Tropical disease is a disease that must get serious attention because the incidence of this disease is getting higher, and the area of distribution is more expansive. Several tropical diseases with high morbidity rates, especially in developing countries and regions with tropical and subtropical climates, include diarrhea, pneumonia, upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs), tuberculosis (TB), and other diseasesThis study aims to identify the direct infectious tropical diseases and their priority determinants in Southeast Sulawesi Province Indonesia. This study is a descriptive study that aims to collect data and information related to the presence of priority tropical diseases in Southeast Sulawesi Province Indonesia. Research data was obtained from the Health Profile of Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia in 2020. This study is a descriptive study that aims to collect data and information related to the presence of priority tropical diseases in Southeast Sulawesi Province Indonesia. The primary sources of this research data are books: Health Profile of the Republic of Indonesia, Indonesian Basic Health Research Results Report, and Southeast Sulawesi Provincial Health Office Profile 2019, as well as several relevant journals. Priority tropical diseases that occur in Southeast Sulawesi Province include URTIs (prevalence 2.77%), diarrhea (prevalence 5.5%), pneumonia (1.59% prevalence), tuberculosis (1.59% prevalence), and hepatitis (prevalence 0.66%). The determinants of the five priority tropical diseases found included environmental, behavioral, and socioeconomic factors. Priority tropical diseases in Coastal Area Southeast Sulawesi Indonesia are direct-communicable diseases, namely URTIs, diarrhea, pneumonia, TB, and hepatitis, with environmental, behavioral, and socioeconomic factors as determinants. Further research is needed regarding the main determinants of tropical diseases in Southeast Sulawesi

Demam Berdarah Dengue (DBD) merupakan penyakit yang berbahaya, maka penting untuk memahami cara menghindarinya. Pemahaman akan berdampak pada perilaku masyarakat, dan teknik pencegahan DBD akan dikaitkan dengan perilaku yang baik. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan antara perilaku pencegahan DBD pada orang dewasa awal dengan pengetahuan di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Pakisaji. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain penelitian cross-sectional. Sebanyak 98 dari 130 orang dewasa awal menjadi sampel penelitian. Partisipan dalam penelitian ini harus berusia dewasa awal (26–35 tahun), melek huruf, dan bersemangat untuk berpartisipasi. Sampel dipilih secara simple random sampling. Kesadaran terhadap DBD merupakan variabel bebas, sedangkan teknik pencegahan DBD merupakan variabel terikat. Alat untuk pencegahan DBD adalah lembar kuesioner pengetahuan dan perilaku. Peneliti menggunakan uji exact fisher untuk menganalisis data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 37,8% dewasa awal memiliki pemahaman yang sangat baik tentang DBD; lebih dari separuh (38,8%) remaja menggunakan strategi pencegahan DBD yang berhasil; ada korelasi antara tingkat pengetahuan dengan teknik pencegahan DBD (p = 0,000, OR = 28,6). Direkomendasikan lebih banyak peneliti menggunakan 5 M plus untuk menguji strategi pencegahan DBD dalam keluarga, terutama di kalangan remaja.

Kasus Demam Berdarah (DBD) semakin meningkat di Indonesia, dibutuhkan upaya pencegahan yang serius dari berbagai pihak. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan ibu rumah tangga dengan tindakan pencegahan yang dilakukan untuk mencegah nyamuk pembawa penyakit DBD) di Desa Pakisaji Kabupaten Malang. Desa Pakisaji Kabupaten Malang menjadi lokasi penelitian desain cross-sectional ini. Pendekatan accidental Sampling digunakan untuk memilih secara acak 85 dari 108 ibu rumah tangga dalam populasi. Pengetahuan masyarakat mengenai penyakit DBD dan upaya pencegahannya diukur melalui survei umum. Hubungan antara tindakan pencegahan dengan tingkat pengetahuan diketahui melalui analisis data menggunakan uji Spearman Rank. Mayoritas perempuan (52,9%) melakukan upaya pencegahan yang kuat tentang DBD, dan sejumlah 54,1 % mempunyai pengetahuan yang kuat tentang DBD. Tingkat pengetahuan dan upaya pencegahan terbukti berkorelasi signifikan dengan analisis statistik (r=0,595, p=0,000). Hasil ini menyoroti pentingnya pendidikan dalam meningkatkan ketahanan ibu rumah tangga terhadap infeksi demam berdarah. Untuk mengubah praktik pencegahan demam berdarah di tingkat rumah, diperlukan penelitian lebih lanjut mengenai intervensi perilaku dan inisiatif pendidikan.

COVID-19 has spread rapidly throughout the world that affecting the community life. The government has strictly taken health and social measures that have been imposed by all countries to decrease of COVID-19 spreading. Health care units are the forefront of dealing with health problems in the community due to COVID-19. Therefore, the role of Puskesmas in the detection, prevention and response very crucial as the health care unit in the first level. In supporting that matter, the implementation of epidemiological surveillance system can be used to monitor the trend of COVID-19 transmission from local, national and global levels in conducting early detection in the areas without virus transmission, monitoring cases in the areas with virus transmission, including vulnerable populations identification, providing epidemiological information to carry out risk assessments and to evaluate the impact of pandemic on health and social service. This study aimed to provide an overview the implementation of COVID-19 epidemiological surveillance system at the puskesmas level in Kendari City, 2021 to improve the epidemiological surveillance system quality. A descriptive qualitative with phenomenological design was carried out. The informants consisted of 2 key informants (surveillance programmer and head of puskesmas) and 1 ordinary informant, KTU of Nambo Health Center. The results showed that the implementation of COVID-19 epidemiological surveillance system at the Nambo Health Center in the aspects of data collection and dissemination have been carried out optimally, but the data analysis has not been carried out properly. The data processing and data interpretation aspects are not implemented.

Stunting is when a child grows slowly and is not as tall as the average child, caused by malnutrition for a long time (chronic nutritional problems). East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) is the province with the highest stunting rate in Indonesia in 2021, with a prevalence of 37.8%. There are 8 out of 10 toddlers in the category of malnutrition status with a value of -3 to -2 (BB/TB). This study aimed to determine the correlation between the nutritional status of toddlers and the incidence of stunting at Posyandu Sabulmil, Lakmaras, South Lamaknen District, Belu Regency, NTT. The study used correlation with the cross-sectional approach. The population in this study was 45 toddlers aged 2-4 years old, with 40 respondents as the sample chosen by the Simple Random Sampling technique with observation sheets and MCH books. The data were analyzed using the Chi-Square test. The results proved that most (62.5%) respondents had poor nutritional status, and the majority (55.0%) were stunted (short). The Chi-Square test shows that there is a correlation between the nutritional status of toddlers and the incidence of stunting at Posyandu Sabulmil, Lakmaras, South Lamaknen District, Belu Regency, NTT with p-value = (0.000) (0.05). The impact of not fulfilling nutritional intake is the main factor in the occurrence of malnutrition, so toddlers are prone to stunting. Malnutrition in toddlers causes them to get sick quickly and grow up not maximumly or have short body postures. Future researchers must provide counseling about a balanced nutritional intake for toddlers and counsel about "What's on my plate?" to mothers.