Swamedikasi atau pengobatan sendiri merupakan bagian dari upaya masyarakat untuk mengatasi penyakit ringan dengan menggunakan obat bebas, obat bebas terbatas dan obat wajib apotek tanpa berkonsultasi ke dokter terlebih dahulu. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menganalisis tingkat pengetahuan dan rasionalitas penggunaan obat swamedikasi. Responden adalah pengunjung yang berusia 18-60 tahun di lima apotek kecamatan Colomadu. Pengambilan data dilakukan melalui wawancara dengan menggunakan kuesioner yang telah diuji validitas dan reliabilitasnya. Jumlah responden yang diperoleh adalah sebanyak 110 responden dengan metode consecutive sampling dari lima apotek di Kecamatan Colomadu. Data dianalisis dengan uji Chi-square menggunakan Statistical Product and Servicer Solution (SPSS) versi 17. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tingkat pengetahuan pasien 37,3% tergolong buruk, 39,1% tergolong sedang dan 23,6% tergolong baik. Penggunaan obat swamedikasi 17,3% tidak rasional dan 82,7% rasional. Berdasarkan hasil uji chisquare, tingkat pengetahuan dan rasionalitas swamedikasi tidak dipengaruhi oleh faktor jenis kelamin, umur, pendidikan terakhir dan pekerjaan. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diperoleh bahwa tingkat pengetahuan pasien tergolong sedang dengan persentase 39,1%. Sedangkan rasionalitas swamedikasi tergolong rasional dengan persentase 82,7% Kata kunci : Apotek, Pengetahuan, Rasionalitas penggunaan obat, Swamedikasi.

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Good environmental sanitation will bear a good aesthetic and healthy environment. If the sanitation level is low then people around the neighborhood will be susceptible to disease. Environmental sanitation includes clean water supplying, the density of flies, garbage disposal facilities and sewage facilities (latrines). The purpose of this study was to determine the environmental sanitation strikes in Darussalam Gontor For Girls 3 and determine the cause of typhoid fever in Gontor For Girls 3. This study uses observation method with a descriptive approach. This research was conducted in Gotor for Girls 3 with the number of respondents as many as 42 people. Retrieval of data from respondents was conducted in January 2020 until February 2020.The results of this study was sanitation in Gontor For girls Campus 3 entered in both categories with the acquisition value of percentage as much as 66%. The factors that cause typhoid fever maybe of garbage disposal facilities, the level of flies density, water supplying and sewerage facilities (latrines), and the percentage of value about 46%.

In the health sector, the development of medicinal products circulating in the community is increasingly widespread. As stated in Law No. 3 of 2009 concerning health article 48 (1) which states that one health effort can be carried out with traditional health services. Today the use of traditional medicines is increasing from year to year. Herbal medicines circulating in Indonesia are safe to consume if the product is registered with BPOM and does not contain BKO (Medicinal Chemicals). On the other hand, the use of herbal medicines in the family environment of UNIDA Gontor is increasing. So the need for identification related to herbal products that are used to ensure safety. This research was conducted by identifying herbal products that are used based on features, functions, and benefits. This research method is RAP (Rapid Assessment Procedure) with a qualitative approach. The results showed that the products used by 72 respondents amounted to 100 products with categories based on features reviewed from 4 aspects (1) The level of product safety used is based on raw materials as much as 96% and based on claims of efficacy as much as 76%. (2) The type of product used is based on the category of herbal medicine as much as 94.7%, OHT as much as 5.3% and none fitofarmaka. (3) Completeness of information listed on the product packaging label is 83%. (4) The level of understanding of respondents based on features and benefits in the range of understanding to very understanding while in the function in the range of less understanding to understand. The use of herbal products based on function is as much as 71% supplement, as much as 19% preventive form and helps treat complaints as much as 10%. The use of herbal products based on benefits is classified as safe because it has a higher benefit ratio compared to the side effects.