Semarang Municipality Research Articles

The Impact of Brand Image Modiation on the Influence of Relationship Marketing on Customer Loyalty

The aim of the research is to analyze relationship marketing on customer loyalty mediated by brand image. The research design uses quantitative descriptive using primary data sources taken directly from respondents via questionnaires. The research sample of Herbalife customers in Kodya Semarang with a minimum subscription period of 1 year amounted to 157 respondents. The research results explain that relationship marketing influences customer loyalty, while brand image is able to mediate. However, there is an obstacle, namely that respondents who are outside the Semarang Municipality cannot be used as samples so the results cannot be generalized.

The Effectiveness of Various Physical Activities on Glycemic Control in Individuals with Prediabetes Mellitus in Semarang Municipality

Currently, diabetes mellitus is a prevalence in Indonesia, with a rate of 2.1% based on relevant diagnoses or symptoms. It is estimated that by 2030, the number of individuals suffering form diabetes mellitus will reach 21.3 million. Conversely, the proportion of individuals with prediabetes is 2-4 times higher than those with diabetes. Physical activity has been identified as a preventive measure for prediabetes. Several studies have demonstrated the significant impact of physical activity on glycemic control. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of different physical activities on glycemic control in prediabetic clients residing in Semarang municipality. A randomized control trials with a pretest-posttest design was conducted on 60 prediabetic clients using different treatments, including healthy/slow walking, brisk walking, and a combination of both slow and brisk walking. The data of the study were analyzed using univariate, and bivariate analysis using repeated ANOVA. All statistical analyses were carried out using SPSS version 22. The average level of glycemic control before intervention in the healthy walking group was 5.57%, which decreased to 5.46% after intervention. The combination group decreased from 5.93% to 5.78%, and the slowly walking group decreased from 5.74% to 5.71%. However, there was no significant effect of slowly walking on glycemic control (HbA1c levels). In contrast, brisk walking and the combination of slow walking and brisk walking had a significant effect on glycemic control (p<0.05). The combination of the physical activity group demonstrated the greatest impact on glycemic control (p<0.05).

Peranan Investasi terhadap Penyerapan Tenaga Kerja di Kota Semarang

Investment is an activity that can act as a stimulator for the smooth production process. With an increase in capital stock, production capacity and quality will also increase. This will open up opportunities for employment needs. The increase in workers can provide additional income, growing people's per capita income and economic growth. In 2021, Semarang had the most considerable number of workers in Central Java, which was 936,076. This study aims to analyze the role of investment for Semarang City employment. The data collection technique was document review. Those documents were the Semarang Gross Regional Domestic Product by Industry 2017–2022 from Statistics of Semarang Municipality, the Central Java Gross Regional Domestic Product by Regency/City from Statistics of Central Java, the Recapitulation of Realization of Semarang Capital Investment in 2017–2021 from the Semarang One-Stop Integrated Service and Investment Services, and the Population-Based Employment Report in 2017–2021 from the Semarang Civil Registry Office. The research methods used are quantitative by calculating the investment ratio to employment. The results show that the "Manufacturing" sector has the highest job. Meanwhile, the workforce in the "Electricity & Gas" and "Water supply, Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation Activities" sectors are still low. Therefore, the government should pay close attention to these sectors because they have great job opportunities.

Community-Based Disaster Mitigation: Knowledge and Social Capital in Reducing the Impact of Disaster

The National Disaster Management Agency reported that 383 out of 514 districts/municipalities throughout Indonesia are prone to natural disasters. Social capital is seen as one of the community strengths in disaster mitigation strategies. This study examined the model of community-based disaster mitigation, the level of knowledge and the social capital of the communities in disaster-prone areas in Semarang Municipality and Situbondo District. This study employed a mixed-methods approach, interviewing 120 respondents. We found that men had better knowledge of disaster mitigation than women. The involvement of men in awareness-raising about disaster mitigation activities was also higher than women. As a result, women are more vulnerable during a disaster. This study also found a variation in community understanding regarding disaster mitigation and social capital in the two locations. Respondents in Semarang, which is an urban community, reported a lower level of knowledge on disaster mitigation and social capital. Respondents from Situbondo reported higher social capital in four dimensions, including trust, norms, values, and networks. The geographical location and culture likely explain the variation. This reflects that urban areas are more vulnerable than rural areas in disaster mitigation.
 Keywords: community knowledge, disaster, mitigation, social capital

