From the families we choose to the families we find online: media technology and queer family making

Since the mid-2000s, a number of Western countries have witnessed an increase in the number of children born into ‘alternative’ or ‘queer’ families. Parallel with this queer baby boom, online media technologies have become intertwined with most people’s intimate lives. While these two phenomena have appeared simultaneously, their integration has seldom been explored. In an attempt to fill this gap, the present article explores the ways in which contemporary queer reproduction is interwoven with online media practices. Importantly, the article does not understand online media as a technology that simply facilitates queer kinship; rather, it argues that online media technology is a reproductive technology in its own right. Drawing on empirical examples of media practices of kinning, such as online shopping for donor sperm and locating ‘donor siblings’ via online fora such as Facebook, the article analyses the merging and intersection of online media and queer kinship. These analyses serve as a foundation for an exploration of contemporary kinship and the development of a new theoretical framework for contemporary queer reproduction. Empirically, the examples are from single women’s (i.e. solo mothers) and lesbian couples’ family making. Using Weston's work on ‘chosen families’ as a backdrop for discussion, the article describes families of choice in light of new online kinship connections. In particular, the article focuses on online-initiated connections between donor siblings and how such connections can re-inscribe biology as important to queer kinship. Furthermore, it closely examines how media technology guides queer reproduction in particular directions and how technology causes becoming as a family.

SKRINING KELAYAKAN DAN PERENCANAAN KEHAMILAN PADA MASA PANDEMI COVID-19 DAN ADAPTASI KEBIASAAN BARU

Keluarga berencana (KB) merupakan pelayanan kesehatan bagi perempuan yang tujuannya untuk mencegah masalah kesehatan pada wanita. Tindakan dari pelayanan KB ini adalah agar terhindar dari kelahiran yang tidak diinginkan, menunda kehamilan, mengatur jarak kehamilan, serta menghentingkan kehamilan. Tujuan dari program KB yang dibentuk oleh pemerintah adalah untuk membentuk keluaraga yang sejahtera secara kesehatan, ekonomi dan sosial. Program KB ini dapat terlaksana dengan metode penggunaan alat kontrasepsi hormonal dan non hormonal. Gunung lingkas merupakan salah satu kelurahan di kota Tarakan yang memiliki kepadatan jumlah penduduk yaitu 1369 jiwa dengan 390 kepala keluarga (KK), tingkat kesertaan akseptor KB aktif yang kurang/dibawah rata-rata, rendahnya partisipasi keluarga dalam kegiatan ketahanan keluarga, serta perekonomian yang cukup rendah. Hal ini membuat perlunya dilakukan inovasi untuk menjembatangi pemerintah melalui Penyuluh Lapangan Keluarga Berencana (PLKB), dan kader dapat bersinergi dalam meningkatkan layanan penyuluhan kepada masyarakat khususnya Psangan Usia Subur (PUS) untuk mendukung nawacita presiden.Permasalahan mitra yang ada di keluruhan Gunung Lingkas adalah rendahnyanya partisipan akseptor KB dan ditambah dengan masalah pandemi COVID-19 dan adaptasi kebiasaan baru yang mengakibatkan pembatasan pelayanan fasilitas kesehatan untuk mendapatkan informasi dan pelayanan KB. Hal ini, mengakibatkan masyarakat lebih memilih untuk tidak melanjutkan akseptor KB.. Indikasi inilah yang menjadi pemicau kehamilan yang tidak diinginkan (unwated). Kehamilan yang tidak diinginkan menjadikan kehamilan yang tidak berkualitas yang berdampak luas terhadap kasus-kasus terkait peningkatan angka kematian dan kesakitan ibu dan anak, seperti kasus aborsi, perdarahan, anemia selama hamil, malnutrisi , premature, berat bayi lahir rendah, dan kurangnya pemenuhan kebutuhan psikologis karena anak yang terlahir tidak diinginkan. Untuk mencegah adanya “baby boom” dan kehamilan yang tidak diinginkan maka solusi yang ditawarkan adalah melakukan penyuluhan panduan pelayanan KB selama masa pandemic COVID-19 dan adaptasi kebiasaan baru. Selain itu pentingnya melakukan skrining kelayakan dan perencanaan kehamilan pada PUS agar terciptanya keluarga bahagia dan sejahtera. Pelaksanaan ini bertujuan untuk mengoptimalisasi peran PLKB dan Kader dalam melakukan penyuluhan Panduan pelayanan KB selama masa COVID-19 dan adaptasi kebiasaan baru. Hal ini tentunya akan meningkatkan aktifitas pelayanan KB di wilayah Kelurahan Gunung Lingkas.

