Village Setting Research Articles

KOSAKATA BUDAYA TRADISI PENANGKAPAN KOTEKLEMA DI LAMALERA DALAM NOVEL “SUARA SAMUDRA, CATATAN DARI LAMALERA” SEBAGAI SALAH SATU ALTERNATIF PENGAYAAN KOSAKATA BAHASA INDONESIA

The three local languages mentioned in the National Language Policy formulated in the Language Politics seminar organized by the Language Center (now the Agency for Language Development and Development) in 1999 function as a language symbols including a symbol of regional identity, and a symbol of regional pride; a mean of communication in the family and local communities, and a mean of supporting regional culture and as a supporter of regional literature and Indonesian literature. As a means of supporting the Indonesian language, regional languages have a dominant role in enriching the Indonesian vocabulary. This paper will describe the cultural vocabulary in the tradition of capturing the koteklema in Lamalera in the novel of "Suara Samudra, Catatan dari Lamalera", as one of the alternative of Indonesian vocabulary enrichment. The novel of "Suara Samudra, Catatan dari Lamalera", by Maria Matildis Banda, reveals a cliché theme often appears and is raised in Indonesian novels about the relationship of two lovers due to social status differences. The novel is interesting as it is written in a traditional village setting, tradition and culture of fishing and whaling in Lamalera. This novel is an ethnographic novel that presents the traditions and culture of Lamalera through the physical and cultural background of fishermen in Lamalera. Maria Matildis Banda conveys local color through literature. His language, diction, and power of speaking in a local dialect enrich the literary treasures of Indonesia. This condition is one of the reasons for the importance of 'adopting' the registers in the novel into the Indonesian vocabulary, so that Indonesian language can further develop itself in order to play a maximum role as a means of communication in various domains of the usage, as well as play an increasingly steady role as a language amplifier for an identity and character of the nation.

P1.02-08 Hope for People Living with Metastatic Lung Cancer

As in any developing countries state of West Bengal in India has a huge burden of metastatic lung cancer patients in advanced stage coming from rural area where awareness regarding the usefulness of palliative care in rather poor. Our goal is to give a pain free good quality of life in these advanced stage lung cancer patients. Objective of this study is to identify the main difficulties in achieving the above goal in a rural village setting in India. Advanced lung cancer patients in need of palliative care in various villages in of rural India were selected for this study. Their symptoms and managements in that rural surroundings were evaluated by an NGO (under the guidance of a senior palliative care specialist) working in that area. An attempt was made to identify the main obstacles in getting proper palliative care in a rural setting. Pain, fatigue, respiratory distress are the main symptoms effecting these patients. In most patients pain and other symptoms control were grossly inadequate due to lack of properly trained manpower in the rural India. However regular homecare visits by a group of social workers were of immense help in the last few months of life. NGO team was well guided by a palliative care specialist. There is a wide gap of trained manpower in this filled in rural areas of India. Dedicated groups from rural area itself need encouragement, repeated home visit, awareness built up, proper training to home care giver, so that difficult symptoms can be managed locally along with necessary social and psychological support to these patients.

Using longitudinal syndromic surveillance to describe small ruminant health in village production systems in Myanmar

A novel syndromic surveillance approach was used to describe small ruminant health in Myanmar, to help overcome limitations in disease diagnosis common in many parts of the world, especially in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Observations were made from July 2015 to June 2016 of ten clinical syndromes in 12 goat herds and sheep flocks owned by smallholders in the Central Dry Zone. Strengths and weaknesses to using syndromic surveillance in a village setting were identified using a formal surveillance evaluation framework, ‘SERVAL’. Larger reporting teams made disproportionately more reports than smaller ones (86% compared to 14% of all reports, with a reporting rate ratio of 4.3 95% CI 3.5–5.4), which may have affected surveillance sensitivity. The benefits of the syndromic surveillance included its relatively low cost and ability to produce quantitative disease estimates that could be used to prioritise further disease investigation and extension activities. In particular, significant mortality was observed, with monthly mortality of 3.0% (95% CI 2.5–3.7%) and 0.28% (0.15–0.53%) in young and adult animals, respectively, and a population attributable fraction of mortality for young animals of 82% (68–91%). Mortality was associated with ill-thrift in young animals but had not previously been considered an important production-limiting condition in Myanmar. This information contributes to an understanding of the prevalence of excessive mortality in smallholder goat and sheep production systems. It is a practical example of the use of syndromic surveillance in a LMIC livestock production system, the results of which can direct future disease research, treatment and prevention to improve the health and productivity of small ruminants in Myanmar.

