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Pengelolaan obat sangat penting dalam sistem pelayanan kesehatan, sehingga penerapannya harus dilakukan secara tepat dan bijak. Berbagai permasalahan terkait obat dapat dikarenakan masyarakat kurang paham tentang penggunaan dan penanganan obat dengan benar. Masalah penyalahgunaan obat-obatan di masyarakat merupakan faktor yang perlu menjadi perhatian terutama daerah pedesaan dengan fasilitas kesehatan terbatas. Tujuan kegiatan ini yaitu untuk memberikan edukasi dan informasi tentang cara mendapatkan obat, menggunakan obat, penyimpanan obat hingga pada proses membuang obat dengan baik dan benar. Metode penyuluhan ini dilakukan secara langsung dengan ceramah dan diskusi secara interaktif. Diskusi dilakukan dengan metode tanya jawab terkait materi serta konseling berdasarkan masalah setiap individu terkait penggunaan obat. Materi selain disajikan secara presentasi juga diberikan melalui leaflet terkait cara pengelolaan obat yang baik dan benar (DAGUSIBU). Kegiatan penyuluhan ini telah dicapai dengan menambah wawasan dan informasi kepada masyarakat tentang cara pengelolaan obat yaitu DAGUSIBU dalam kehidupan sehari-hari.

Puskesmas Banyuanyar is a health facility located in Banjarsari District which has dua target areas, namely Banyuanyar Village and Sumber Village. With the boundaries of the Banyuanyar Puskesmas target area, in the north it is bordered by the working area of Boyolali Regency, in the south it is bordered by the working area of the Manahan Health Center, in the east it is bordered by the working area of the Gambirsari Health Center, and in the west it is bordered by the working area of Karanganyar Regency. Based on data from visits to the Banyuanyar Health Center physiotherapy poly, the incidence of Low Back Pain cases is found annually as many as 122 cases from 468 physiotherapy cases, this is caused by age, injury, and work factors. Pain is the main complaint that is often felt by patients in the condition of low back pain. The purpose of this program is to provide education and understanding on how to maintain low back health, prevention of low back pain and exercises that can be done at home. The method used is by providing counseling in the form of health promotion about low back pain and using leaflets as a medium of counseling, targeting the community who attend the Seruni RW 08 Sumber Elderly Posyandu. The author uses pre test and post test to determine the level of understanding of the people present. The results of the questionnaire showed an increase in participants' understanding as seen from the average pre-test score of 1.52, while the post test score obtained an average value of 8.43. This means that there is an increase in understanding of 6.91 from the average score of the questionnaire filled out by the community who attended the Seruni RW 08 Sumber Elderly Posyandu.

Setabelan is one of the sub-districts in Banjarsari District, Surakarta. Based on the recapitulation of disease distribution at the Setabelan Community Health Center during visits in the last 3 months, Diabetes Mellitus was in third place with 205 patients. Diabetes mellitus is a complaint that is often found, especially in the elderly. The outreach program aims to increase public knowledge and understanding regarding the management and prevention of diabetes mellitus through understanding the meaning, risk factors, prevention and management, so as to reduce cases of diabetes mellitus in the community. The method used was education in the form of counseling using leaflets as a medium for the Prolanis group of diabetes mellitus sufferers located at Monument Park 45 Banjarsari. Evaluation of activities uses pre-test and post-test methods to determine the level of understanding and knowledge regarding the material presented. The results show an average pre-test score of 3.80 and an average post-test score of 4.76 with a maximum score of 5.00.

Setabelan, a neighbourhood in the Banjarsari sub-district, houses a popular healthcare centre called Puskesmas Setabelan. Recent data shows that hypertension is the second most common reason for visits to the centre, with a total of 273 visits and eight patients daily. To address this issue, educational activities were organized to increase awareness and knowledge of physical exercise, particularly brisk walking, and the control of salt consumption among individuals with hypertension. These activities included distributing leaflets, presenting material, demonstrating exercises, and engaging in question and answer sessions with prolanis participants in Taman Banjarsari, Surakarta. The programme led to a significant increase in understanding, as evidenced by the pre-test average score of 2.18 and the post-test average score of 4.48, indicating an improvement of 2.30. The hope is that this community service initiative will empower participants with hypertension to independently manage their blood pressure effectively, ensuring the sustainability of the programme.  

Periodontal disease is a complication that often occurs in diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. This disease can worsen the patient's general health condition. This community service aims to increase awareness and knowledge about periodontal disease in DM patients at the Bara-Barayya Health Center. The methods used include counseling, dental and oral health checks, and distribution of educational leaflets. The results of the activity showed a significant increase in the knowledge and awareness of DM patients regarding the importance of maintaining oral health. It is hoped that this will help in the prevention and management of periodontal disease in DM patients.

