Village Members Research Articles

Outbreak investigation and control measures following dengue fever cases in Vadodara, July-August 2017

Background: Dengue fever is one of the major public health problems among all the vector born diseases. It is an emerging disease of tropical and sub-tropical regions, affecting urban, peri-urban and rural areas. Twenty five cases of dengue fever were reported in our hospital and other private hospitals from Undera village, which is in the peri urban area of Vadodara, so an investigation was carried out. The objective of this study is to find out the incidence and demographic details of people affected by fever during the outbreak and to find the environmental factors responsible for the outbreak.Methods: Community based, cross-sectional, direct interviewing of community members of Undera village in Vadodara district was carried out on 21st August 2017 and 23rd August 2017.Results: In this outbreak investigation, 219 fever cases were reported from 2930 population residing in 645 houses. There were 25 confirmed cases of dengue fever, out of which three deaths were reported. This included one pregnant woman during this outbreak. Seventy percent of fever cases were in the age group 0-30 years. Daily wagers were affected more than other occupations. At least one fever case was reported from 109 houses. Breeding places for mosquitoes were observed surrounding the houses from were fever cases reported.Conclusions: The dengue fever outbreak was confirmed through laboratory as well as clinico-epidemiological correlation with confirmed clinical picture and presence of breading places of Aedes mosquitoes. The fatality rate was 12% and there were three complicated deaths.

AGING-IN-COMMUNITY MODELS AND PROGRAMS: PROGRAM AND POLICY PLANNING STRATEGIES

This symposium introduces key aging-in-community models and programs, with a particular focus on program and policy planning strategies. Villages are a new, consumer-directed model that aim to promote aging -in-community through a combination of facilitated social engagement, member-to-member support, volunteer opportunities, and collective bargaining for services. Dr. Graham from the University of California will share results from both a national survey of Village directors and a survey of village members, summarizing Village organizational development trends and members’ perceived impacts. Dr. Gilcksman from Philadelphia Corporation for Aging will share how older adults who do not participate in a Village create their own informal social and service network to maintain themselves and to accomplish the same goals as a Village, building community at the neighborhood level. Additionally, Dr. Hou from the University of Central Florida will discuss lessons learned on program planning strategies among older adults participating in three programs promoting aging-in-community: a university-based lifelong learning program (LLP), a county neighborhood lunch program (NLP), and a Florida Village program as a comparative case study. Finally, Dr. Glass from the University of North Carolina Wilmington will share the current trend of the new senior cohousing model, promises and challenges for older adults providing mutual support to each other as they age together. This symposium will further discuss strengths and weakness, and planning strategies of the various AIC models and programs.

PROGRAM PLANNING STRATEGIES AMONG OLDER ADULTS PARTICIPATING IN THREE PROGRAMS PROMOTING AGING-IN-COMMUNITY

This study examines program planning strategies among older adults participating in programs promoting aging-in-community (AIC) programs. Older adults from three programs were recruited (n=290): a university-based lifelong learning program (LLP; n=110), a county neighborhood lunch program (NLP; n=84), and a village program (n=96). Mean age was 72.4 (SD=8.68) years and 78% female. Findings showed NLP participants were more likely to obtain health information from TV (p=.030), friends and neighbors (p=.016), family members (p<.001), or mailed advertisement (p<.001); while less likely to obtain health information online (p<.001). Village members preferred afternoon while NLP participants preferred morning programs (p=.025). Most desired frequency was weekly (45%) and delivered in small group modes (68%). NLP participants were more likely to report self as risk takers (29% vs. 17%) or old tradition (23% vs. 3-8%) towards new technology adoption (p<.001). Results have implications on tailored program planning for older adults in different AIC programs.

THE VILLAGE MODEL, WHAT’S NEXT?

Researchers at UC Berkeley will present some key findings of their research on Villages spanning the last decade. First, results of a longitudinal study of operational Village organizations in the US (conducted in 2009, 2012, and 2016) reveals that the Village model has expanded and developed over time, with some changes in organizational structure. A national survey of Village members (N=2000) shows that Village remain homogeneous, and impact different types of members in different ways, with older, more frail members perceiving more quality of life benefit, while younger, healthier members perceive more benefits in the areas of social engagement. Finally, two studies looking at Village retention/participation show that issues such as lack of diversity, focus on social engagement can be barriers to inclusion, retention and ultimately, scalability of the model.