Quality Action to Accelerate Fair Accessibility Through Law of Telecommunication

This article describes how telecommunication has a strategic role in national development, which requires a large amount of funding in Indonesia, in spite of the limited financial support from the government. The dynamics of telecommunication law has provided a clear direction, from monopoly to healthy competition. It is important for foreign investment to be an option that needs to be harmonized with the applicable law of telecommunication. Four main constructs have been identified as important issues to be discussed are Social Welfare (SW); Global Village (GV); Foreign Direct Investiment (FDI); and Law Telecomunication (LT). In conclusion, two quality actions are proposed to accelerate fair accesibility through law of telecommunication in global village setting. The first quality action is to accelerate SW through fair accessibility in GV setting and FDI. The second quality action is to accelerate SW through fair accessibility based on FDI and LT.

Change and Continuity in Kassena Men's Perceptions of Family Planning in Northern Ghana

Studies suggest that men's perceptions of family planning in sub-Saharan Africa would be improved if they were included more extensively in family planning programs. However, few studies capture how men's views change over time and what processes are responsible for these shifts. Examining the processes that underpin men's shifting family formation strategies is essential in order to understand the impact of family planning programs. This research, framed by a political economy of fertility approach that draws on life history data, highlights intergenerational change and continuity in men's perceptions of family planning in Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region of Ghana, where a family planning program involving men was implemented in the 1990s. Eight months of ethnographic fieldwork was conducted in rural village and clinic settings in 2013 and 2014. We find that men's sense of responsibility for the cost of schooling, against a changing economic backdrop, as well as shifts toward “companionate marriage” are among the most salient factors contributing to their growing approval of family planning. This study highlights the importance of paying attention to changes in the larger socioeconomic context that encourage men's acceptance of family planning. We argue that programs incorporating men should move beyond health education to consider broader social and economic drivers of attitudinal change.

Providing a sustainable living environment in not-for-profit retirement villages

Purpose As a viable housing option for older people, retirement villages need to provide a sustainable living environment that satisfies their residents’ needs in terms of affordability, lifestyle and environmental friendliness. This is, however, a significant challenge for not-for-profit developers because of the high upfront costs involved in using sustainable practices. The purpose of this paper is to identify the sustainable features and practices adopted in not-for-profit retirement villages. Design/methodology/approach Because of the lack of quantitative historical data, a case study approach was adopted to identify the sustainable features and practices used in a not-for-profit retirement village in Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Data were collected based on interviews, direct observation and documentation, and collected data were analysed by using content analysis. Findings The research findings indicate that similar to private developers, not-for-profit developers also have the capability to make their village environment sustainable. In this case, the sustainable practices cover various aspects including the selection of village location, site planning, provision of facilities and services, social life and living costs. Although the associated costs of adopting sustainable features is a concern for both developers and residents, some of the identified sustainable practices in this case do not result in significant cost increase but can improve the residents’ quality of life substantially. Practical implications The research findings provide a number of practical implications on how to deliver sustainable retirement villages in a not-for-profit village setting. Originality/value This paper provides a first look at sustainable features and practices adopted in both the development and operation stages of a not-for-profit retirement village.

Targeted application of an organophosphate-based paint applied on windows and doors against Anopheles coluzzii resistant to pyrethroids under real life conditions in Vall\xe9e du Kou, Burkina Faso (West Africa)

