Abstract:
The purpose of this study to describe the model of public health service in wetlands. The
idea based on the governmental ecology perspective which states that the governmental behaviors
influenced by environmental ecology. There is uniqueness of the governmental behavior including
one of the important public service is public health service in wetlands. Wetlands occur where water
meets land, include mangroves, peatlands and marshes, rivers and lakes, delta, floodplains and
flooded forests, rice field, and even coral reef. The object of this research is Public Health Office of
Hulu Sungai Utara District of South Kalimantan Province. District of Hulu Sungai Utara has the
most largest of wetlands area in South Kalimantan. The research method uses literature studies and
system of public health service process analysis. The research use primary and secondary data, the
data collection techniques were deep interview, observation, and study library. The results of the
study show the adaptive model of public health services in wetlands. The government facilitate
people by collaboration program between government and traditional healers, coaching programs
for remote parts in Hulu Sungai Utara District, and mobile services by speed boat. The public health
services model in wetlands show the government as a public health service provider has an extra
services by technical implementation units for every district overall.
Keywords: Model, Public Health, Service, Wetlands