Hubungan Tingkat Pendidikan Berbasis Islam Anggota Karang Taruna Dengan Kepedulian Sosial

Islam Islamic religious education is a conscious and planned effort in preparing students to get to know, and understand, appreciate, to believe in the history of Islam, accompanied by demands to respect adherents of Islam in relation to harmony between religious communities to realize national unity and unity. Caring is a basic value and attitude to pay attention and act proactively to the conditions or circumstances around us. This study aims to determine and analyze the relationship between the level of Islamic-based education with the social care of members of the village of Karang Taruna. The population in this study were all members of the Kebontemu village of Karang Taruna Karang, while the study sample was taken by simple random sampling method with a total of 30 members of Karang Taruna. The results of the research hypothesis and test on the relationship found that there is a positive relationship between the level of Islamic-based education on social care that exists in the members of the Karang Taruna Kebontemu village

Hubungan Tingkat Pendidikan Berbasis Islam Anggota Karang Taruna Dengan Kepedulian Sosial

Islam Islamic religious education is a conscious and planned effort in preparing students to get to know, and understand, appreciate, to believe in the history of Islam, accompanied by demands to respect adherents of Islam in relation to harmony between religious communities to realize national unity and unity. Caring is a basic value and attitude to pay attention and act proactively to the conditions or circumstances around us. This study aims to determine and analyze the relationship between the level of Islamic-based education with the social care of members of the village of Karang Taruna. The population in this study were all members of the Kebontemu village of Karang Taruna Karang, while the study sample was taken by simple random sampling method with a total of 30 members of Karang Taruna. The results of the research hypothesis and test on the relationship found that there is a positive relationship between the level of Islamic-based education on social care that exists in the members of the Karang Taruna Kebontemu village

PERANAN MODAL SOSIAL PADA KELOMPOK TANI PADI SAWAH DI DESA TAWAANG KECAMATAN TENGA KABUPATEN MINAHASA SELATAN

The purpose of this study was to determine and describe the role of social capital, consisted by trust, social norms, social networks, in the paddy rice farmer group in Tawaang Village, Tenga Sub-district, South Minahasa Regency. This research lasted for three months from July to September 2019. The data used in this study were primary data obtained from direct interviews and observations. Interviews were conducted with the help of a questionnaire. The Head of Village and farmer group members represent the community. Total respondents were 12 people who were all members of the group. Secondary data were obtained from the Tawaang Village Office, local bookstores and via the internet. Internet through Google Scholar to get articles from various scientific journals and theses from other universities related to research on the Role of Social Capital in Paddy Farmer Groups. The results showed that the index figure of 81.48% meant that it was classified in the existing category. Thus, the role of social capital was properly realized in the Tunas Harapan Farmer Group in Tawaang Village, Tenga District, South Minahasa Regency in the form of trust, social norms and social networks. Group members lead a high social life both within the group and outside the group, namely to strengthen the kinship, tolerance and efforts so that the farming business that runs well.*eprm*

Penerapan teknologi budidaya ikan baung (Mystus nemurus CV) di kolam dan keramba

Tujuan dari kegiatan pengabdin kepada masyarakat ini untuk memberikan ilmu dan teknologi kepada para anggota Kelompok Pembudidaya Ikan Alam Bendungan Desa Sungai Paku, Kecamatan Kampar Kiri, Kabupaten Kampar dalam menyelesaikan permasalah yang ditemukan selama ini, terutama tentang teknologi budidaya ikan baung di kolam dan keramba. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan ini adalah metode ceramah, diskusi dan demonstrasi langsung. Hasil evaluasi perubahan pengetahuan diperoleh 14 orang (70%) telah dapat menyerap materi yang diberikan dengan predikat sangat baik, 3 orang (15%) dapat menyerap materi yang diberikan dengan predikat baik, 2 orang (10%) dapat menyerap materi yang diberikan dengan predikat cukup, dan hanya 1 orang (5%) dapat menyerap materi yang diberikan dengan predikat kurang serta tidak ditemukan peserta yang memperoleh predikat kurang sekali. Hasil evaluasi keterampilan menunjukkan bahwa peserta kegiatan telah dapat mempraktekkan materi yang diberikan terutama tentang pembuatan pakan ikan (pellet) dan cara mengatasi penyakit yang menyerang ikan baung dalam budidaya. Sedangkan hasil evaluasi dampak menunjukkan bahwa kegiatan ini telah dirasakan menfaatnya oleh anggota kelompok tani yang ada, terutama dalam penyediaan pakan ikan (pellet) dan mengatasi ikan yang terserang penyakit dalam budidaya.

