ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC HEALTH DEGREE ON THE ARCHIPELAGO ISLAND COMMUNITIES IN DERAWAN ISLAND REGENCY DISTRICTS BERAU

Public health issues are influenced by various factor (multiple causal), therefore the problem should be solved comprehensively. The Public health programs/activities/efforts directly or indirectly intended for disease prevention (preventive), health promotion (promotive), treatment (curative) and health recovery (rehabilitative). The coastal region is a region that is administratively far from downtown allowing the occurrence of health problems caused by limited access and infrastructure due to geographical conditions consisting of a group of islands separated by the sea. The objective of this research/study was to obtain data and information on the health status for preparation and implementation of appropriate and sustainable health programs. This study is a survey that is directly observing the condition and the health problems found in coastal communities of derawan island including 100 samples by using simple randomized sample. The survey and observation of 100 heads of households show that, the results show that (75%) archipelago community in the district of derawan island have problems managing household waste, (78,8%) lack of health insurance ownership, and (68%) had the smoking behaviour inside the house. This study concluded that the archipelago communities in the district of derawan island have problems in the environmental health aspects, especially in waste management, administrative and health policy aspects especially in health insurance ownership and the health behavior aspects that shows high rates of smoking inside the house. Keywords : Public health degree, health promotion, environmental health, administration and health policy, health insuranc