ALAN WALKER’S “LILY” SONG LYRICS TO DEPICT SATANIC TRICKS: A GENERIC STRUCTURE ANALYSIS AS RHETORIC

The current study investigated a song lyric entitled “Lily” in terms of its generic structure to come up with the rhetorical strategies—how satanic tricks influence people through human greed. Lily belongs to a lyric considered a narrative poem. It is theorized that a narrative poem is a poem or possibly a lyric which consists of orientation, complication and resolution. In other words, a lyric is structured as such to produce rhetorical strategies (goals) which were analyzed employing Aristotle’s ethos, logos and pathos. Meanwhile, in the complication analysis of Lily, not only did the study employ psychological theory but was also supported by social contexts to describe how satanic tricks were made use through human greed engineering in achieving the goal of negative thoughts generating. The findings indicate that human minds are in fact guided by both angels and satans. Angels guide any individual (Lily) to stay in track of the positive values while Satan whispers tricks to divert from the positive path toward the negative values by means of human greed. To confirm the findings, a survey was administered to 90 purposefully-selected teenagers in Semarang Municipality only to find that “Lily“ song lyrics failed to give any answer to the question whether or not she (Lily) can be saved despite her frequent calls for help.

Value-Added, Energy and Technology-Capital in Central Java Industries

Nowadays, many industries do not depend on labor intensive, but have transformed to rely on intensive technology. Industry is considered potential strategy to raise value-added for its effort to alter raw or intermediate goods to finished goods. In this study, value-added approach is used to measure the role of technology - capital and energy. A lot of work has been done analyzing restricted variables in single study, but there is still a significant gap where research did not determine differences between measures. This paper aims to discuss the similarities of many technology – capital and energy related variables in Central Java Industries and analyzes their profile change to regional value-added from 2007 to 2017. Data related to technology – capital and energy are collected from Statistics Indonesia (Badan Pusat Statistik). The variables are examined using exploration factor analysis, multiple linear regression, and cluster analysis. The result shows that the energy consumption has the greatest effect on value-added rising during the study period, while technology - capital does not. Hence, policymaker should maintain the availability of energy for industries. Then, except for Kudus Regency and Semarang Municipality, policymaker should pay attention to the growth of value-added of the entire regions.

The Implementation of Integrated Antenatal Care In BEmNOC and non-BEmNOC Health Service In Semarang

The maternal mortality rate in Central Java is ranked 4th in Indonesia. Implementation of quality Antenatal Care (ANC) can reduce maternal mortality (MMR) through early detection in pregnancy. ANC services can be carried out both at BEmNOC (Basic Emergency Obstetric Care) and n on - BEmNOC primary health care services (PHC). All PHC are given the same authority in terms of early detection and services for pregnant women. This study aims to determine the relationship of the health centers status and the implementation of integrated antenatal care in the Semarang municipality. This was a cross sectional design carried out on 140 samples taken by consecutive sampling divided into primary health care services BEmNOC and non-BEmNOC 70 samples each. The implementation of integrated ANC was measured using 50 checklists consisting of 13, 12 and 25 checklist of first, second and third trimester sequentially and divided in two value namely do and not do. The relationship between the health center status and the implementation of the integrated ANC was further analyzed by Chi-square test using SPSS 22 software. The study found that the number of samples implementing an integrated ANC in the BEmNOC PHC group was 81.4% (57 samples) while the non-BEmNOC PHC group was 32.9% (23 samples). Chi-square test showed a significant difference between the status of the PHC and the implementation of the ANC (p = 0,000 ; PR value = 2.47). It was concluded that there was a significant correlation between the health center status and the implementation of A NC in Semarang municipality.