Model pemberdayaan masyarakat melalui pengembangan kelembagaan kelompok sadar wisata di Desa Tanjung Belit

Tanjung Belit village, which is administratively located in the buffer zone of Bukit Rimbang Wildlife Reserve, Bukit Baling, has customary territory in the area of ​​customary forest around the conservation area and inside it which is traditionally managed by expressing local wisdom. Among the potential natural resources of Bukit Rimbang Wildlife Reserve, Baling Hill is Batu Dinding Waterfall and the Subayang river flow which has now become one of the potential tourist objects and has been designated as an ecotourism area. In recent years, ecotourism has been quite visited by surrounding communities and including the City community. Support from various parties is needed to build a sustainable ecotourism including institutional development and infrastructure. Community service activities will be carried out in Tanjung Belit Village, Kampar Kiri Hulu District, Kampar District. The target of the activity is the Village Apparatus, Community Leaders and members of the Sadar Wisata group. The purpose of service activities: 1). Identify and formulate village potential so that the community is able to become a part of developing ecotourism in Tanjung Belit Village. 2). Find a model of community empowerment in developing Tanjung Belit ecotourism that is based on culture and local wisdom. From the results of the service it was obtained that this activity went well. Enthusiastic participants were high, especially from members of the tourism conscious group Tanjung Belit Village, then ninik mamak, village officials and the community. The outreach material delivered provides enormous benefits and the discussion is very interesting, namely increasing the ability of the community to see and develop village potential, especially in the field of tourism. With the increase in public awareness, it is expected that participation from various parties, both local and private governments, will also help in providing various tourism support facilities and infrastructure so that the potential for tourism visits is higher. Thus it is also expected that in the future the economy of the community can improve through the tourism sector.

PENERAPAN AZAS RUKUN, LARAS DAN PATUT DALAM PENYELESAIAN SENGKETA ADAT ( STUDI KASUS DI BANJAR ADAT AMBENGAN DENGAN BANJAR ADAT SEMANA KECAMATAN UBUD KABUPATEN GIANYAR PROVINSI BALI )

&lt;p&gt;Lands play an important role in our life. It becomes part of people’s life because lands are used to be the graveyards where the dead bodies are buried. The graveyard is also called as the ‘final resting place.’ As the role is very significant, especially in the life of customary village members in Bali, lands are often disputed among the members of one and other customary villages. The dispute becomes the object of many cases that ruins harmonious situation of native people in Bali. Take for example, the dispute that takes place in Banjar Adat Ambengan and Banjar Adat Semana Ubud District, Gianyar Regency and Bali Province. The problem to be solved is to investigate the causes of conflict as well as the implementation of land for peace, harmony, appropriateness and the parties involved in the settlement of the dispute. The investigation on the case that took place between the two customary villages was conducted through descriptive qualitative method supported by the case study approach. The finding showed that the dispute was settled by applying mediation method conducted through the meeting of the involved parties. It occurred several times with the principles of peace, harmony, and appropriateness to meet the society that live peacefully and harmoniously where people respect the existing customary law.&lt;/p&gt;

Decentralization by Devolution Policy in Tanzania: Does Devolution Policy Improved Political Accountability?

The aim of this study was to examine how decentralization by devolution policy improved situation of political accountability in governance system in Tanzania for a decade ago. The study conducted in the mainland Tanzania where by three regions of Mwanza, Geita and Kagera were involved in the study. Qualitative method and approaches were used to generate qualitative data from individual interviews involving Village chairpersons, Councilors, and Members of Parliament. Relevant different existing documents were critically reviewed and adopted. The sample size and the selection procedure of the key informants were purposively done, and snowball quota sampling was employed to reach the key study informants. A total of thirty (30) participants were carefully selected to participate in the study. The findings show that decentralization by devolution policy appeared to create awareness of accountability practice amongst politically elected leaders, even though it has not yet improved accountability practice in governance systems. Therefore, the study commends the overhaul of political accountability system in decentralized governance operations, this will help the government to restructure and reinforce implementation of political accountability.

