Village Representatives Research Articles

Masyarakat Pribumi: Cabaran Masyarakat Orang Asli Peta Dalam Mencapai Pembangunan Mampan Di Taman Negara Endau - Rompin, Mersing, Johor

The government has implemented various national development projects involving various agencies and the private sector, including in Orang Asli village areas, especially in achieving the 17 sustainable development goals that have been recommended by the government since 2015. However, the involvement and development changes in the Orang Asli areas are still being left behind and they should be considered so as not to disturb their original socio-culture. Therefore, this study was conducted in the Orang Asli Peta village (Endau Rompin National Park), Mersing, Johor to examine the challenges of the Orang Asli Peta community, in achieving sustainable development. The methodology used in this study is qualitative, which is an in-depth interview. Meanwhile, the data collection technique in the field is a group discussion (FGD) with Tok Batin and 25 village representatives from the Jakun tribe. They are experienced and have lived in the area for a long time. Meanwhile, the analysis is carried out through government documents and situational analysis. The study found that the challenge of achieving sustainable development among the Orang Asli community is difficult to overcome. The implications of the changes brought by the government show that the community has become increasingly complex due to the lack of development aspects of social facilities, culture, job opportunities, native culture, and ecosystem conflict, the need to protect the rights of the Orang Asli, weaknesses in JAKOA’s administration and natural disasters. Therefore, the existing social development in the Orang Asli village area should be improved so that it can be adapted without damaging the identity of the Orang Asli community in the implementation of planned development by the government.

Initiation of Gerai Tensi for screening and prevention of non-communicable diseases in the community

Background: The increased incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) necessitates continuous promotional and preventive activities to reduce morbidity and mortality. Since NCDs cannot spread like infectious diseases, they are frequently neglected. In addition, NCDs represent a significant health burden as they can develop chronic consequences and lead to fatalities. The growing burden of NCDs is attributed to increased risk factors, including elevated blood pressure, obesity, body mass index, and blood sugar levels. Furthermore, NCDs can be the primary factor in long-term decreased productivity, leading to detrimental effects on social and economic resources. Some NCDs that are receiving the most attention and have the highest prevalence are hypertension and obesity. This paper aimed to present the prevalence of hypertension and obesity in a village community. Methods: We hosted a Gerai Tensi program as one of the community-based attempts to identify and screen for NCDs. This program was conducted in Dukuh Gowongan RT 003/ RW 002, Pucangan Village, Kartasura District, Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia. All the residents aged ≥15 years old were invited to attend Gerai Tensi. The participant's blood pressure, height, weight, and waist circumference were measured. Results: A total of 75 residents of Dukuh Gowongan attended Gerai Tensi. Most participants were female (53.3%), aged 46–55 (24.0%). There were 54.7% (41/75) of participants with hypertension, mainly classified as stage I hypertension (31/75; 41.3%), and 58.7% (44/75) of participants who were obese, mostly grade I obesity (28/75; 37.3%). Conclusion: Hypertension and obesity are prevalent in the community, reaching more than half of the study participants. Coordination with the community health centre and village representatives is required to optimize the promotion and prevention activities, the treatment of diseases, and the sustainability of the Gerai Tensi program.

“Just as curry is needed to eat rice, antibiotics are needed to cure fever”—a qualitative study of individual, community and health system-level influences on community antibiotic practices in rural West Bengal, India

ObjectivesTo understand community antibiotic practices and their drivers, comprehensively and in contextually sensitive ways, we explored the individual, community and health system-level factors influencing community antibiotic practices in rural West...

Implementation of Supervision of Development Planning Using and Impact of Information Technology at the Office of Bappeda, Southeast Minahasa District

This research discusses the supervision, and planning, development of the Development Planning Agency (BAPPEDA) Office Southeast Minahasa District. This study aims first, to know and analyze as well as illustrate planning development in the district of Southeast Minahasa. Second, that is a known and analyzed factor determinant of planning development in the Southeast Minahasa district. The type of study is qualitative. The informant main is the Head of the District Development Planning Agency (Bappeda) Southeast Minahasa. Besides That, informant other that is functional nor Apparatus State Civil Service (ASN) in scope Bappeda Regency Southeast Minahasa, head village, Representative Body Village (BPD), figure community, youth and women representatives in the District Ratahan and East Ratahan Southeast Minahasa Districts. Data was obtained through interviews, observation, and documentation. Next, this research analyzed with a technique that the validity of data is based on the belief that with criteria This level existing beliefs already true, That is, stage This part from the validation process. Results of the research show that BAPPEDA supervision in planned programs is Still not enough stable. BAPPEDA still faces challenges in the supervision of planned programs related to development. The challenge in system BAPPEDA's planning lies yet effectiveness supervision, esp related to the extent of the planned programs following the plan beginning. Some of the programs it turns out Not yet following plans that have been set initially. One suggestion is an implementation of e-supervision in planning to get it held in real time.

Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Melalui Program Agrowisata Di Desa Bojongnangka Kabupaten Pemalang

The agro-tourism pilot project in the village of Bojongnangka began at the end of 2021 with the construction of a tourist attraction, Gatra Kencana, an educational tourism destination for rice fields. Even though the tourist destination is built on top of the rice fields, the rice fields can still be planted with rice with homemade organic fertilizers. However, to become an agro-tourism village has not be followed with the development of tourism human resources and agro-tourism packages so that the beneficiaries have not be extended to the Bojongnangka village community. The absence of tourism activists who manage tour operations and the absence of tour packages to collaborate with community participation are challenges in developing this village. The methods used in this community service include the making of agro-tourism community groups, focused group discussions on agro-tourism, and theoretical and practical training carried out by the Village Community Empowerment Program (P2MD) team of Hospitality Management Study Program Dian Nuswantoro University. Finally, through deliberations with village officials and representatives of residents, an agreement was reached in the form of making an agro-tourism community group which was ratified through a Decree from the Head of Bojongnangka Village, 5 agro-tourism packages, and integration of tourism businesses to make Gatra Kencana a tourism icon in Bojongnangka Village. Moreover, the team also develop empowerment program of MSMEs in agro-tourism packages, signing a memorandum of understanding with the Association of Indonesian Tour Guides of Central Java Chapter and creating a display gallery to exhibit agro-tourism products of Bojongnangka village community.

Student's Literacy and Numeracy Skills in ombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara : Baseline Survey Innovation Based Gender Equality, Disability, and Social

This research aims to analyze the literacy and numeracy skills of students in ombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara based on gender, disability and social equality. The research approach uses a Mixed Method between qualitative and quantitative research with a survey method (cross-sectional). Data collection was carried out involving 2639 respondents from SD and MI students, school principals, teachers, parents, village representatives, and from TTIs. Survey data were obtained through questionnaires, document recording, and interviews. Furthermore, the data were analyzed qualitatively. This study's results show the lowest achievement is the numeration of female respondents in East Lombok Regency, 59.41. Achievements in the same aspect for Central Lombok Regency were higher, namely 62.97. For literacy skills, female respondents in Central Lombok also obtained a higher average (68.91) than female respondents in East Lombok Regency (66.93). The achievement of male respondents in Central Lombok Regency for literacy (69.08) looks lower than male respondents in East Lombok Regency (69.44). The same thing also happened to the average achievement in the numeracy aspect; Central Lombok Regency only got an average of 66.00, while East Lombok reached 66.44. In general, male literacy achievements were higher than women, while numeracy achievements were superior to female respondents from men's.

'Why would they spend all this money and give us these items for free?': Exploring precarity and power in a cleaner cookstove intervention in rural Malawi.

We carried out a qualitative study to gain a deeper understanding of the social context of the Cooking and Pneumonia Study (CAPS) and implications for implementation of clean cooking and similar interventions. Such initiatives are recognised as complex, power-laden processes, which has consequences for outcomes and uptake. However, understanding of how precarious livelihoods and unequal power differentials impact on trials of technology is limited and potentially hampers the achievement of the SDGs including SDG 7, Affordable and Clean Energy. An in-depth exploration of experiences and perceptions of cooking and cookstove use within CAPS was completed using qualitative methods and the participatory methodology Photovoice. Ten CAPS participants from each of five villages participated in Photovoice activities and five village representatives were interviewed. Twelve fieldworkers participated in gender specific focus groups and four were interviewed. A thematic content approach was used for data analysis. The analysis showed that economic and power inequity underpinned the complex social relationships within CAPS impacting on trial participation, perceptions of the cookstoves, and on the potential of the intervention to affect health and other benefits. Power can be understood as relational and productive within the research environment. This is illustrated by an analysis of the role of fieldworkers and community representatives who needed to negotiate resistance to trial compliance decisions, including 'satanic' rumours about cookstoves and blood-taking. Transformative approaches that challenge existing power inequities are needed to maximise the success and beneficence of cookstove and other health promoting interventions, and achievement of the SDGs.

