Model of Public Health Service in Wetlands

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