Banyuanyar is a village in Banjarsari district, Surakarta. This district has Puskesmas as its role in public health of the first level with two buildings namely Banyuanyar and Source. The second-largest visit data available at Puskesmas Banyuanyar Physiotherapy Poli in 2023 was obtained from 104 patients and 11 patients in the last 1 month, which is knee osteoarthritis characterized by pain, stiffness in the knee joints so impaired day-to-day activity. The aim of this program is to help provide education and treatment as well as training in the case of knee osteoarthritis in order to reduce and prevent complaints felt worse. The method used for educational purposes is dissemination as well as providing leaflets to the Lansia Post Community at RW 14 Kelurahan Source City of Surakarta. To see the improvement in understanding, the authors using pre-test and post-test questionnaires obtained results that are significant improvements in the understanding of the physical therapy material with an average pre test score of 4,55 and an average post test rating of 95.45.

Background: Counseling and counseling is carried out aiming to provide education related to sleep quality disorders in the elderly regarding the causes of sleep disturbances to how to deal with sleep disorders themselves, debriefing is also carried out for the elderly so they can do independent exercises at home to reduce the effects of sleep disturbances experienced Objective: Relieve complaints of sleep disturbances in the elderly and educate about exercises that can be applied independently at home Method: Providing counseling and counseling related to sleep disorders in the elderly using leaflets and asking questions and answers to the elderly and families regarding things that are known about sleep quality. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire was also filled out to determine the quality of sleep in the elderly. Results: Counseling and outreach activities can increase the knowledge of both the elderly and their families about the importance of maintaining sleep quality and how to prevent sleep quality. There has been a significant change in which there has been an increase in sleeping hours in the elderly who have sleep disturbances and no longer wake up frequently at night.

Elderly people are synonymous with various declines in health status, especially physical health status. These changes affect the quality of life of the elderly. The elderly become independent, productive and healthy if they are supported by a good quality of life. This will also make the elderly less likely to get sick, and speed up the healing process if the patient falls ill. This activity aims to provide information to the public about the importance of maintaining reproductive health in improving the quality of life. This educational process uses the lecture method with the help of powerpoint and leaflets. The results obtained from this activity are that participants in this service activity become more knowledgeable and know more about how to improve the quality of life, especially for the elderly. The assessment is based on the participants' responses and enthusiasm in receiving the material provided.

Stunting merupakan isu kesehatan global yang memiliki dampak negatif yang cukup signifikan bagi suatu negara. Pemberdayaan Masyarakat melalui ibu dengan balita dan peran kader posyandu sangat dibutuhkan dalam upaya pencegahan stunting. Tujuan kegiatan yaitu untuk memberikan edukasi pemenuhan gizi seimbang pada balita melalui media leaflet tentang stunting. Kegiatan ini dilakukan pada tanggal 23 Agustus 2023 di Aula kelurahan Gondrong Kecamatan Cipondoh Kota Tangerang dengan sasaran 20 ibu dengan balita dan 20 kader posyandu. Hasil kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat menunjukkan adanya peningkatan pengetahuan sebesar 41%  para ibu dengan balita dan kader posyandu dimana hasil nilai rerata pre test yaitu 57,95 dan rerata post test 97,50. Tenaga kesehatan bersama kader posyandu balita diharapkan mampu memberikan edukasi kepada masyarakat tentang pemenuhan gizi seimbang pada balita sebagai upaya pencegahan stunting yang dilakukan secara berkala minimal 3 kali dalam sebulan. Keywords: , .

Pregnancy is a fetal development event that takes place approximately 9 months after fertilization. It is not uncommon for pregnant women to be reluctant to engage in physical activity due to a decline in physical condition and the understanding that physical activity is considered to be harmful to the womb. The partners for this service activity are pregnant women at Posyandu Dewi Ratih 1, Ngadirejo, Sukoharjo. This service activity aims to provide information to pregnant women about the importance of physical activity through non-pharmacological therapy in the form of exercise which can help smooth the birthing process. The educational method provided is in the form of lectures accompanied by leaflets containing physical activities for pregnant women. The pre-test and post-test aims to measure the level of understanding of this educational provision. Based on the results of the comparison of pre-test and post-test on 9 respondents, there was an increase in the average score from 0% to 44% in answering all questions correctly. In this service activity, there was an increase in the understanding of pregnant women at Posyandu Dewi Ratih 1 regarding the importance of physical activity during pregnancy using leaflets as media.

