Judul: Resource Management and Family Strength of the Participants of Community Empowerment Program in Rural Areas in Bogor District
Abstrak: Program pemberdayaan merupakan salah satu bentuk intervensi yang dilakukan oleh berbagai pihak untuk menanggulangi permasalahan yang dihadapi keluarga. Prioritas kegiatan pemberdayaan keluarga dan target pencapaian utamanya adalah ketahanan keluarga. Untuk mencapai target tersebut, maka salah satu upaya penting dalam strategi pemberdayaan adalah proses pendidikan, baik yang bersifat formal maupun nonformal. Dalam pelaksanaannya program pemberdayaan tidak cukup hanya memberi bantuan materi saja karena hal tersebut tidak dapat menyelesaikan permasalahan secara tuntas dan sifatnya sesaat. Agar keluarga dapat bertahan dalam menjalankan kegiatannya sehari-hari sehingga tercipta ketahanan keluarga di masa krisis maka sumberdaya keluarga yang terbatas maupun sumberdaya tambahan dari program pemberdayaan, baik yang bersifat materi maupun nonmateri harus dikelola dengan baik melalui manajemen sumberdaya keluarga. Perbedaan kemampuan keluarga dalam mengelola sumberdaya, tentunya akan menghasilkan variasi keluarga dalam menjalani hidup di masa krisis, yang selanjutnya melahirkan variasi ketahanan keluarga pada setiap keluarga. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk : (1) Menganalisis praktik manajemen sumberdaya keluarga peserta program pemberdayaan masyarakat di pedesaan, (2) menganalisis faktor-f~or yang mempengaruhi manajemen sumberdaya keluarga peserta program pemberdayaan masyarakat di pedesaan, (3)Menganalisis faktor yang mempengaruhi ketahanan keluarga perserta program pemberdayaan masyarakat di pedesaan, dan (4) Merumuskan model dan strategi untulc peningkatan manajemen swnberdaya dan ketahanan keluarga anggota peserta program pemberdayaan masyarakat di pedesaan., In order to achieve family strength among family members, the family needs to implement family resource management either material or non material efficiently. This research was aimed to (1) analyze the family resource management practices, (2) analyze the factors influenced family resource management, (3) analyze the factors influenced family strength, and (4) formulate model and strategy to improve family resource management and family strength. The research was design as a crossectional study using survey method to collect data from 300 respondents. The research sites were in Dramaga, Leuwisadeng, and Pamijahan subdistrict in Bogor District from February to October 2010. The analysis used descriptive statistic, and inferensial statistic by using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) helped by software LISREL 8.70. The results showed that the highest percentage (40,3%) of the family resource management quality categorized as moderate level and 35,3 percent of the family categorized as low level. It was found that social characteristics of the family, gender relation and family participation toward extension practices directly influenced family resource management. In general the highest percentage (54,7%) of family strength categorized as moderate level and found 28,0 percent of the family categorized as low level. It was found that quality of gender relation, family resource management, and family demographic characteristics were directly and positive influenced to family strength. Whereas, the number of family members was directly negative influenced to family strength: Recommendation to increased family strength could be reached by improving gender relations, productivity of spouse, family financial management and time allocation pattern
Keyword: family resource management, family strength, community empowerment, extension

Judul: Analisis praktek manajemen sumberdaya keluarga dan dampaknya terhadap kesejahateraan keluarga di Kabupaten dan Kota Bogor
Abstrak: The improvement of family welfare has become the major objective of national development program. Many programs have directed to the improvement of family welfare. However, in 2006, there were still about 39.0 millions people (17.8%) live in poverty. This indicates that the implementation of poverty alleviation programs was not very effective due to many reasons, such us lack of targeting and insufficient setting of programs.
Keyword: Family welfare, Poverty indicator, Family resource management

Judul: Posisi Filogenetik Kura-Kura Carettochelys Insculpta  (Reptillia: Testudinata)
Abstrak: Carettochelys insculpta is an endemic freshwater turtle of southern Papua and northern Australia. Phylogenetic position of this turtle is remain unresolved until now. Most of the research conducted show close relationships of C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. However, some of the research show distance between C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. This research is conducted to analyze phylogenetic relationship between C. insculpta and other members of Testudinata using 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, and both gene as markers. DNA samples were obtained from three different organisms of C. insculpta. Two species used as outgroups were Alligator mississippiensis and Iguana iguana. Phylogenetic analysis was carried out using Neighbor-Joining method with Felsenstein 1981 (F81) modeltest. A polytomy tree of Testudinata was produced by using 12S rRNA gene. However, analysis using 16S rRNA and both genes as markers confirmed that C. insculpta was located between the Chelonidae and the Trionychidae family.
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