BackgroundA novel strategy applying an organophosphate-based insecticide paint on doors and windows in combination with long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) was tested for the control of pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors in a village setting in Vallée du Kou, a rice-growing area west of Burkina Faso.MethodsInsecticide Paint Inesfly 5A IGR™, comprised of two organophosphates and an insect growth regulator, was applied to doors and windows and tested in combination with pyrethroid-treated LLINs. The killing effect was monitored for 5 months by early morning collections of anophelines and other culicids. The residual efficacy was evaluated monthly by WHO bioassays using Anopheles gambiae ‘Kisumu’ and local populations of Anopheles coluzzii resistant to pyrethroids. The spatial mortality efficacy (SME) at distances of 1 m was also assessed against pyrethroid-susceptible and -resistant malaria vectors. The frequency of L1014F kdr and Ace-1R G119S mutations was, respectively, reported throughout the study. The Insecticide Paint Inesfly 5A IGR had been tested in past studies yielding a long-term mortality rate of 80% over 12 months against An. coluzzii, the local pyrethroid-resistant malaria vector. The purpose of the present study is to test if treating smaller, targeted surfaces (e.g. doors and windows) was also efficient in killing malaria vectors.ResultsTreating windows and doors alone yielded a killing efficacy of 100% for 1 month against An. coluzzii resistant to pyrethroids, but efficacy reduced quickly afterwards. Likewise, WHO cone bioassays yielded mortalities of 80–100% for 2 months but declined to 90 and 40% 2 and 3 months after treatment, respectively. Mosquitoes exposed to insecticide paint-treated surfaces at distances of 1 m, yielded mortality rates of about 90–80% against local pyrethroids-resistant An. coluzzii during the first 2 months, but decreased to 30% afterwards. Anopheles coluzzii was reported to be exclusively the local malaria vector and resistant to pyrethroids with high L1014 kdr frequency.ConclusionThe combination of insecticide paint on doors and windows with LLINs yielded high mortality rates in the short term against wild pyrethroid-resistant malaria vector populations. A high SME was observed against laboratory strains of pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors placed for 30 min at 1 m from the treated/control walls. The application of the insecticide paint on doors and windows led to high but short-lasting mortality rates. The strategy may be an option in a context where low cost, rapid responses need to be implemented in areas where malaria vectors are resistant to pyrethroids.

DESA MAWA CARA NEGARA MAWA TATA: DINAMIKA PENGATURAN DESA DALAM SISTEM KETATANEGARAAN INDONESIA

The history of village arrangements in the state administration system in Indonesia has had ups and downs following the flow of social and political dynamics. In the Dutch and Japanese colonial era, villages were highly neglected. In the old order the existence of legal products that regulate the village actually makes the village eroded and marginalized. In the New Order period the village was regulated separately in Law No. 5 of 1979 which embraced uniformity like a village in Java. This resulted in the existence of indigenous peoples outside Java experiencing tremendous reductions. As the fall of the New Order and replaced by the Reform Order, the existence of villages and indigenous and tribal peoples is reduced to a part of the regency / municipal territory or regency which is incorporated in Law No. 22 of 1999. The next law product is Law No. 6 of 2014, which accommodates the existence of the village and traditional village. The alignment of this Law is in practice worthy of review and testing. This paper describes the development of village settings in the Indonesian state administration system from the beginning of independence until now.Kata kunci: desa mawa cara negara mawa tata, desa, sistem ketatanegaraan, masyarakat adat

Neuroimaging Field Methods Using Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Neuroimaging to Study Global Child Development: Rural Sub-Saharan Africa.

Portable neuroimaging approaches provide new advances to the study of brain function and brain development with previously inaccessible populations and in remote locations. This paper shows the development of field functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) imaging to the study of child language, reading, and cognitive development in a rural village setting of Côte d'Ivoire. Innovation in methods and the development of culturally appropriate neuroimaging protocols allowa first-time look into the brain's development and children's learning outcomes in understudied environments. This paper demonstrates protocols for transporting and setting up a mobile laboratory, discusses considerations for field versus laboratory neuroimaging, and presents a guide for developing neuroimaging consent procedures and building meaningful long-term collaborations with local government and science partners. Portable neuroimaging methods can be used to study complex child development contexts, including the impact of significant poverty and adversity on brain development. The protocol presented here has been developed for use in Côte d'Ivoire, the world's primary source of cocoa, and where reports of child labor in the cocoa sector are common. Yet, little is known about the impact of child labor on brain development and learning. Field neuroimaging methods have the potential to yield new insights into such urgent issues, and the development of children globally.

Increasing the knowledge, identification and treatment of osteoporosis through education and shared decision-making with residents living in a retirement village community.

