Collecting Data During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons From an In-Person Survey of People Who Use Opioids

Objectives: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, much in-person data collection has been suspended or become tele-remote. However, tele-remote methods often exclude marginalized groups, including people who use drugs, many of whom lack the technology to participate. To inform future surveillance and research during the pandemic and other public health disasters, we report methods and lessons learned from an in-person survey of people who use opioids conducted by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: This public health surveillance was a component of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Overdose Data to Action initiative and aimed to inform overdose prevention efforts. Survey domains inquired about participants’ drug use patterns, risk behaviors, overdose history, and service use. Results: From June 16 through September 9, 2020, DOHMH staff members conducted 329 surveys with participants from 4 syringe service programs (n = 148, 44.9%) and via street intercept (n = 81, 55.1%). To survey participants safely and effectively, it was important to build rapport upfront so that requests to maintain distance were not perceived as stigmatizing. DOHMH staff members offered all participants, regardless of survey eligibility, Narcan and hygiene products, including face masks and soap. Practice Implications: Surveys administered outdoors during the COVID-19 pandemic should be limited to 30 minutes. Although conducting in-person surveys poses unique challenges, this method should be considered so marginalized populations are included in data collection and public health responses.

Assistive Technology to Help Students With Disabilities

This chapter reviews some of the low-tech as well as the high-tech devices available for a wide variety of students with special learning needs. A history of assistive technology devices is explored and defined. Assistive technology has increased in use in recent decades due to accessibility of computers and the digital age. Digital devices such as hand held scanners, online learning environments, and digital resources have changed the educational experiences for students with special needs and disabilities. In response, teacher in-service programs and ongoing professional development programs need to be involved to understand and develop appropriate 21st-century learning opportunities and curricula. Future trends, such as virtual reality (VR) environments, allow opportunities for safe, effective learning. To assist in understanding and choosing the appropriate devices, multiple resources, such as global and national organizations, and online resources are provided.

Pendampingan Agribisnis Anggrek Hibrida di Kecamatan Matesih Kabupaten Karanganyar

<div data-canvas-width="511.892564516129"><em><strong>The Assistance of Hybrid Orchid Agribusiness in Matesih District Karanganyar Regency</strong></em>. Matesih District of Karanganyar Regency is known as the center of ornamental plants including orchids. However, most of the farmers grow orchids by raise the juvenile orchids into adult orchids which are then sold. Farmers have not been able to produce seedlings as well as to transfer plantlets from tissue culture bottles to media in pots. These community service programs aim to provide knowledge and increase the skills of partner farmers in acclimatizing hybrid orchids. Therefore they can transfer orchid seeds with a high success rate and earn higher profits from their orchid agribusiness. The program was carried out in Plosorejo Village, Matesih District, Karanganyar Regency from April to October 2020. Partner farmers consist of two farmer groups, namely the farmer group of RT 002 RW XIII and Tani Rejo IX. This program has succeeded in increasing the knowledge and skills of partner farmers in acclimatizing hybrid orchids. In terms of business, this program is profitable because based on the calculation with a capital of Rp869.000, 00 generates a profit of Rp1.311.000,00 per four months with a BC ratio of 1.5.</div>

Harmonization of Rehabilitation Service Standards for Drug Abuse’s Addicts and Victims according to the Regulations

Narcotics addicts and victims of narcotics abuse must undergo medical and social rehabilitation, according to Article 54 of Indonesia's Narcotics Law. The government then issued a rehabilitation policy for them under the authority of three state institutions, namely the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Social Affairs, and the National Narcotics Agency. This causes overlapping and tug-of-war among stakeholders when it comes to developing policies and implementing rehabilitation services for addicts and victims of narcotics abuse, resulting in no method that becomes a guideline for rehabilitation implementation, on the report of an Ombudsman study. The aim here is to investigate how the laws of Rehabilitation Service Standards for Addicts and Victims of Drug Abuse are harmonized. The approach used is normative juridical. According to the study's findings, the regulations are hierarchically aligned, but the implementation of each rehabilitation program has a Service Standard. There is a vertical disparity in the definitions of medical and social rehabilitation and service providers and service recipients. Horizontally, there are differences in the determination of the implementing agency, service standards such as service programs, human resources, infrastructure, and activity funding sources. As a result, medical and social rehabilitation implementation is separated, resulting in a lack of comprehensive services for service recipients.