LOYALITAS KONSUMEN GORIDE DI KOTA SEMARANG

Consumer loyalty is an indication of the performance appraisal of the management of a company or business actor. This also applies to business actors who use internet technology as their marketing base. The proliferation of businesses that use the internet as a marketing method has also penetrated the transportation business. One of these online transportation service companies is Gojek, where GoRide is one type of service. The problem faced by GoRide is that there are several complaints from consumers that must be considered because it will affect the sustainability of using the product and of course it becomes a tendency for customers to be loyal to a certain object. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of the variables of trust, consumer satisfaction and promotion on GoRide consumer loyalty in Semarang municipality. The sampling technique used purposive sampling method. The analytical tool used is multiple linear regression. The results obtained are the variables of trust, customer satisfaction and promotion have a positive and significant effect on consumer loyalty GoRide in Semarang Municipality.

Tourism Industry Competitiveness of Semarang Municipality

This study aims to analyze competitiveness level of tourism industry in Semarang Municipality. The data used in this research are secondary data from Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS/BPS) and Culture and Tourism Office of Semarang Municipality. Moreover, this study uses an analytical tool, i.e competitiveness monitor (CM) method. The result shows that Semarang Municipality has several lower indicators of competitiveness calculation than Surakarta Municipality and Magelang Regency, i.e. Human Tourism Indicator (HTI), Environment Indicator (EI), and Human Resources Indicator (HRI). On the other hand, Semarang Municipality also has some higher competitiveness calculation indicators compared to that of Surakarta Municipality and Magelang Regency in Price Competitiveness Indicator (PCI), Infrastructure Development Indicator (IDI), Openness Indicator (OI) and Social Development Indicator (SDI). The improvement of tourism competitiveness in Semarang Municipality requires synergy from many parties, including the government, business actors in tourism sector (hotel owners, travel bureaus), private sector and academics.

Building a Community Adaptive Capacity Model: A Case Study of the Tanjungmas Sub-District in Semarang Municipality

Climate change has pushed communities to make continued adjustments in various aspects of their life in order to adapt and survive. Adaptive capacity is a key concept in understanding this context. Although a number of researches in the discipline of social sciences have examined the meanings and categories of adaptation capacity, the extent to which this knowledge is used in the field of physical geography has not been adequately studied. Most studies on adaptive capacities within this discipline are focused largely on measuring the level or status of adaptation capacity (i.e. high, medium, or low) in a given region. Moreover, these studies have typically interpreted adaptation capacity as rigid and static. Thus, it sets the same index for all adaptive capacity categories. Sometimes it provides a varied index, but it does not give adequate consideration to the actual condition influencing adaptation capacity (i.e. the characteristic of adaptation goals, actors, resources, and etc.). With a case study approach focused in Tanjungmas Sub-district, this study aims to build a conceptual model which connects overall adaptive capacity categories using qualitative methods. We interviewed 18 key persons including sub-district officers, community leaders, women associations, and other local organisation members. This model may help researchers in the area of physical geography to conceptualize adaptation capacities and to establish an index that more accurately reflects local conditions following additional brief field assessments.

Development and validation of an instrument for measuring competencies on public health informatics of primary health care worker (PHIC4PHC) in Indonesia.