This pilot study explored whether individual goal setting in a retirement village setting could improve strategies to strengthen bones in an ageing population and help prevent osteoporosis. A two-phased osteoporosis prevention program was developed, piloted and evaluated involving a group education session followed by the development of individualised Bone Plans based upon personal understanding of individual fracture risk and lifestyle factors. A significant improvement in knowledge and understanding of factors to prevent and manage osteoporosis was achieved, and changes in lifestyle behaviours were sustained at six months. Success was due to education by specialist medical and health personnel, flexibility of goal setting, use of group sessions and location of the program within the retirement community setting. The 'Mind Your Bones' program is a feasible and acceptable way to translate preventative bone health messages to a large number of people via the retirement village network.

Why do older people refuse resuscitation? A qualitative study examining retirement village residents' resuscitation decisions.

There is a dearth of qualitative research on resuscitation preferences of older New Zealanders. The aim of this study was to investigate the resuscitation preferences of older New Zealanders in a retirement village or residential care setting, as well as the reasons for these preferences. This study had 37 participants from two retirement villages in Auckland, New Zealand. Participants were interviewed about a hypothetical case vignette about cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and then they completed a semi-structured interview. Interviews were subsequently transcribed and analyzed by two independent researchers using thematic qualitative methodology. The majority of the participants (n = 25, 67.6%) decided against resuscitation, 10 (27.0%) wanted resuscitation, and 2 (5.4%) were ambivalent about their resuscitation preferences. Three main themes emerged during the data analysis regarding participants' reasons for deciding against resuscitation: (i) the wish for a natural death; (ii) advanced age; and (iii) a realistic awareness about the consequences of resuscitation. Responses related to the third these had three subthemes: (i) reduced quality of life; (ii) loss of personal integrity and sense of existence; and (iii) concern that resuscitation could result in unnecessary costs or a burden on others. Among participants who preferred resuscitation, two main themes emerged regarding their reasons for wanting resuscitation: (i) the wish to prolong a good quality of life; and (ii) unrealistic expectations of resuscitation. Older people in this study were able to make reasoned decisions about resuscitation based on balancing their subjective estimations of quality of life and the presumed consequences of resuscitation. It is important therefore to educate older adults about the potential outcomes of resuscitation and explore (and document) their reasoning when discussing resuscitation preferences so their wishes can be respected.

The History and Development of Anaesthesia in Papua New Guinea

Background: Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the most populous and fast growing developing country in the south Pacific with 80% of the population living in remote village settings. It has the most languages of any country on earth and the internal part of the country was not explored by Europeans until the 1930’s. Its history is rich and diverse and PNG has been closely associated historically with Australia and achieved independence in 1975. This presentation will examine the several stages of anaesthesia development in Papua New Guinea.

The Spirochete Brachyspira pilosicoli, Enteric Pathogen of Animals and Humans.

Brachyspira pilosicoli is a slow-growing anaerobic spirochete that colonizes the large intestine. Colonization occurs commonly in pigs and adult chickens, causing colitis/typhlitis, diarrhea, poor growth rates, and reduced production. Colonization of humans also is common in some populations (individuals living in village and peri-urban settings in developing countries, recent immigrants from developing countries, homosexual males, and HIV-positive patients), but the spirochete rarely is investigated as a potential human enteric pathogen. In part this is due to its slow growth and specialized growth requirements, meaning that it is not detectable in human fecal samples using routine diagnostic methods. Nevertheless, it has been identified histologically attached to the colon and rectum in patients with conditions such as chronic diarrhea, rectal bleeding, and/or nonspecific abdominal discomfort, and one survey of Australian Aboriginal children showed that colonization was significantly associated with failure to thrive. B. pilosicoli has been detected in the bloodstream of elderly patients or individuals with chronic conditions such as alcoholism and malignancies. This review describes the spirochete and associated diseases. It aims to encourage clinicians and clinical microbiologists to consider B. pilosicoli in their differential diagnoses and to develop and use appropriate diagnostic protocols to identify the spirochete in clinical specimens.

Maternal and child nutrition in rural Chhattisgarh: the role of health beliefs and practices

ABSTRACTFrom research in central Chhattisgarh, this paper interprets the bearing that healthcare beliefs and practices may have in shaping maternal and child nutrition both in the light of biomedical recommendations and within the context and constraints of a rural village setting. It contends that health beliefs and practices that are at variance from biomedical recommendations appear to have few consequences for gestational nutrition and for child health in relation to pregnancy. In the postpartum however, health ideas at variance from biomedical recommendations appear to have an important bearing on maternal nutrition and infant feeding, and may put mothers and children at risk of nutritional deficiency. Maternal ‘eating down’ following a surgical procedure such as a caesarean delivery or tubectomy is especially noteworthy, since food intake quantity is reduced over an extended time frame. While caring practices are influenced by cultural formulations, they also reflect, perhaps, adaptations to health risks.