Background : The coastal community of Bengkulu is still lacking in knowledge about tsunami disaster risk management. Their knowledge is only limited to how to avoid disasters that have come. A real action is needed in an effort to increase community resilience in disaster areas in coastal areas. Community service activities carried out by gathering residents for counseling could not be carried out because it was still in the Covid 19 pandemic, so the STIKES Tri Mandiri Sakti Bengkulu community service group carried out disaster risk reduction efforts by distributing leaflets to the community directly to people's homes. Purpose : The purpose of this community service is to ensure that the community knows how to save themselves, reduce the impact of disasters, and increase knowledge about the tsunami disaster. Methods : The implementation of this community service uses community education methods which are carried out in the form of socialization and distribution of leaflets to 50 residents around the coast. Result : The socialization and distribution of lefalate activities were successful and right on target in the implementation because of the support, cooperation from the Malabero village and the academic community of STIKES Tri Mandiri Sakti Bengkulu. Coclusion : Increasing public knowledge and reducing disaster risk can be effectively carried out by providing direct house-to-house education to coastal communities. Because the community can interact and get information about the tsunami directly by the community service team. coastal communities to be able to participate in disaster management training so that the ability to save themselves when a disaster occurs can be carried out optimally.

Prenatal class is a group learning facility about health for pregnant women in a face-to-face form which aims to increase the knowledge and skills of pregnant women regarding pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and this includes caring for newborns and exclusive breastfeeding. Participating in prenatal class activities is highly recommended for pregnant women, and then proceed to antenatal classes and breastfeeding learning classes. During pregnancy, every pregnant woman experiences various discomforts caused by hormonal changes that occur in the body due to pregnancy. During pregnancy, pregnant women experience physical, psychological and hormonal changes in the body. These changes will have an impact on discomfort during pregnancy. The prevalence of discomfort during pregnancy is around 3-17%, in developed countries 10% and in developing countries 25%, in Indonesia the incidence of discomfort during pregnancy is around 28.7%. This extension activity uses leaflet media which consists of opening, implementation and closing. The results of the service show from the evaluation stage that participants play an active role in activities, can answer questions by expressing opinions. Know about prenatal classes and the activities carried out in prenatal classes and know about discomforts during pregnancy and their handling.

Stimulation of child growth and development is carried out by mothers, fathers, caregivers and other family members who are the closest people to the child. The purpose of this socialization activity is to determine the knowledge of mothers who have children about immunization and child growth and development. The activity was carried out at Puskesmas PB. Selayang II Medan with the team at the posyandu with preparations that have been made with the steps achieved. This activity is a socialization of Health Education to mothers by distributing leaflets and lectures as well as pre and post activities. The results of the pre-activity were found from 34 participants who had the highest score of 100 as many as 9 people and the lowest score of 10 as many as 1 person, and after the socialization was carried out, the results for the post of 34 mothers who had the lowest score of 80 as many as 6 people and the rest scored 100. So that the results of the difference before with a percentage of 71.7% and after 96.5% with the average value is 24.8. The conclusion of the activity that this activity is very useful for mothers to increase mothers knowledge about immunization and child growth and development so that this socialization is very useful for changing mothers to be able to understand about immunization and child growth and development so that early prevention of stunting can be done.

Tuberculosis (TB) is still a major global health problem and is spreading all over the world, including in Indonesia. In recent years, the incidence of TB in Indonesia has continued to increase. Data in East Java also shows that TB is increasing at any time and one of the largest is in Jember. This is caused by various factors, such as the lack of public knowledge about TB, high poverty rates, and lack of access to health services. Therefore, efforts are needed to increase public knowledge about TB and how to prevent its spread. The aim of this program is to provide education related to TB disease prevention among the people of Banjarsengon, Patrang District, Jember, East Java. The target of this program is the general public who are at risk of contracting TB, such as migrant workers, farmers and informal workers. The method used is presentation using actual references and socialization. Socialization can be done through various media, such as leaflets distributed to participants. The socialization material presented included an explanation of TB symptoms, ways of transmission, ways of prevention, and access to health services. Apart from that, educational media is also made, which can be in the form of short videos as an illustration for the participants of this education for prevention and early detection. With increasing public knowledge, it is hoped that it can reduce the incidence of TB among the community in Banjarsengon

In 2019 the total number of tuberculosis cases in North Sumatra was recorded at 99,398 cases, while in 2020 there were 78,698 cases and in 2021 there were 57,247 cases. This study aims to look at the relationship between knowledge, attitudes and family support with the risk of pulmonary TB transmission. This type of research is survey research which is analytic in nature. Cross sectional research design. The sample is pulmonary TB patients in the Working Area of the Kartini Public Health Center, Pematang Siantar City for the period of October 2022 as many as 44 people. Data analysis using chi square. The results of the study concluded that there is a relationship between knowledge, attitudes and family support with the risk of pulmonary TB transmission in the family. The role of health workers and Community Health Centers is as a source of correct information through applicative counseling by giving leaflets to pulmonary TB patients.