Because of the increasing adoption and use of technology in primary health care (PHC), public health informatics competencies (PHIC) are becoming essential for public health workers. Unfortunately, no studies have measured PHIC in resource-limited setting. This paper describes the process of developing and validating Public Health Informatics Competencies for Primary Health Care (PHIC4PHC), an instrument for measuring PHC workers' competencies in public health informatics. Method: This study developed a questionnaire that had three stages: the Delphi technique, a pretest, and field test. Eleven academicians from a university and 13 PHC workers joined 2 rounds of group discussion in the first stage. The second stage comprised two pilot studies with 75 PHC workers in Semarang Municipality. The third stage involved validating the questionnaire with 462 PHC workers in Kendal District. This study used Pearson's product-moment correlation for the validity check and Cronbach's alpha coefficient for determining the internal consistency. This study used the K-means algorithm for clustering the results of the PHIC4PHC questionnaire. Results and Conclusion: PHIC4PHC is the first comprehensive PHIC questionnaire administered in a resource-limited setting, consisting of 11 indicators and 42 measurement items concerning knowledge of health information systems, skills required for health data management, ethical aspects of data sharing and health information literacy. The final results of PHIC4PHC were clustered into three classes based on the K-means algorithm. Overall, 45.7% PHC workers achieved medium competency, whereas 25.6% and 27.7% achieved low and high competency, respectively. Men had higher competency than women. The higher the worker's level of education, the higher the PHIC level; the longer the worker's work experience, the lower the PHIC score; and the greater the worker's age, the lower the PHIC score. Measuring and monitoring PHIC is vital to support successful health IT adoption in PHC.

Impact of Dengue Surveillance Workers on Community Participation and Satisfaction of Dengue Virus Control Measures in Semarang Municipality, Indonesia: A Policy Breakthrough in Public Health Action.

ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to assess community participation in Dengue virus control measures, and community satisfaction in the Dengue surveillance workers (DSWs) performance in Semarang municipality after 3 years of empowerment.MethodsA cross-sectional survey involved 1,018 selected participants from 12 groups of social roles in 141 villages in Semarang municipality, Indonesia. A direct interview was performed using a structured questionnaire to evaluate the acceptance, and satisfaction of the community towards the DSWs. The data were analyzed descriptively.ResultsThe majority of the members of the community considered that the DSWs play an important role in reducing Dengue cases, and vectors of the Dengue virus, as well as increasing the community participation in Dengue control measures. The survey showed that DSWs performance, attitudes, and abilities regarding their main tasks were perceived to be good.ConclusionOverall, people in Semarang municipality were satisfied with the performance of the DSWs, and considered them important enough to be maintained and strengthened in the future so that Dengue could be controlled. This new policy needs to be disseminated to other regions that may encounter the problems associated with Dengue virus.

Mangrove Ecosystem Management Strategy in Maron Beach Semarang

Management of mangrove ecosystem is an important agenda in conserving tourism spots in coastal area. This research aimed at examining the recreation activities done in mangrove ecosystem area and mangrove forest strategy in Maron Beach, Tambakharjo, Semarang Municipality. This research employed a survey approach using direct interviews and field observations. The repondent included the entire population in the research area. Samples of this study were selected using cluster random sampling technique. Data were collected by observations, interviews and document study, followed by SWOT analysis. The results showed that the opening of Maron Beach recreation area has given some negative impacts to the post-rehabilitation of mangrove ecosystems, reducing the function mangrove in protecting the shore from coastal abrasion, reducing ability of wind abrasion protection, weakening the environmental conditions, decreasing the number of visitors and decreasing the production of fish. Mangrove forest management should be progressive, which means that research should be done in poor and unsteady conditions which result allow the market to continuously expand, enlarge the market growth and maximize the progress. Through the implementation of a non-overlapping effort, this condition can be improved.

Maintaining and Improving the Environmental Cleanliness in Semarang Municipality in the Era of Industrial Revolution 4.0

Language produced in a specific event of communication will have its form and function. Some messages are delivered in direct ways meaning the form and the functions are symmetric; some others are delivered in indirect ways, asymmetric. Direct or indirect ways will give different perceptions to those who receive the content of the message. Considering the face of receivers is one of the principles that should be made by policy makers as they communicate with people in public space. This article aims to explain the forms of language used to prohibit littering and the way the maker of prohibition thinks about the writing of littering. The research is conducted by using non-participatory observation method. This, then, is followed by applying note taking technique and recording. The result shows mostly the writings of littering prohibition are made an indirect way and less number in indirect way. Having a direct way means society is placed as subordinate in relation to the authorities. Even though less in number, indirect littering prohibition shows some writings see an equal position between the writer and reader. Both take a similar point of view on littering.