Is outdoor vector control needed for malaria elimination? An individual-based modelling study

BackgroundResidual malaria transmission has been reported in many areas even with adequate indoor vector control coverage, such as long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs). The increased insecticide resistance in Anopheles mosquitoes has resulted in reduced efficacy of the widely used indoor tools and has been linked with an increase in outdoor malaria transmission. There are considerations of incorporating outdoor interventions into integrated vector management (IVM) to achieve malaria elimination; however, more information on the combination of tools for effective control is needed to determine their utilization.MethodsA spatial individual-based model was modified to simulate the environment and malaria transmission activities in a hypothetical, isolated African village setting. LLINs and outdoor attractive toxic sugar bait (ATSB) stations were used as examples of indoor and outdoor interventions, respectively. Different interventions and lengths of efficacy periods were tested. Simulations continued for 420 days, and each simulation scenario was repeated 50 times. Mosquito populations, entomologic inoculation rates (EIRs), probabilities of local mosquito extinction, and proportion of time when the annual EIR was reduced below one were compared between different intervention types and efficacy periods.ResultsIn the village setting with clustered houses, the combinational intervention of 50% LLINs plus outdoor ATSBs significantly reduced mosquito population and EIR in short term, increased the probability of local mosquito extinction, and increased the time when annual EIR is less than one per person compared to 50% LLINs alone; outdoor ATSBs alone significantly reduced mosquito population in short term, increased the probability of mosquito extinction, and increased the time when annual EIR is less than one compared to 50% LLINs alone, but there was no significant difference in EIR in short term between 50% LLINs and outdoor ATSBs. In the village setting with dispersed houses, the combinational intervention of 50% LLINs plus outdoor ATSBs significantly reduced mosquito population in short term, increased the probability of mosquito extinction, and increased the time when annual EIR is less than one per person compared to 50% LLINs alone; outdoor ATSBs alone significantly reduced mosquito population in short term, but there were no significant difference in the probability of mosquito extinction and the time when annual EIR is less than one between 50% LLIN and outdoor ATSBs; and there was no significant difference in EIR between all three interventions. A minimum of 2 months of efficacy period is needed to bring out the best possible effect of the vector control tools, and to achieve long-term mosquito reduction, a minimum of 3 months of efficacy period is needed.ConclusionsThe results highlight the value of incorporating outdoor vector control into IVM as a supplement to traditional indoor practices for malaria elimination in Africa, especially in village settings of clustered houses where LLINs alone is far from sufficient.

The Influence of Spatial Configuration of Residential Area and Vector Populations on Dengue Incidence Patterns in an Individual-Level Transmission Model.

Dengue is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that is endemic in tropical and subtropical countries. Many individual-level simulation models have been developed to test hypotheses about dengue virus transmission. Often these efforts assume that human host and mosquito vector populations are randomly or uniformly distributed in the environment. Although, the movement of mosquitoes is affected by spatial configuration of buildings and mosquito populations are highly clustered in key buildings, little research has focused on the influence of the local built environment in dengue transmission models. We developed an agent-based model of dengue transmission in a village setting to test the importance of using realistic environments in individual-level models of dengue transmission. The results from one-way ANOVA analysis of simulations indicated that the differences between scenarios in terms of infection rates as well as serotype-specific dominance are statistically significant. Specifically, the infection rates in scenarios of a realistic environment are more variable than those of a synthetic spatial configuration. With respect to dengue serotype-specific cases, we found that a single dengue serotype is more often dominant in realistic environments than in synthetic environments. An agent-based approach allows a fine-scaled analysis of simulated dengue incidence patterns. The results provide a better understanding of the influence of spatial heterogeneity on dengue transmission at a local scale.