Pendidikan Kontrasepsi Pada Wanita Pasangan Usia Subur Sebagai Upaya Antisipasi Baby Bomming Di Masa Adaptasi Kebiasaan Baru Pasca Pandemi Covid-19 Di Wilayah Kecamatan Kuta Utara

The results of family planning services during the COVID-19 pandemic in national scale has decreasedin the number of contraceptive uses reaching 40% in almost all regions in Indonesia (BKKBN, 2020). This couldbe caused by various problems, including an increase in the number of unwanted pregnancies and baby booms orincrease of birth rate. This is due to the obstruction of access to services, delaying access to health facilities dueto fears of contracting COVID-19 and increasing of husband and wife sexual intercourse without usingcontraceptives that inducing pregnancy. Based on the results of Widiastuti's research in 2020, where a survey wasconducted to find out the description of family planning use during the pandemic in the North Kuta District, it wasfound that half of them (53.2%) of respondents were using contraceptives and almost half of them (46.8%) ofrespondents did not use contraception. One of the efforts to suppress the surge in baby births is through the FamilyPlanning program for couples of childbearing age. The aim of this community service is to provide knowledgeabout contraceptive tools and methods in suppressing the surge in baby births. The targets are women ofchildbearing age aged 15-45 years who have not used contraception or who use and do not make repeat visits asmany as 30 people. The implementation of the activity was carried out by assessing the level of understanding ofthe respondents by pre-testing through google forms, implementing counseling, family planning counseling andintroduction of contraceptives and evaluating the material by post-testing via google forms. The results of theactivity show that there is an increase in mother's knowledge about family planning tools and methods, which isexpected to influence the behavior of woman in using contraceptives so that they are expected to anticipate theoccurrence of baby boom.

Por que verticalizar? Um estudo sobre o processo de verticalização nas cidades

A partir do século XX, alterações morfológicas substanciais ocorreram no espaço urbano de muitas cidades Tais alterações foram sobretudo motivadas pela ideia de modernização do espaço e pelo processo conhecido como Baby Boom. Sendo assim, esta pesquisa constitui-se em um estudo bibliográfico acerca do processo de verticalização das cidades e tem como objetivo discutir e refletir o processo de verticalização avaliando os motivos que levam as cidades a se verticalizarem e impactos gerados pelo ato de verticalizar. Atualmente, os centros urbanos continuam a se desenvolver, sobretudo em razão do aumento populacional e do constante movimento de pessoas que se dirigem das zonais rurais às urbanas. No caso das cidades brasileiras do século XXI, duas características as definem: o ritmo acelerado de densificação e a verticalização urbana. A verticalização, é um dos fatores fundamentais para a modificação da morfologia urbana. Traduz-se como uma evolução ou modernização do espaço, mas também como resultado de interesses econômicos e políticos. Outrossim, o processo de verticalização da paisagem urbana é uma resposta ao crescimento demográfico e à diminuição do espaço disponível para habitação e para fins sociais e econômicos.