Elderly is an age group in humans who have entered the final stages of their life phase. The group that is categorized as elderly will experience a process called the aging process. Indonesia is entering a period of aging population, where there is an increase in life expectancy followed by an increase in the number of elderly people. In Indonesia, there has been an increase in the number of elderly people from 18 million people (7.56%) in 2010 to 25.9 million people (9.7%) in 2019, and can be expected to continue to increase where in 2035 it will be 48.2 million people (15.77%). On the other hand, an increase in the number of elderly people will be a problem if the elderly have health problems. The elderly are a group of people who are susceptible to disease and have different physiological functions from young people, so their treatment pattern becomes more careful. The purpose of this community service activity is to provide outreach and information to the public about the proper and correct use of drugs in Tanjung Pura District, Langkat Regency regarding Provision of Drug and Wise Information on the proper and correct use of drugs. The method of this activity involved the community in Tanjung Pura District, Langkat Regency, namely lectures, distribution of leaflets, and questions and answers. Lectures are presented in the form of power point presentations, distribution of leaflets in the form of brochures followed by a discussion or question and answer session about Wisdom in taking medicine in the elderly. The result of this activity is that in Tanjung Pura District, Langkat Regency understand and are wise in taking drugs, especially in the elderly.

The rise of drug abuse among students has received serious attention from all parties because it is damaging the nation's future generations. Drugs are very dangerous for anyone who consumes or uses them either by trial and error or due to an element of intent, if used excessively, these substances or materials can have very harmful consequences physically and mentally and lead to addiction. The purpose of this activity is expected to be able to provide understanding and awareness for students to avoid drug abuse and its bad effects. This activity was held in February 2023 at Kotamobagu State High School which was attended by 35 students. The activity was carried out using counseling, socialization and discussion methods using media in the form of PPT and distribution of leaflets directly to the students who attended. This activity resulted in a better understanding of students about the dangers of drug use.

TB is an infectious disease that is easily transmitted caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This bacterium can attack several organs in the body but most of these bacteria attack the lungs. The most common transmission is through droplet infection by TB patients. Efforts to convey information on media selection are very important and need to be considered because the correct selection and delivery will provide maximum results in increasing knowledge, attitudes and intentions. This type of research is qualitative research using a qualitative approach. The delivery of learning material at the Kebonsari Health Center uses online, namely like looking through social media. Based on the results of the research and also the results of the interviews conducted by the researchers, it was shown that the delivery of TB material using promotional media, print media, such as leaflets and posters, was effectively used and contributed to rehabilitation patients at the Kebonsari Health Center in Surabaya. Because patients think that the delivery of material uses a new leaflet for them and patients pay more attention to the material presented.

Pregnancy exercise is a movement therapy therapy given to pregnant women to prepare themselves both physically and mentally for childbirth. Pregnancy exercise is needed by every pregnant woman, because it can make the body fit and healthy, and able to carry out daily activities, so that stress due to anxiety before giving birth can be minimized. However, many pregnant women do not do pregnancy exercise because they are unsure and afraid of their pregnancy if they do pregnancy exercise. Pregnancy exercise exercises that are carried out regularly both at the gym and at home in their spare time can lead pregnant women towards a physiological delivery as long as there are no pathological conditions accompanying the pregnancy. The purpose of Community Service in the Work Area of the Caile Health Center is to increase the ability of pregnant women and cadres to practice pregnancy exercises, so that they will increase the knowledge and health of pregnant women and prepare for childbirth. This community service activity begins with training for existing Posyandu cadres, providing supporting facilities and infrastructure in the form of leaflets and modules for pregnant women exercise, and doing pregnancy exercises in home care. The results of this Community Service activity are the formation of pregnancy exercise cadres, pregnant women can practice pregnancy exercise at home, as well as the provision of facilities and infrastructure in the form of leaflets and pregnancy exercise modules  

Herbal plant-based pharmaceutical preparations are currently being developed because currently many industries produce and distribute pharmaceutical preparations containing natural ingredients that make it easier for the public to use. The purpose of this extension activity is to provide knowledge to the public about natural-based pharmaceutical preparations at schools in Tanjung Pura, Langkat. The method used in this activity involves lecturers by providing leaflets and materials to the public. The results of the implementation of this activity to the public are in the form of information and education about natural-based pharmaceutical preparations. The result of this activity is that the community service team hopes that the public will receive information about natural-based pharmaceutical preparations