The Role of Intercultural Competence and Local Wisdom in Building Intercultural and Inter-religious Tolerance

ABSTRACTThis paper examines the role of intercultural competence and local wisdom to build tolerance. Recent situation shows that the rights of religious and cultural minorities are on the decline. It focuses on the experience and practice of tolerance in kampong Buneng to prevent ethno-religious conflict. This study employs accommodation theory and qualitative approach to investigate a case study, which describes real phenomena. The findings show that convergence strategy is more dominant than divergence strategy and local wisdom found in Buneng is designed to maintain harmony between village members rather than voicing distinction amongst plural identities occupying the same public sphere.

An application of the impulsive CSOH model for managing squirrels in the coconut farm

In this work, we formulate the mathematical model that incorporates two equations to represent the ultimate goal and controlling strategy to the traditional prey-predator model so that we can investigate the interaction between preys and predators. The model is shortly called the CSOH model. The impulsive practice is added into the model for squirrel control purposes. In particular, we are interested in pulsing the squirrel hunters into the system for every fixed period to control squirrels at the level allowing farmers to have sufficient amount of coconuts so that they can continue their business. We establish the conditions for the squirrel-free periodic solution exists and is globally stable. The numerical simulations reveal that squirrels in the coconut farm could be entirely eradicated by the pulsing strategy. However, the disappearance of squirrels on the farm is not an ecological desire because all species should be allowed to coexist in the system. Consequently, we recommend that the number of squirrel hunters pulsed into the coconut farm should be properly set by considering the time of intervention, expenditure, ecological reasons, and emotional sensitivity of village members.

Community Forest Management for Sustainable Local Agriculture Development in Ban Huay Pu Kang, Thailand

This article focuses on community forest management of the villagerby using descriptive statistic. The data received from group discussion and interview with village headman, forestry officers, and members in community. The result showed that in the area there was no upstream management in community area, inefficiency of reservoir and unamend dam due to lack of water for agriculture. Conversely, flood in agricultural area was found as a problem. As a result, community leader, forestry officers, and community members of Ban Huey Poo cooperated to resolve the guideline of community forest management in order to bring traditions and culture of community, as the strong point of social capital, altogether with forestry principles such as check dam, and tradition of spirit thanks event for caring the upstream, and to build network with external organizations based on community’s needs. The key result which happened to community was to have water resources for sustainable agriculture and to bring about the learning process of people in community so that people could rely on for continuous mutual benefit, upstream conservation, livestock area, water and food resource, and activities arrangement of sustainable community forestry management.

How One Rural Community in Transition Overcame Its Island Status: The Case of Heckenbeck, Germany

In the public debate, sustainable innovations are mostly associated with urban contexts, whereas rural areas are rarely seen as potentially creative sites. In contrast to this widespread suggestion, however, recent studies show that rural communities can also play a pivotal role in generating sustainable solutions. Yet, the transformative potentials of villages often remain socially limited to pioneers’ personal networks and spatially restricted to insulated places. In this context the question arises of how rural communities in transition to sustainability can overcome their island-status to develop transformative potentials. In order to answer this question, we take the example of Heckenbeck, a village located in southern Lower Saxony (Germany), as a case and examine the social interactions and networks that exist between local sustainability niches and the socio-technical regime. By applying socio-technical transition theory in a multi-scalar perspective, our study illustrates how a group of niche actors has accomplished to effectively transform the local regime by spreading their ideas among their fellow village members and to put pressure on the regional regime by using windows of opportunity created in the socio-technical landscape to build multifaceted social networks to various sectors of society. The case provides lessons learnt and discusses possibilities and limits to transfer these lessons to other contexts.