SOLID MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT COSTS BETWEEN OUTSOURCING AND SELF-MANAGED SYSTEM AT HOSPITAL DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Health service programs aim to improve the level of society’s health. On one side, it will give benefit public health, and on the other side, it will have a bad impact if the process is not managed appropriately. Health service activities produces wastes, one of which is solid waste. It is important to know the problem related to the process and cost of the solid medical waste management, which is part of the B3 wastes (hazardous and toxic wastes). The B3 waste management is under the supervision of public health facilities which have the security and cost responsibilities. The costs include investment cost, maintenance cost, cooperation cost or cost of the third-hand management, and consumable cost. This study compares solid medical waste cost between outsourcing systems and self-management systems in the X hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study uses descriptive research in a qualitative approach through observation, document review, and cost calculation for data collection. The study results show that the process of solid medical waste management has been running well. In addition, self-managed solid medical waste management is cheaper than outsourcing management.

A little Bethel and the pledge of God’s presence: worship in the household during and after the pandemic

The COVID pandemic prompted most parishes to provide resources for worship in the household: service programs, websites with the Daily Office, pre-recorded worship, and live-streamed liturgies. Thus, the pandemic has drawn attention to household worship, a long-standing practice among Christians but one that has been frequently overlooked in seminary education and pastoral practice. This essay considers the sources alive in Anglican and Episcopal communities that support such practices and also considers the unfortunate tendency to create a learned dependency on religious professionals and the need to foster practices that cultivate Christian identity in the household.

Aplikasi Pelawatan Jemaat Dengan Menggunakan Metode Haversine Berbasis Android

To visit congregation which is carried out by several members of the congregation who are members of the visiting workgroup accompanied by a pastor from the church visited. This activity is a form of expression of love, concern, and sympathy for the people being cared for. And it is hoped that through this visit, the congregation who is being cared for will get strength, comfort, and help in facing the struggles they are facing. Along with the development of current technology which can help the wider community to find out a person's location through a given address. By using the haversine method, visitors can make visits to the church's residence with a fairly short time and distance because the haversine method has the advantage of being able to calculate the distance and time using two lines on the earth, namely longitude and latitude. The making of this application is to produce an Android-based mobile application using Google Map to get the location of the congregation's residence which will be carried out by the visit to the Terang Hidup GKI congregation, where the visit is one of the service programs of the Terang Hidup GKI church.

Evaluation of Academic Quality Assurance Program at Sultan AMAI State Islamic Institute Gorontalo

This study aims to determine the evaluation of the academic quality assurance program at the Sultan AMAI State Islamic Institute of Gorontalo. The method used in this research is the descriptive method with the CIPP model (Context, Input, Process, Product). Data collection techniques used were observation, interviews, and documentation. The results showed a lack of alumni readiness to enter the business and professional world so that there were some alumni from one of the departments who had a long waiting period; There are still many departments/study programs that are accredited C. There is still a lack of professional staff in the field of research and community service; There is still a lack of research and community service involving students; Lack of application/transfer of technology as a result of community service with community needs; Internal service programs were still dominant; The community service partnership network has not been maximized; Not yet well-coordinated the target areas/villages; Weak monitoring and evaluation of community service programs, so that it cannot be ascertained that its implementation is in accordance with the scientific field.

PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT PADA PAGUYUBAN UKM KERAJINAN BAMBU BRAJAN MELALUI PENERAPAN DIGITAL MARKETING DI DESA SENDANGAGUNG MINGGIR SLEMAN

This community service is a downstreaming of the research results that have been carried out by servants in 2020 with the influence of innovation on social media adoption on the marketing performance of Sleman SMEs. This community service partner is the Brajan Sleman Bamboo Craft UKM Association. The results of research conducted by researchers in 2020 show that many SMEs in Sleman, especially the Bambu Brajan SMEs, have greatly prevented Covid-19 and sales have decreased drastically. The decline in sales of bamboo handicrafts has caused the people in the Brajan area to be threatened with poverty. Research findings that have been carried out by researchers, show that the ability to change the direction of digital marketing is an urgent matter that causes sales to decline. This community service program is intended to assist SMEs producing Bamboo handicrafts in Brajan to be able to rise again during the new normal covid-19 pandemic. Some of these community service programs are carried out to help improve the skills of SME human resources in dealing with digital marketing, through training programs on social media creation, website creation, and how to enter the market to increase demand for products produced by bamboo craftsmen and assistance in improving HR soft skills. This community service is important to do. Bamboo SMEs in Brajan are very vulnerable to the COVID-19 crisis so that they are empowered to be strong in facing crisis conditions through mastering internet and digital technology. Of the various problems faced by partners, this community service justifies the problem with partners, namely the ability to adopt technology by Brajan bamboo handicraft SMEs.