The XIII National Congress of the Indonesian Association of Public Health Experts (IAKMI) was held at the Four Point Hotel by Sheraton Makassar for 3 days starting from November 3-5 2016. This activity presented the Chairperson of IAKMI, Chairperson of IAKMI Regional Government of South Sulawesi, Mayor of Makassar, Governor of South Sulawesi, Representatives WHO, the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia and the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia as the main speakers on the first day of the opening. The congress activities for 3 days include Keynote Speech Session, symposium on various themes, and oral presentations. The congress participants came from health professions throughout Indonesia, namely the medical profession, public health, nursing, midwifery, and other health professions, the congress participants were very enthusiastic about participating in the entire series of activities until the end.[:id]National Congress. The XIII Indonesian Society of Public Health Experts (IAKMI) was held at the Four Point Hotel by Sheraton Makassar for 3 days from November 3-5 2016. This activity presented the Chairperson of IAKMI, Chairperson of the Regional Government of IAKMI Sulsel, Mayor of Makassar, Governor of South Sulawesi, WHO Representative, Minister Health of the Republic of Indonesia and the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia as keynote speakers on the first day of the opening. The 3 day congress activities include Keynote Speech Session, various themes symposium, and oral presentation. The congress participants came from health professions throughout Indonesia, namely doctors, public health, 2000, midwifery, and other health professions. The congress participants were very enthusiastic about participating in the entire series of activities until the end.
In the Symposium session, there were several topics that were brought up by the readers. The first topic was presented by the Director of Health Promotion and Community Empowerment of the Indonesian Ministry of Health, Mr. Dr. H. R. Dedi Kuswenda, M.Kes. He said that there were 3 priority health development programs for 2016-2017, namely (1) the movement of healthy living communities (2) a healthy family approach, and (3) supporting the role of the puskesmas. The Healthy Living Community Movement, abbreviated as GERMAS, is a systematic and planned action carried out jointly by all components of the nation with awareness, willingness and ability to behave in a healthy manner to improve the quality of life of the Indonesian people.
The second speaker, Dr. Kadek Ayu Erika, S.Kep.,Ns.,M.Kes (Lecturer at the Children’s Department of the Nursing Science Study Program, FK Unhas) with the topic “Family Empowerment in Controlling Healthy Lifestyles for Obese Children”. Research results Dr. Kadek Kunci that through the Family Empowerment Modified Model (FEMM) there is an increase in the family’s ability to control the lifestyle of obese children, there is a change in the positive ability of the family and a decrease in the child’s Body Mass Index after the 6-month intervention. Global data from 183 countries between 1980-2013, the increase in the prevalence of obese children and obesity is higher than adults, namely 47.1% in children and 27.5% in adults (Lancet, 2015). Families have an important role in creating healthy lifestyle behaviors by preparing balanced meals and physical activity every day for at least 60 years at school age. The research conducted is in line with the 2015-2019 Healthy Indonesia program that the first pillar of the Healthy Paradigm places promotive–preventive programs as the basis for health development, community empowerment, cross-sectoral involvement.
The second program of health development is a healthy family approach, one of which is through the control of communicable and non-communicable diseases. This program was further explained by the third speaker, Prof. dr. Nasrum Massi, Ph.D (Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanudin University) who has a research focus on Tuberculosis (TB) infectious disease. TB is still a problem in Indonesia, with cases still increasing, including cases of multidrug resistance. In addition, the establishment of a TB diagnosis has so far been inadequate, TB funding is still limited, and cross-sectoral roles have not been optimal. Indonesia is ranked 4th with the highest TB incidence in the world, where the figure touched 0.37–0.54 million after India (2.0–2.5 million), China (0.9–1.2 million), South Africa (0.40–0.59 million) (WHO2011). The cause of TB cases is still a big problem, mainly due to the unequal knowledge of the community about TB. The strategic steps that have been achieved by the government include active case finding through approaches to families of TB sufferers, empowerment and increasing community roles through patient organizations, TB cadres, etc.
Dedi appealed to health workers from various programs and sectors to take promotive and preventive efforts to empower the community