Customer domain supply and load coordination: A case for smart villages and transactive control in rural off-grid microgrids

Global humanitarian initiatives are calling for technologies to bridge the urban-rural divide in support of remote community electrification projects through micro-utility programs. Distributed off-grid renewable generation has the ability to supply energy to remote communities while smart microgrids are able to effectively integrate intermittent renewable resources through management procedures that improve reliability, resiliency and sustainability. Microgrid control systems are typified by a hierarchical nature with multi-layered functionalities and capabilities to ensure optimized operations through strategic energy management and power flow balancing. This paper considers transactive energy management principles for supply/demand coordination and demonstrates that the concept is effective in managing energy demand response and data flow dynamics in the context of rural community-based energy systems. A transactive energy management system is modeled for rural village DC microgrids, and evaluated through demonstrative computer simulations. It shows how smart microgrid load control switching on homogeneous load groups is commanded through microgrid economic value signals that are adjustable by home owners to meet village and household energy budget constraints. The proposed approach is novel in that it offers a low complexity coordination framework, based on market principles, and demand response mechanisms for multi-priority grouping control of non-intelligent devices in off-grid rural village settings.

Retirement Health and Lifestyle Study: Australian Neighborhood Environments and Physical Activity in Older Adults

The aim of this study was to compare the walkability of neighborhood environments of older adults (65 years and above) living in the general community and retirement village settings, and to describe associations between walkability and the physical activity of participants. The study was conducted in a coastal region of Australia largely characterized by urban sprawl. In 2011-2012, 292 participant neighborhoods (400 m radius around each home) were audited using the Irvine-Minnesota Inventory. Having validated a local adaptation of this tool, we compared neighborhood environments in the two settings. We found no association between walkability of the built environment and walking behavior of participants. Although retirement village residents lived in more highly walkable environments, they did not walk more and their overall levels of physical activity were lower than those of community residents.

Forgiveness in Javanese collective culture: The relationship between rumination, harmonious value, decisional forgiveness and emotional forgiveness

Forgiveness in Javanese collective culture is examined by considering harmonious value (HV) a subjective value on maintaining social harmony and rumination. In Study 1, we conducted an exploratory sequential mixed-method study to develop a scale measuring HV. In-depth interviews with eight Javanese adolescents revealed three major domains of HV (Study 1a). In a second quantitative study (Study 1b), we developed items and assessed 347 Javanese adolescents in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis supported three factors: cooperation during conflict, forbearing and resolving conflict. After confirming that the translated scales had acceptable reliability, we conducted Study 2 with 424 Javanese adolescents from both urban and village settings. Using hierarchical multiple regression, we found that HV accounted for a variance in decisional forgiveness above and beyond rumination. In addition, decisional forgiveness also accounted for variance in emotional forgiveness above and beyond rumination. In fact, HV accounted for variance in emotional forgiveness above and beyond both rumination and decisional forgiveness together. This revealed the importance of valuing social harmony in this collectivistic culture. Moreover, decisional forgiveness was also important in predicting the Javanese collectivists’ emotional forgiveness.

PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT DESA DALAM PENYUSUNAN PERATURAN DESA

Mandate to promote participation of the villagers stated in Article 18 paragraph (7) and Article 18B (2) of the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia Year 1945, one of which is to encourage initiative, movement, and the participation of village communities to the development potential and Assets Village in order commonweal. The substance of the Village Act of 2014 contains a lot of opportunities for people to participate in governance and rural development. Article 3 explicitly states that the village setting one of them are basically the principle of participation that is actively involved in an activity, and then in Article 4 letter d. states that the setting of the village aims to encourage initiative, movement, and the participation of the village community to the development potential and assets for the welfare of the village together, even in Article 68 paragraph (2) letter e. that society is obliged to participate in various activities in the village. Establishment of Village Regulation (Perdes) participatory must reflect the shared commitment between Kepala Desa (village head), Village Consultative Body (BPD) and villagers. To make a good Perdes conducted prior study of potential village and constraints, so Perdes made totally based on needs and not wants. In the process of its formation, Village Regulations require community participation so that the final outcome of Village Regulation can meet the legal enforceability aspect and can be implemented according to the purpose of its formation. Public participation in this case can be input and discordant thoughts in the formulation of the substance of Village Regulations setting. Law or legislation will be able to be effective if it meets three power sell well as the philosophical, juridical, and sociological. Besides, it also must pay attention to the effectiveness / economic power and political behavior. In essence Preparation of Village Regulation is not an activity that is carried out solely to fulfill the duties of Head of Village and BPD, but really to solve the problem and provide benefits to rural communities so respected by the communities themselves. Keywords : Participation, Communities, Village Regulations