Love Shouldn’t Hurt – E le Sauā le Alofa: Co-designing a theory of change for preventing violence against women in Samoa

ABSTRACT Despite the widespread adoption of Theories of Change (ToC) for programme evaluation, the process of collaboratively developing these theories is rarely outlined or critical analysed, limiting broader methodological discussions on co-production. We developed a ToC as part of E le Sauā le Alofa (‘Love Shouldn’t Hurt’) – a participatory peer-research study to prevent violence against women (VAW) in Samoa. The ToC was developed in four phases: (1) semi-structured interviews with village representatives (n = 20); (2) peer-led semi-structured interviews with community members (n = 60), (3) community conversations with 10 villages (n = 217) to discuss causal mechanisms for preventing VAW, and (4) finalising the ToC pathways. Several challenges were identified, including conflicting understandings of VAW as a problem; the linearity of the ToC framework in contrast to intersecting realities of people’s lived experiences; the importance of emotional engagements, and theory development as a contradictory and incomplete process. The process also raised opportunities including a deeper exploration of local meaning-making, iterative engagement with local mechanisms of violence prevention, and clear evidence of ownership by communities in developing a uniquely Samoan intervention to prevent VAW. This study highlights a clear need for ToCs to be complemented by indigenous frameworks and methodologies in post-colonial settings such as Samoa.

Transfer or tailor? Implementing a technology‐supported intervention for noncommunicable diseases across contexts

Transfer or tailor? Implementing a technology‐supported intervention for noncommunicable diseases across contexts

AHP-based multi-criteria decision-making for forest sustainability of lower Himalayan foothills in northern circle, India-a case study.

Forest degradation is a major issue worldwide. The study area, situated in the lower Himalayan foothills of northern India, is also witnessing the same. A ground survey of the area revealed that socio-economic factors are a major cause of forest degradation. Therefore, sustainable forest management is required to maintain forest resources and health. This study aims to develop the most suitable and agreeable alternatives for ensuring the sustainability of forest use, increase economic benefits, and improve the living conditions of the people surrounding the forest area. This study uses the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) as a decision-making method. A pre-test was conducted prior to the main survey, which helped validate the questionnaires and deliver more reliable survey responses. The authors identified three criteria (C) and nine indicators (I).The pre-tested criteria and indicators arranged in hierarchical order were prioritized by applying the AHP. A list of 36 alternatives (A) was prepared in ascending order to select the best alternatives and was used to make suitable judgments for enhancing forest management efficiency. C, I, and A were developed based on a literature review, pre-test, and questionnaire-based field survey that recorded the preferences of different stakeholders. The survey was conducted in 77 fringe villages surrounding the forest and responses were collected from 302 respondents. The overall AHP implementation was simplified using "Super Decisions." The results advocate adopting valid options such as afforestation, agro-forestry, plantation, forest boundary demarcation, capital investment, and others to strengthen the sustainable development of the region. Furthermore, some of the major findings were shared with decision-making authorities (forest officials and village representatives). The stakeholders realized the need to accelerate participatory forest management practices, capacity building, and training of the local populations, together with other options to improve their livelihoods.

Pendampingan Kader dalam Pengolahan dan Pemberian Makanan Pendamping ASI berbasis Kearifan Lokal

Introduction: Childhood (up to two years old) is a golden period of growth and development that determines the quality of future health. Several factors play an important role for physical growth and development, including nutritional and non-nutritional factors. Nutritional problems, including stunting (dwarf), during childhood will hinder the process of growth and development and increase the risk of degenerative diseases or chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in later stages of life. Objective: This service activity aims to increase the knowledge of cadres about MP ASI and improve the ability of cadres in processing MP ASI Method: The methods used in this community service are lectures, discussions, and exercises to process MP ASI directly. Result: Based on the results of the training, it was found that there was an increase in the knowledge of cadres with an average increase in post test results of 17.2 with the highest score on the post test being 100. Conclusion: The implementation of this service activity has been carried out smoothly and according to plan, followed by 18 cadres from village representatives who are in the working area of the Bregbeg Health Center who are very enthusiastic and eager to participate in this activity to completion . There is a significant difference in the knowledge of cadres in the processing and provision of complementary feeding assistance compared to before participating in the mentoring (test score from 65.7 to 82.9).