The Effects of Zinc Supplementation on Immune Response of Obese Children With Family History of Atopy

Introduction: Obesity is associated with low-grade chronic inflammation and disbalance between cytokine production of T helper1 and T helper2 cells. Zinc plays role in balancing immune response, has anti-oxidant and anti-inflammation activities; its deficiency also common in obesity. The role of zinc supplementation in children with obesity with risk of atopy needs to be elucidated.Materials and Method: We performed randomized controlled trial double-blind to investigate the effect of daily 15 mg zinc supplementation for 6 weeks in children aged 13 to 14 years old with obese who has family history of atopy. Subjects were divided into group of zinc supplementation and placebo, recruited from junior high schools from Semarang municipality, performed during periods from January to December 2013. Plasma zinc concentration, leptin, immunoglobulin-E (Ig-E), interferon-γ (IFN-γ), interleukin-4 (IL-4) were measured, also body weight, height and ISAAC questionnaire to recruit subjects with family history of atopy.Result: There were 36 subjects. The concentration of zinc serum, Ig-E, IFN-γ, and IL-4 of two groups before supplementation were not significantly different (p>0.05). Zinc supplementation increase the mean level of zinc concentration on treatment group compare to placebo group (27.74+11.80 vs 3.47+2.55, p=0.000). The concentration of Ig-E, IFN-γ and IL-4 serum were decreased at treatment group (15.5+20.46 vs 20.02+38.02, p=0.613), (1.82+3.59 vs 0.911+3.51, p=0.174), and (4.76+6.49 vs 2.44+4.41, p=0.085) respectively. Conclusion: Zinc supplementation increased the level of zinc serum concentration of obese children and decreased the risk of atopy.

An Analysis Of Students Comprehension Level On Myob Accounting-Based Accounting Application (A Study In Accounting Students In Semarang Municipality)

Accounting computerization students are taught to have accounting information system mindset, to apply, review, and develop the science underlying accounting information system engineering thoroughly. In addition to mastering several applications in accounting field, students also know how a software accounting works. Students of this department are taught to be experts in computer system be it software and hardware, particularly in accounting computer field. The population in this research is S1 and DIII students of Accounting department at universities and colleges in Semarang Municipality with some considerations. The sample is taken using Purposive Sampling. Meanwhile, the data are collected by distributing questionnaire. The data analysis method used is difference test with Independent Sampel t Test, where this test is employed to figure out whether or not there is a mean difference between two unrelated sample groups. There is indeed a difference in students’ comprehension on the initial data input, transaction recording and financial statements preparation. From the mean rank values of the three variables, it can be seen that students from Diploma program understand initial data input, transaction recording and financial statements preparation better than students from Bachelor program. This is because students from Diploma program receive more lessons on accounting both theoretically and practically, thus they understand the topics better.

Participation Right Fulfillment in Early Childhood Education through Educative Game Tools

The research aims at describing the implementation of participation rights in early childhood education through educative game tools (Alat Permainan Edukatif: APE) and finding out the problems encountered by the teachers in implementing participation rights through APE. The research type is qualitative research. The subjects of the research were four teachers of early childhood education in Semarang Municipality including play group and kindergarten school which were selected by using purposive sampling. The data were collected by field observation and depth-interview and analyzed in the form of a descriptive qualitative analysis. The results show that some APEs implemented in early childhood education were potentially able to enhance participation rights, but the teachers were not aware on this aspect. They tended to focus on the academic outputs and on fulfilling joyful learning. The main factor was the teachers’ knowledge on the importance of APE for comprehending the participation rights of the child in learning process, including the limited number of APEs created and the flexibility of the APEs available. As participation rights are essential in learner-centered approach, APE as an educational game tool should be created and manipulated to accommodate the rights, including protection and provision rights.

