR. Analisis Regresi Linear Berganda dengan Software SPSS 26.00 digunakan untuk menganalisis data penelitian. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 75,7% responden memiliki persepsi dengan kategori baik, sedangkan 24,3% memiliki persepsi dengan kategori cukup. Sebesar 45,3% variabel persepsi anggota KSR dipengaruhi secara simultan oleh faktor efikasi diri, pengalaman, dan pengetahuan. Faktor yang secara parsial berpengaruh signifikan terhadap persepsi anggota KSR pada risiko gempabumi adalah faktor pengetahuan.</p>

The Effectiveness of Leucodepleted (In Line) and Leucodepleted (Bedsite) In Reducing Leukocytes and Their Effect on Hemoglobin (Hb) and Red Blood Cell (RBC)

Blood transfusion currently plays an important medical role in methods of reducing the number of leukocytes in component products, including reducing the number of leukocytes before storage (pre-storage leucodepletion) and reducing the number of leukocytes after storage (post storage leucodepletion). The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a comparison of hemolysis events and hematocrit quality in leucodepleted (In Line) and leucodepleted (Bedsite) clinical transfusions at the Blood Transfusion Unit at the Indonesian Red Cross in Medan City. This study was an analytic study with a cross-sectional design of 58 people who were divided into two groups, namely the group with leucodepleted in line and the group with leucodepleted bedsite, inclusion and exclusion criteria. The results showed that the incidence of hemolysis after leucodepleted (in line) was 0% and leucodepleted (bedsite) was 0.02%, where the standard percentage of blood hemolysis was <0.8%, the occurrence of hemolysis after the production process of the two products was very small. While the hematocrit before and after leucodepleted decreased by 35.91% in leucodepleted (in line) and 33.33% in leucodepleted (bedsite). Comparison of leucodepleted (In Line) and leucodepleted (Bedsite) hemolysis events was also found. Where the incidence of leucodepleted (in line) hemolysis is not found, so the leucodepleted (in line) blood component has good quality.

Implementation of The Backpropagation Method and The Kohonen Network to Predict Blood Availability: Case Study in PMI Kota Magelang

The availability of blood stocks at the Indonesian Red Cross or Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI) is a must and absolute for institutions that organize the procurement and distribution of blood for medical purposes. The problem is that the blood stock in PMI Magelang City Branch is not ideally available in each blood type, especially blood type AB, which in recent years has been very minimal and difficult to obtain. The purpose of this study was to predict blood stock of type AB with software based on artificial neural networks backpropagation and Coherent tissues. Artificial Neural Network (JST) backpropagation is used to predict the stock supply of blood type AB. Meanwhile, Coherent is a network used to divide input patterns into groups. The application has a network structure consisting of 2 input neurons, 10 neurons in the hidden layer, and 1 and 1 neuron in the output layer. The total amount of data is 3 years (2015-2017), 2 years of data are used for training data, and 1 year of data is used for testing data. The engine predicts using a maximum iteration of 1,000 epochs, an expletive constant of 0.5, a momentum of 0.9, and a minimum error rate of 0.001. With variations in the value of the backpropagation component, a prediction of less than 140 bags per year is generated. Meanwhile, the resulting weight is predicted by the Coherent method and produces a prediction of the production of type AB blood stocks per month. Based on the results against 3 years of test data, the percentage of the system accuracy rate is 100%. The reduction of learning constants and the addition of training data systems may affect the accuracy of the system in making predictions.

Implementation of the blood donation preservation strategy at Indonesian red cross (IRC) blood donor unit (BDU) Banda Aceh during the COVID-19 pandemic

Background: The ongoing COVID-19 impacts the world of health, including IRC BDU. There is a need for a rapid response and countermeasures to meet the enormous challenge of balancing blood supply and demand. IRC BDU Banda Aceh in collaboration with the Aceh Government has carried out the civil servant (CS) movement for blood donation. This movement has been carried out since June 2020 until now. The CS donation movement is one of the IRC BDU strategies for the City of Banda Aceh in preserving donors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study aims to see the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the implementation of strategies at IRC BDU Banda Aceh City on the number of blood donors at IRC BDU Banda Aceh City. Methods: This type of research is a descriptive study with a cross sectional survey design. The first quarter of the analysis was carried out to compare the initial period of the 2020 pandemic with the non-pandemic year 2019 to see the impact of the pandemic on the number of blood donors. The second quarter analyzed the impact of the 2020 pandemic with the implementation of the strategy carried out in 2021 on the number of blood donors at IRC BDU Banda Aceh. Results: There was a 12.8% decrease in the number of blood donors in the 2020 period compared to the 2019 period (Mann Whitney test, p-value = 0.038). This shows the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the decline in the number of blood donors at IRC BDU Banda Aceh in 2020. In the second quarter, the government's strategy to deal with the shortage of blood supply with the CS donor movement succeeded in increasing the number of blood donors by 12.7% (Mann Whitney test, p-value = 0.242) in 2021 (compared to 2020). This shows that the implementation of the COVID-19 handling strategy from the local government plays an important role in increasing the number of blood donors at IRC BDU Banda Aceh. but there was no significant difference in the average number of donors each month. Conclusion: Management and government participation in mobilizing blood donors and proper utilization are the keys to blood availability during the covid-19 pandemic era.

The Determination of Customer Satisfaction: Case Study of PT XL Axiata Tbk

The development of communication technology is a cycle that continues to grow from time to time, the development of communication technology will inevitably bring changes in daily communication. PT XL Axiata Tbk became a private company that provides the first cellular telephone service in Indonesia. PT XL Axiata Tbk has played a role during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, PT. XL Axiata Tbk actively contributes to the improvement of Indonesia's conditions, some of which include Internet quota subsidies for students, the sispreneur incubation program to support women micro-enterprises during the pandemic and distribution of 100 million donations through the Indonesian Red Cross. PT. XL Axiata Tbk has the smallest percentage compared to other telecommunication service companies. This is because XL Axiata is still sharing 3G and 4G networks, so connection delays often occur. In connection with the above, the authors need to conduct a study on customer satisfaction with XL cellular users. This study aims to examine the phenomenon of customer satisfaction, in terms of service quality and customer value. The type of research used is a research with a conclusive design, which is a type of inference research that aims to test a certain hypothesis, either through in-depth research on a problem (descriptive) or looking for relationships between variables (correlative) between the independent variable and the dependent variable. The results showed that service quality had a positive and significant effect on customer value. Service quality had a positive and significant effect on customer satisfaction and customer value had positive and significant effect on customer satisfaction. The practical implication is that PT. XL Axiata Tbk must manage service quality as the most important factors affecting customer value and manage customer value as the most important factors affecting customer satisfaction. Keywords: service quality, customer value and customer satisfaction