The Involvement of Religious Leaders in Conflict Resolution within Tolaki People of Konawe District

This study aims to identify the various socio-cultural conditions of Tolaki people in Konawe that often engaging in inter-family conflict. The process of identifying the socio-cultural conditions leads to find the correlation between socio-cultural conditions and the types of inter-family conflicts and how they get resolved at the community level. Religious leaders are part of the efforts of solving the conflicts. In addition, this study is also aimed to determine and analyze the types of inter-family conflicts that exist and the processes for conflict resolution among families in the Tolaki in Konawe. The research data is based on two categories of informant; traditional leaders and ordinary informants that are public figures such as religious leaders, government officials within the scope of sub-district, village, and community members both at the level of individuals, families, and communities. The traditional leaders get involved in conflict resolution while public figures have experience on dealing with such conflicts and are sometime involved in a conflict. The work indicates that the conflicts in the Tolaki people take the form of closed and open conflicts. While the sources or the causes of the conflict come from tulura (speech), peowai (actions), and powaihako (behavior). The sources of the conflict then are manifested in the daily life of Tolaki people and become sisala'aineperapua (conflict in marriage), sisala'aine hapo-hapo (conflict by treasure), and conflict in social relations. Social and cultural conditions that often lead to inter-family conflicts are the difference in social strata, economic inequality, and religious differences. Tolaki People then settle their conflict through the expertise and charisma of religious and cultural leaders by the completion of melanggahako, mesokei, peohala, mombopoo'rai, sombalabu, and mosehe.

Promoting hygienic weaning food handling practices through a community-based programme: intervention implementation and baseline characteristics for a cluster randomised controlled trial in rural Gambia

ObjectiveContamination of weaning food leads to diarrhoea in children under 5 years. Public health interventions to improve practices in low-income and middle-income countries are rare and often not evaluated using...

Assessment of Applicability of Participatory Planning in Improving Rural Livelihoods in Tanzania: The case of Utalingolo and Igosi Villages of Njombe and Wanging’ombe Districts

A study was conducted at Igosi and Utalingolo in Njombe and Wanging’ombe Districts, aimed to assess the applicability of participatory planning in improving rural livelihoods. The study employed a case study approach. The study used purposive and convenient sampling techniques. Data collection instruments included questionnaires and focus group discussions. Questionnaires were administered to 50 respondents and focus group discussions were organized for the same group of people. The major findings of the study are of two categories; strengths and weaknesses. Strengths: the village development committees were well represented in terms of gender and that, members were well informed on the participatory planning process. On the other part the study revealed that, the majority of the members lacked proper education, expertise in planning among the committee members, poor leadership and monitoring and evaluation techniques to established projects. The study recommended that all village members should be given mandatory training on the process of planning to. Â

Kindheartedness Invites Betrayal: Oral Testimony Regarding the Land Dispute between Two Village Heads in Gutu District, Zimbabwe

Like capital and labour, land is a prized resource, and where the land is inherited from one’s predecessors, it is held with reverence and is of particular significance to its inheritors. A situation involving land lies at the heart of a dispute between two village heads in Gutu district, Zimbabwe, the account of which is based on oral testimonies given by elderly members of the village which offered temporary shelter to a group of land seekers. The events recounted occurred during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Data was gathered through oral interviews and focus group discussions, supported by observations. Detailed interviews were conducted with the aggrieved village head as well as the former and current chief. Other elderly village members were also interviewed, and some were involved in the group discussions. The study revealed among other things the absence of tangible records pertaining to village boundaries, the lack of authority of the chief’s rulings, and the prevalence of corruption in the settlement of land disputes. Some focused deductions are made regarding possible outcomes of a pending court verdict. A number of recommendations are suggested with the aim of assisting in the resolution of similar land disputes in Zimbabwe

A journey of turning points and unlikely destinations

I am enormously honored and humbled to stand here tonight as the 2018 Priestley Medalist. It takes a scientific village to win this coveted award, and the most important members of my village are my family: my physicist husband, Steve Kevan, whom I met my first day of graduate school and has since given me his endless support, and our awesome sons, Bryan and Dustin. Being here tonight is such an unlikely destination when I consider where my journey began. In my early years, growing up on a farm in Kansas, I wasn’t even aware of a career in science, let alone that I could aspire to it. Still, my parents both dreamed that my three sisters and I would someday be college graduates, a goal they never reached because of the hardships of the Depression. To raise our family, my father took on the task of farming while my