Roller Skating Activities as a Reflection of the Community Life Style in Semarang Municipality

Roller skating activities have become one of the choices of urban community to develop the quality of their physical fitness. This type of sports is popular in the Municipality of Semarang and even becomes a part of sports education and sports recreation. Sports and roller skating activities conducted around Simpang Lima relate to a sports culture that identifies the lifestyle of urban communities in Semarang Municipality. The purpose of this study was to assess the activities of roller skating that became the choice of the community in Semarang Municipality, to identify community groups doing roller skating activities in the Municipality of Semarang, to describe the sports institutions that were formed, all of which became a reference for the people of Semarang Municipality, to explain the purpose of the sport skaters in conducting their activities, and to understand and explain the orientation of values that encourage the citizens to engage in the roller skating activities. The orientation of the sports values indirectly contributes to community empowerment with the high degree of community participation in sports development. It can determine the profile and progress of sports development in the region. People not only need to be encouraged to make sports as a necessity but also take a role in advancing sports achievements in the region including roller skating sports.

Revitalization Model of Industrial Apprenticeship-Based Professional Competence for Light Vehicle Engineering Expertise Teachers of Vocational School

The revitalization of professional competencies aimed to increase the number and quality of the light vehicle engineering (TKR) teachers’ skills. The background of this study was the low absorption of human resources from the vocational school in the business world and industrial world (DU/DI), the lack of teacher expertise in teaching factory, and the gap between education and industrial demands. This study aimed to produce a revitalization model of professional competence based on industry apprenticeship that is ideal and effective for improving the competence of TKR productive teachers. This research employed Reseach and Development (R & D) Methods. The subject of this research was TKR Teachers in Semarang Municipality. The results of the preliminary study were analyzed using a qualitative descriptive technique. The development results, the model of readability tests, and the model tools were tested through expert judgment. The feasibility of the model was tested through forum group discussion (FGD) and evaluation, i.e. the industry effectiveness test or the professional certification body (LSP). The results of the research show the following. First, the competence of TKR productive teachers in the form of general competence is 31 - 71% and the core competency is 29 - 69% of the whole competencies that should be mastered by the teachers. Based on the empiric data, the teachers were then assigned to join an industry apprenticeship. After the industry apprentices, the teacher’s competence tests either through the industry test or the LSP test recommended that they were competent. It can be concluded that the competency revitalization model of industry-based professionals for vocational school teachers of the light vehicle engineering expertise is effective to improve the competence of the productive teachers' skills.

The Ideology and Implementation of Aesthetic Education in Junior High School of Semarang Municipality

Aesthetic education is an aspect of art education in schools whose implementation is very diverse. The diversity in the implementation is thought to be due to differences in the teacher’s ideology on aesthetic education. The teacher's perception of aesthetic education must be influenced by the ideology he/she embraces. Therefore, field research is needed to provide an explanation of the teacher’s ideology and the implementation of aesthetic education at school. Problems to be solved through this research were (1) how is the ideology and understanding of teacher’s art about aesthetic education and (2) how is the implementation of aesthetic education at school. This research utilized a qualitative approach with cultural ecology model. Data were collected by observation, interview, and documentation techniques. The target of this research was art and culture teachers of Junior High School in Semarang. The results showed that in carrying out the learning of art and culture all teachers refer to the school-based (KTSP) curriculum and the 2013 Curriculum. Almost all art and cultural teachers carry out the learning process in accordance with the guidelines of the curriculum although they still adjust to school conditions. According to the art and culture teachers, in fact, the substance of the two curricula is not very much different; both are based on students and learning strategies using a scientific approach. In addition to providing an aesthetic experience to students, art education is also very appropriate as a means of character education for the nation.