CEKATAN: Cegah Tuberculosis dan Awasi Pengobatan, is a community development in SCOPH CIMSA UNS that aims to prevent tuberculosis and PMO (Pengawasan Menelan Obat), especially concentrates in maximizing the PMO function to increase awareness of target communities to take tuberculosis medication. Previously, the first intervention was held on October 1st 2024, with the topic of “All About Tuberculosis and PMO”, and the second intervention on October 27th 2024, CEKATAN assisted in the topics of “Tuberculosis Recovery Journey: Medication and The Side Effects”. Then, in third intervention, November 24rd 2024, CEKATAN will carry out exercise activities together with residents of RW 9 Mojosongo and also make visits to community health centers to carry out sputum tests for TB sufferers and collect data on sputum examinations of sufferers. Finally, in their fourth and last intervention, on February 5th 2025, CEKATAN Health Tent will be held which consists of health checks and free consultations with doctors for residents of RW 09 Mojosongo.
On the day of the intervention, which took place on October 27th , 2024, at RW 09 Mojosongo, the participants included the residents of RW 09 Mojosongo and CEKATAN OCs from CIMSA UNS. The main event began with a CEKATAN OCs divided into 3 groups. Each group will carry out door to door approach interventions in the homes of Mojosongo RW 09 residents. A pretest will be carried out first on each house visited. Then the OCs will provide education about tuberculosis medication varieties and their side effects to patients' families. At the end there will be a discussion session and closed with a posttest. Then, We also distributed booklets about tuberculosis and the importance of taking medication to intervention participants.
The follow-up method is also carried out by monitoring the PMO follow up card that was given in the first intervention. All the participants were active and eager to learn, and it really brought us joy. From this project we hope that the citizens of Surakarta, especially RW 09 Mojosongo and everyone involved in this project can raise their awareness and knowledge of Tuberculosis disease and healthy lifestyle.