THE ASSESSMENT ON KAMPUNG KUBU, TANJUNG MALIM, PERAK AS A HERITAGE VILLAGE

The conservation of heritage villages in Malaysia seems to receive more attention from government and private organizations. However, the assessment guidelines are still unclear, and urban development tends to ignore these historical settlements. This study aims to assess Kampung Kubu, a historical settlement in Tanjung Malim, Perak, by discussing its potential as a heritage village. The study focuses on heritage significance based on the criteria used for heritage village assessment in other states. Descriptive data is obtained from reviews on historical documents and articles, field observation, and interviews with the village and local authority representatives. The findings showed that Kampung Kubu displays strong evidence in the historical aspect, based on the traditional houses, historical landmarks, weaponry, and proper documented historical records. Therefore, it is recommended for this village to be developed for heritage tourism to support its recognition as a heritage village as a part of the urban development.

Pengaruh Kompetensi Aparatur, Sistem Pengendalian Internal, Komitmen Organisasi dan Partisipasi Masyarakat terhadap Akuntabilitas Pengelolaan Dana Desa

Law Number 6 of 2014 states that Village Funds are funds sourced from the state revenue and expenditure budget that are intended for villages and are used to finance the implementation of government activities, implementation, development, community development and also community empowerment. Fund management accountability is a form of village government accountability to the community. The purpose of this study was to examine and analyze the effect of apparatus competence, internal control system, organizational commitment and community participation on village fund management accountability in Sukolilo District, Pati Regency.
 This study uses primary data by giving questionnaires to respondents. The population of this study is village officials and community representatives who are involved in the allocation of village funds in Sukolio District, Pati Regency, which consists of 16 villages with a total of 80 respondents. The sampling technique in this study is saturated sampling or census sampling with the data analysis tool used is multiple linear regression analysis using the SPSS 23 program.
 The results showed that the competence of the apparatus, internal control system, organizational commitment and community participation affected the accountability of village fund management.

Discretionary Operations of Frontline Forest Bureaucrats in Tropical Developing Countries: A Case Study from Java, Indonesia

Detailed exploration of why and how a certain forest management operation was not implemented will lead to more nuanced understandings of local policy realities. Drawing on the viewpoints of street-level bureaucracy, the present study examined discretionary operations practiced by frontline forest bureaucrats in Java, Indonesia. The study particularly focused on how changes in wider political economic situations affected power relations between frontline forest bureaucrats and locals, and how changed power relations generated discretionary operations both in regulatory and facilitation aspects. The author combined various data collection methods, including a mail-out questionnaire survey for frontline forest bureaucrats, a survey through in-person interviews of village representatives, a survey through in-person interviews of household heads in a village, and participatory observations of events in villages. The findings showed that frontline forest bureaucrats’ discretion included both creative and passive forms; whereas they attempted to accommodate contrasting policy goals of protecting forests and meeting local demands for forests, they felt hesitation to cope with local situations due to increasing bargaining power of locals that resulted from recent democratization processes. Policy options or organizational measures to remove the conditions that result in negative types of discretion should be deliberated based on the realities of frontline forest bureaucrats.

Multi-Level Prioritization Analysis of Water Governance Components to Improve Agricultural Water-Saving Policy: A Case Study from Korea

The challenge of unstainable agricultural water usage in Korea has continued interminably despite persisting climate change impacts; thus, necessitating urgent actions to forestall future water crises. However, achieving this goal requires the involvement of stakeholders to develop an effective governance policy concerning water saving. This study investigates the components of water governance following existing water policy gaps. A multi-level Delphi-AHP technique was used to identify and prioritize the essential components of agricultural water governance that can specifically enhance water-saving policy in Korea. The analysis of twenty-nine formulated components (six main and twenty-three sub-components) based on the OECD water policy gaps was conducted. A Delphi-AHP technique with process evaluation of the agricultural water experts’ opinions under pairwise comparisons was used to arrive at the relative order of importance of the components. The order of main components based on the consolidated weight follows core actors (0.316), law, policies, and systems (0.069), budget support (0.135), information sharing and communication (0.099), mutual learning (0.142), and external experts (0.239), while village representatives (0.353), legislation (0.358), central government (0.311), policy committee (0.309), education course (0.374), and facilitator (0.402) were considered as priorities, respectively, for the sub-components of water governance. The findings indicate that strengthening the informal institution could address the water governance gaps in the agricultural sector to achieve water-saving policies. This study recommends a bottom-up approach to water governance that could promote the active participation of core actors such as farmers and villagers in the design of policy and management of agricultural water resources.

