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The number of smokers among women in Indonesia is increasing every year, even though smokers are predominantly male. In order to educate the public about the negative impacts of tobacco consumption, the government has produced anti-smoking Public Service Advertisements (PSAs) aired on television. The information gap about smoking hazards is due to lack of anti-smoking messages which is unable to compete with the extensive and creative pro-smoking messages in many media platforms. The way people use media for information-seeking, such as messages about smoking, dictates how they look for the messages and helps to understand how they encounter messages the most. By interviewing 39 women in Banda Aceh and Jakarta, this study presents women's opinion about television and the media preference for searching and gaining information about smoking. The findings show that participants of the study prefer to obtain information about smoking through the media—online social media than through television, such as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Line, WhatsApp, and non-media like friends and their doctor's advice. Given the substantial cost of television health campaigns, the study findings can provide input on alternative media in communicating about the harms of smoking.

Program Kampung Iklim (Proklim) is a national mitigation and adaptation program to climate change in Indonesia. Like other areas across the country, several districts in Aceh Province are designated Climate Village Program (Proklim). However, as an innovative government-led initiative, the program's efficacy in Aceh has not been well-documented. This study explores the potential challenges and opportunities of Proklim implementation in Aceh. Even though Proklim is a significant initiative for adapting to the impact of climate change, poor community involvement in the planning and implementation stages led to the program's unsustainability. Lack of public participation correlates with their limited understanding of the program's benefits. Moreover, people's poor understanding is influenced by how the program is communicated. Drawing from previous research on public participation in implementing Proklim in three areas in Aceh Besar districts, this study analyzes the internal and external factors identified as strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the climate change programs. The study argues that exploring and communicating the social capitals of local communities allows for more public involvement and participation in developing sustainable Proklim in the area.

The proliferation of provinces and districts in Indonesia since 1998 has led to an array of new local laws across the country. This study focuses on how laws made at the national level become enacted at the local level. We offer a cross-comparison of three case studies of the implementation of smoke-free area regulations, as mandated by Government Regulation No. 109/2012. We investigate this process in Aceh province and the cities of Bandung and Malang, exploring the process of law creation and the context that influences it. We find that local political dynamics shaped unique regulations and outline how these differences manifested, both in the law-making process and in its outcomes. We also reflect on the decentralised law-making system, arguing that top-down diffusion of policy is problematic, with the case studies raising concerns in terms of inconsistencies due to localised variations, as well as inefficiencies and tobacco industry influence. (JCSA/GIGA)

Gizi buruk (malnutrisi) dan pendek badan anak (stunting) masih merupakan permasalahan kesehatan di Indonesia. 'Aisyiyah sebagai salah satu organisasi kemasyarakatan melalui program kesehatannya telah mendampingi pemerintah menjalankan program-program guna menurunkan angka malnutrisi dan stunting di Indonesia. Salah satunya adalah melalui program Rumah Gizi di beberapa kabupaten di tanah air. Melalui pendekatan kualitatif, dengan metode wawancara mendalam dan analisa dokumen, studi ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan dan menganalisis implementasi program Rumah Gizi 'Aisyiyah di tiga daerah yaitu Kabupaten Cianjur, Sambas, dan Mamuju. Melalui analisis kritis-budaya, yakni modernitas refleksif dalam pendekatan komunikasi kesehatan, hasil studi ini menunjukkan bahwa keberhasilan penerapan program kampanye dan advokasi Rumah Gizi untuk menurunkan angka malnutrisi dan stunting di wilayah studi melibatkan pendekatan budaya dan agama yang terintegrasi disamping penguatan dan pemberdayaan perempuan. Malnutrition and stunting remain a health problem in Indonesia. 'Aisyiyah as one of the civil society organizations through its health program has assisted the government to reduce the number of malnutrition and stunting cases in Indonesia. One of them is through the Rumah Gizi program run in several districts in the country. Through a qualitative approach, in-depth interviews, and document analysis, this study aims to explain and analyse the implementation of the Rumah Gizi in three regions, namely Cianjur, Sambas, and Mamuju districts. Using a cultural approach—reflexive modernity in health communication, the findings of this study indicate that the success of Rumah Gizi campaign and advocacy program to reduce malnutrition and stunting requires an integrated cultural and religious approach as well as strengthening and empowering women.

This research aims to identify types of media used by the Acehnese people in seeking information about COVID-19, and people's perceptions and responses to the information that increases their likelihood of the risk of the pandemic. This study employs a quantitative approach, in which an online survey distributed through social media. All 324 respondents gave their consent to participate in filling out the research questionnaire. The study found that Acehnese people prefer online media and television (TV) to receive information about COVID-19, especially when people can access the information online (streaming). The finding indicates that people tend to trust information obtained through the media more than direct information (face to face) conveyed by the government. Regarding the public responses, this study found that most respondents argue the lack of government action in disseminating information about COVID-19. It is believed that this condition is likely to bring up false information (hoax) from untrustworthy information sources. This response has an impact on the level of public trust towards the government as the main source of information in handling the pandemic. Respondents claim that the local government has a slow response in providing information about people who are infected by the virus, including insufficient information on the intervention of prevention and treatment carried out to stop the spread of the virus.

This research aims to identify types of media used by the Acehnese people in seeking information about COVID-19, and people's perceptions and responses to the information that increases their likelihood of the risk of the pandemic. This study employs a quantitative approach, in which an online survey distributed through social media. All 324 respondents gave their consent to participate in filling out the research questionnaire. The study found that Acehnese people prefer online media and television (TV) to receive information about COVID-19, especially when people can access the information online (streaming). The finding indicates that people tend to trust information obtained through the media more than direct information (face to face) conveyed by the government. Regarding the public responses, this study found that most respondents argue the lack of government action in disseminating information about COVID-19. It is believed that this condition is likely to bring up false information (hoax) from untrustworthy information sources. This response has an impact on the level of public trust towards the government as the main source of information in handling the pandemic. Respondents claim that the local government has a slow response in providing information about people who are infected by the virus, including insufficient information on the intervention of prevention and treatment carried out to stop the spread of the virus.

The proliferation of provinces and districts in Indonesia since 1998 has led to an array of new local laws across the country. This study focuses on how laws made at the national level become enacted at the local level. We offer a cross-comparison of three case studies of the implementation of smoke-free area regulations, as mandated by Government Regulation No. 109/2012. We investigate this process in Aceh province and the cities of Bandung and Malang, exploring the process of law creation and the context that influences it. We find that local political dynamics shaped unique regulations and outline how these differences manifested, both in the law-making process and in its outcomes. We also reflect on the decentralised law-making system, arguing that top-down diffusion of policy is problematic, with the case studies raising concerns in terms of inconsistencies due to localised variations, as well as inefficiencies and tobacco industry influence.