Judul: The Relationship Between Credibility of Information Source of The Family Planning with Attitude and The Decision of Adopting The Family Planning Programme (Case of Couples of Childbearing Age in Bojonggede, Bogor)
Abstrak: The objectives of this research are : (1) to know the public assessment of the credibility of sources of information as a change agent to disseminate family planning; (2) to know public attitudes toward family planning programs; (3) to analyse the community's decision to adopt family planning services and contraceptives; (4) to analyse the relation of the public relations assessment factors to sources of information as an agent of change in family planning with the formation of public attitude and the decision to adopt family planning services and contraceptives. This study was designed as a study which is descriptive correlational survey, using questionnaires as the main data collection tool. The individual analysis unit is couples of childbearing age as many as 100 people, spread over five villages namely Bojongbaru, Pabuaran, Susukan, Rawa Panjang, and Bojonggede in the the sub district of Bojonggede.The research was done in September 2011 and it used purposive sampling method with the criterion of childbearing age men or women who have ever got or followed the socialization of family planning, from the five selected villages, 20 people from each village.The research results are: (1) Characteristics of the respondents have no real relationship to the credibility of family planning information sources, (2) The credibility of information sources of family planning had expertise, attractiveness, trustworthiness and empathy. (3) There is a real connection between attractiveness and cognitive, affective attitudes. The very real connection between trustworthiness and cognitive, affective attitude. The real connection between empathy and cognitive, affective attitude; (4) The very real connection between the respondents’cognitive, affective attitude and their adopting the family planning’s service and contraceptives.
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Judul: Gender relation and fertility In Neglasari Village, Jasinga Sub-District, Bogor Regency, West Java Province
Abstrak: Fertility is not merely a biological or demographical issue. Since it is embedded to social relation of human being, it is closely related to their desire and values. Seeing fertility beyond numbers will be useful to explore the desire of each actor, how do they relate to each other and with the community, values and other sociological and psychological aspect embedded in the activity. This research tries to explore the way the relation between gender and fertility work, especially since there is no generic theory has been built on the ground of this subject. The research employed qualitative method to explore and gain understanding on how the women relate to other actor. Taking advantage from previous researches, the framework is built on Mason and Smith (2003) women autonomy aspect, desired fertility and Bongaarts (1982) proximate determinant concept. Proximate determinants are employed to link the gap between social-economic and biological variables, as there is an undeniable fact that fertility is the result of a biological activity. Result of the research shows that although the value in the community as a traditional Islamic community suggests high number of fertility, women in this study area to some extent able to manage their control over fertility. The control is operated through desired fertility and the proximate determinants, i.e. using of contraception and postponing age of marriage which are affected by women autonomy and power aspects as proposed by Mason and Smith (2003). The referred women autonomy and power aspects are women’s economic decision-making power, their family size decision-making power, their physical freedom of movement, community-level gender attitude measures, and their space in household decision-making. The conclusion of study shows that in the area studied, using of contraception is more likely to affect actual fertility than postponing age of marriage.
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Judul: Karakteristik Anatomi Skelet Kepala Buaya senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii).
Abstrak: Buaya sepit atau senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii) merupakan jenis buaya asli Indonesia yang berhabitat di sungai-sungai Sumatera, Kalimantan, dan juga pedalaman Sulawesi. Salah satu ciri khas buaya senyulong adalah bentuk moncong yang runcing dan sempit, namun hingga saat ini informasi mengenai struktur skelet kepala buaya senyulong sangat terbatas. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari karakteristik anatomi skelet kepala buaya senyulong yang dikatikan dengan fungsi dan perilakunya. Penelitian dilakukan secara eksploratif dengan melakukan pengamatan, pencatatan, dan pengambilan gambar dari skelet kepala buaya senyulong. Skelet kepala berukuran panjang 70 cm, lebar 29 cm, dan tingggi 17 cm dengan permukaan kasar pada os nasale, os frontale, os maxilla, os mandibula, os lacrimale, os jugale. Jumlah gigi pada buaya ini sebanyak 78 buah, terdiri dari 4 buah gigi premaxila, 16 buah gigi maxila, dan 19 buah gigi mandibula. Pada regio orbitalis ditemukan dua pasang fenestrae temporales yang berkembang baik. Fenestra supratemporale merupakan lubang oval yang membentang di sepanjang os parietale. Fenestra infratemporale berbentuk segitiga dan dibatasi oleh os squamosum, os postorbitale, os jugulare, dan os quadratum. Os mandibula hewan ini mempunyai symphysis mandibularis yang panjang yaitu garis yang melintang di corpus mandibulae. Secara fungsional ukuran symphysis mandibularis berkaitan dengan adaptasi hewan terhadap diet makan.
Keyword: kepala, moncong, Tomistoma schlegelii