KONTRASEPSI VASEKTOMI PRIA: PERSPEKTIF TEOLOGI ETIKA TERAPAN

<em>The Covid-19 pandemic that began in early 2020 has had serious impacts on various aspects of life globally, nationally and locally, including family planning program services in Indonesia. BKKBN, for example, carries out various policies to increase participation in family planning programs to maintain community welfare by anticipating the baby boom during the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on the results of the survey conducted, the interest of men to participate in becoming MOP contraceptive acceptors began to increase. This is certainly a progress where the awareness of men to participate in family planning programs is increasing. The increase in participants occurred because of ‘correct’ knowledge about family planning programs. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, many men and their families did not have adequate knowledge about vasectomy as a method of contraception. Consequently, this caused limited accessibility to contraceptive services and acceptance among men. The main objective of this paper is therefore to provide complete and clear information to men regarding the benefits, impacts and perspectives of applied ethical theology on the use of the vasectomy method of contraception. Methodologically, this study uses a qualitative method by collecting several journals and books related to the formulation of the problem and looking for possible equations to answer this research problem. The expected results are therefore a wider recognition of the important role of health workers, culture, and experienced family planning cadres, as well as a provision of knowledge and direction in socializing the vasectomy method, including understanding the theologically ethical perspectives of vasectomy as a method of contraception.</em> <br /> <br /><strong>Key words:</strong> Covid-19, Ethical Theological Perspectives, Family Planning Program, Men, Vasectomy.

Why the Singularity Cannot Happen

The concept of a Singularity as described in Ray Kurzweil’s book cannot happen for a number of reasons. One reason is that all natural growth processes that follow exponential patterns eventually reveal themselves to be following S-curves thus excluding runaway situations. The remaining growth potential from Kurzweil’s “knee”, which could be approximated as the moment when an S-curve pattern begins deviating from the corresponding exponential, is a factor of only one order of magnitude greater than the growth already achieved. A second reason is that there is already evidence of a slowdown in some important trends. The growth pattern of the U.S. GDP is no longer exponential. Had Kurzweil been more rigorous in his fitting procedures, he would have recognized it. Moore’s law and the Microsoft Windows operating systems are both approaching end-of-life limits. The Internet rush has also ended — for the time being — as the number of users stopped growing; in the western world because of saturation and in the underdeveloped countries because infrastructures, education, and the standard of living there are not yet up to speed. A third reason is that society is capable of auto-regulating runaway trends as was the case with deadly car accidents, the AIDS threat, and rampant overpopulation. This control goes beyond government decisions and conscious intervention. Environmentalists who fought nuclear energy in the 1980s, may have been reacting only to nuclear energy’s excessive rate of growth, not nuclear energy per se, which is making a comeback now.What may happen instead of a Singularity is that the rate of change soon begins slowing down. The exponential pattern of change witnessed up to now dictates more milestone events during year 2025 than witnessed throughout the entire 20th century! But such events are already overdue today. If, on the other hand, the change growth pattern has indeed been following an S-curve, then the rate of change is about to enter a declining trajectory; the baby boom generation will have witnessed more change during their lives than anyone else before or after them.

PENDAMPINGAN PADA PASANGAN USIA SUBUR DALAM PENGGUNAAN KONTRASEPSI SEBAGAI UPAYA MENEKAN UNMET NEED KB DI MASA ADAPTASI KEBIASAAN BARU