Environmental Disinfection Training for the Community for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 Transmission

Since its emergence at the end of 2019, WHO has designated COVID-19 as a pandemic after 114 countries were infected by the virus. The rate of transmission and spread of this virus is very massive. COVID-19 can be transmitted easily from human to human through close contact and droplets. According to several studies, the corona virus that sticks to various surfaces of objects can be effectively removed by using various types of disinfectants. The widespread use of disinfectant liquids in the community is not accompanied by sufficient knowledge, causing misuse which causes less effective disinfection and can even cause side effects for health and negative impacts on the environment. The purpose of this activity is to provide education to the public so that they understand how to manufacture and use disinfectants properly so that they are effective and avoid side effects on health. Implementation of this activity were 60 people, consisting of: representatives from the village apparatus, Sekehe Teruna Teruni, PKK and health cadres representing the Cempaga village, Bangli distric-Province of Bali. The method of devotion carried out in this activity are the lecture, discussion and training method. The training was held for 3 (three) days, consisting of lectures on disinfectants and environmental disinfection methods, as well as demonstrations of making disinfectants delivered by village representatives. The result of this activity is that there is an increase in knowledge about COVID-19 targeted training at the level of knowledge category both before training by 25% and after training to 63.33%. And there is an increase in knowledge about environmental disinfection for the prevention of COVID-19 training targets at the level of knowledge both before training by 16.67% and after training to 63.33%. It is recommended to carry out environmental disinfection in the surrounding environment using household materials and carry out environmental disinfection safely both for public health and for the surrounding environment.

Rural planning within local development: Indonesian context

This study investigated how deliberation is implemented in rural planning practice in Indonesia and what issues are encountered. Qualitative content analysis of secondary data was conducted on the main concepts of deliberative planning, participatory governance, and participatory budgeting, supported by the author's experience as a government planner facilitating deliberation in Langkat District, Indonesia. The deliberative village planning involves interaction between actors in village communities, i.e., community members and representatives from the government and the private sector. The viewpoint is put forward that in deliberation in the Indonesian context, there is more space for knowledge transfer and power contestation than for mediation and negotiation. Community members adopt the planner's knowledge and synthesise it with their experiential knowledge. This knowledge transfer helps to create organisational knowledge. Meanwhile, power relations in informal arenas influence the course of the deliberation process in formal planning meetings, obscuring the essence of the public's desires.

Qualitative Study: Family Planning Village Program Development to Increase Community Health Improvement in Banyuwangi Regency

Family Planning Village is one of the strategic innovations that has been implemented by the BKKBN since 2015. However, its implementation remains not optimal during the 4 years of the program. The purpose of this study was to analyze the FP Village program in improving the community health status in Banyuwangi Regency. This was a quasi-experimental study with a qualitative approach. The research was carried out in two villages that have a FP Village program in Banyuwangi Regency, consisting of FP Village representatives located in the urban areas and suburban areas of Banyuwangi, starting from July to November 2019. Data was collected using literature study, in-depth interview, and FGDs. Based on the result of the study, the implementation scope of the FP Village program in Wringinagung and Gambiran was in accordance with the 2015 FP Village program technical manual. The development of the FP Village program can be done by making edutourism and utilizing local potential in the program implementation.

Pemberdayaan dan pendampingan desa digital melalui media website pada Desa Kadubungbang-Pandeglang

Kadubungbang Village is located in the Pulosari Mountains area which stretches from west to south. This village is the place for PKM 2021 as a follow-up to PKM Mandiri 2020 (installation of barcode posters from the digital village android application). By the targets and plans of the Ministry of Villages, PDT, and Transmigration 2020 which aims to equalize Digital Villages in all villages in Indonesia. The method of activity is carried out by conducting a preliminary study, namely coordination with the urban village and field surveys at each tourist spot. Next is the creation of a website that previously had an application model that was converted to the jelajahdesa.com website. Then for the technical socialization by exploring tourist attractions and interviewing each tourist spot, socializing with village staff and representatives of tourist attractions, and updating banners containing barcodes and webs at each tourist spot. The results achieved from this activity, namely the understanding of the training participants on the operation of the website and indirectly attracting visitors to be able to expose the potential of the village and make the villagers more creative to build the village economy.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural communities: a cross-sectional study in the Sichuan Province of China

ObjectiveRecently, China has experienced a considerable influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the local people’s health and economy. Hence, the current research aims to investigate the psychological and socioeconomic impact...