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The existence of a regulation requires the community to hold a party to have a latrine and not to defecate in any place, causing the ownership of latrines to increase. This study aims to determine the effect of cultural communication model, regulation and partnership on the ownership of latrines of community families in Rompu Village, Masamba Sub district, North Luwu District, Province of South Sulawesi. This research is a quantitative research by using quasi intervention design with two pretest and posttest design. The sample of 150 family heads is divided into three groups. One group of lectures, one group of modules and one group were not given lectures and modules. Data were analyzed by paired t test and anova. The result of the research shows that there is influence of cultural communication model to increase the ownership of family latrine. Increased latrine ownership after intervention in group 1 was 11, in group 2 was 1, while group 3 there was no addition of latrine. The provision of intervention in the form of modules and lectures with cultural communication model can increase the knowledge of respondents about the regulation of ownership of latrines and partnerships formed by the government to accelerate the community to have family latrines. It is recommende that village governments will make regulations governing the ownership of family latrines for each house and to build partnerships with others to help communities to build latrines.

AbstractWater pollution by heavy metals due to discharge from gold mining activity has threatened the aquatic environment and human health of the community around Kao Bay. This report review explores the level of mercury and arsenic in the fish and the health risk of fish consumption within the community around Kao Bay. Fish from 10 spots in the bay were analyzed for mercury and arsenic using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. Community members around Kao Bay were interviewed for details of their fish consumption. Daily intake of metals and health risk level were also calculated. All of the fish caught contained mercury (mean of 0.2110 ug/g) and arsenic (mean of 0.422 ug/g). This heavy metal concentration exceeds the allowable level for food standard. The human health risk assessment showed that the fish caught from Kao Bay were not safe for human consumption (RQ>1). The hazard risk quotient based on cancer and non-cancer was more than one. As many as 49 of 52 people living around Kao Bay have a risk from mercury and arsenic exposure via fish consumption. The magnitude of HQ and ECR values for most fish indicates that it is not safe for consumption.

AbstractObjectivesThis research aims to analyse the relationship between urine mercury levels and neurological problems.MethodsThis research is an observational study with a cross-sectional approach. There are 44 goldsmiths in the gold jewellery small scale industry involved in this study. Urine mercury levels were measured using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Neurological problems were assessed by a medician. Data collected includes age, time of exposure, work duration, smoking behaviour and nutrition status of the goldsmiths which were obtained by interview.ResultsThe results showed that the concentration of mercury in the goldsmith's urine was around 0.93–64.59 μg/L. The analysis showed that there were 63% of goldsmiths experiencing neurological problems, such as tremors (9.1%) and knee pass reflex (6.8%). The bivariate analysis showed that there is no significant relationship between the concentration of mercury (p=0.133), age (p=0.155), time of exposure (p=0.702), time of working (p=0.354), smoking behaviour (p=0.169) and nutrition status (p=0.541) with neurological problems.ConclusionsThe goldsmiths who had high levels of mercury in urine samples were diagnosed with at least one of the neurological symptoms. It is recommended that the goldsmith use personal protective equipment during work such as mask, glasses and gloves.