ABSTRAKTingginya angka unmet need bukan hanya menjadi permasalahan dalam program Keluarga Berencana di Indonesia, namun juga dihadapai oleh tiap belahan dunia. Kelompok unmet need merupakan sasaran yang perlu mendapatkan perhatian khusus dalam pelayanan KB. Pada masa awal pandemi Covid-19, angka unmet need KB cenderung mengalami peningkatan. Berdasarkan laporan dari BKKBN 2020 tercatat sebanyak 36 juta peserta KB aktif pada bulan Maret mengalami penurunan menjadi 26 juta peserta dibulan April, sehingga terdapat selisih 10 juta akseptor yang tidak menggunakan alat kontrasepsi dan 25% diantaranya merupakan Pasangan Usia Subur (PUS). Penurunan kepesertaan KB aktif ini dapat berdampak pada resiko terjadi Kehamilan Yang Tidak Diinginkan (KTD), maupun peningkatan “baby boom” pasca pandemi. Tujuan dari kegiatan ini adalah membantu PUS dalam memecahkan dan menemukan solusi terhadap permasalahan terkait KB serta memberikan layanan KB. Kegiatan ini dikemas dalam bentuk pendampingan konseling dan pelayanan KB gratis terutama bagi PUS yang tergolong unmet need. Dilakukan secara tatap muka dengan menerapkan protokol kesehatan yang ketat. Hasil kegiatan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat ini yaitu dari 20 orang PUS yang melakukan konseling, sebanyak 15 orang (75%), bersedia menjadi akseptor KB aktif sedangkan 2 orang (10%) akan mendiskusikan kembali dengan pasangannya dan 3 orang lainnya (15%) belum siap untuk menggunakan kontrasepsi. Kata kunci: pendampingan; PUS; unmet Need KB; adaptasi kebiasaan baru ABSTRACTThe high number of unmet need is not only a family planning problem in Indonesia, but also in every part of the world. Unmet need target groups that need special attention. At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of unmet need for family planning tends to increase.Reports from the BKKBN in 2020, from March to April there was a decrease in active family planning acceptors by 10 million participants and 25% of them are couples of childbearing age. This decrease in participation has an impact on the risk of unwanted pregnancies and an increase in the post-pandemic "baby boom". The purpose of this activity is to assist couples in solving and finding solutions to family planning problems and providing family planning services. This activity is packaged in the form of counseling assistance and free family planning services, especially for couples of childbearing age with unmet need. The results of this Community Service activity are from 20 people who did counseling, as many as 15 people (75%), were willing to become active family planning acceptors while 2 people (10%) would discuss again with their partners and 3 other people (15%) were not ready to use contraception. Keywords: accompaniment; couples of childbearing age; unmet need KB; new habit adaptation

Pengaruh Penggunaan Video Ilustrasi Family Planning Terhadap Pengetahuan Akseptor KB Sebagai Upaya Pencegahan Baby Boom di Masa Pandemi Covid-19

Pelayanan kesehatan salah satunya pelayanan keluarga berencana di fasilitas kesehatan juga terdampak Covid-19, dikhawatirkan bahwa akseptor KB kemungkinan khawatir untuk datang ke fasilitas kesehatan sehingga timbul risiko putus-pakai pemakaian kontrasepsi. Vidio edukasi berbasis ilustrasi menjadi salah satu metode yang dapat membantu mencegah ledakan penduduk selama pandemi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menilai pengaruh penggunaan vidio ilustrasi family planning terhadap pengetahuan akseptor KB dalam penggunaan kontrasepsi selama masa pandemi Covid-19. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif dengan metode penelitian Quasi Eksperiment dengan pendekatan pretest-posttest with control group. Pada penelitian ini terbagi menjadi dua kelompok yaitu intervensi dengan pemberian edukasi dengan vidio ilustrasi dan kontrol menggunakan edukasi konvensional atau menggunakan lembar balik. Hasil penelitian yaitu akseptor KB yang diberikan edukasi vidio ilustrasi family planning memiliki pengetahuan dengan nilai rata-rata ± SD yaitu 58, 89 ± 15,86, sedangkan pada kelompok kontrol didapatkan nilai rata-rata± SD yaitu 45,47± 4,31. Hasil uji t independent menunjukkan ada pengaruh video ilustrasi family planning terhadap pengetahuan akseptor KB di Puskesmas Wilayah Kota Makassar (P =0,012). Video ilustrasi family planning efektif terhadap pengetahuan akseptor KB di Puskesmas Wilayah Kota Makassar khususnya di masa pandemi covid-19 saat ini