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Background: The aim of study was to evaluate the oral health status, salivary flow and halitosis among individuals diagnosed with leprosy as compared with healthy subjects. Material and Methods: A sample of 160 individuals was allocated into four groups, as follows: (G1) individuals with complete leprosy treatment; (G2) individuals diagnosed with leprosy and under multi-drug therapy; (G3) individuals diagnosed with leprosy not yet under treatment; and (G4) healthy individuals. Then individuals were submitted to periodontal clinical examination (visible plaque index, bleeding index, depth of probing and clinical attachment level); DMFT index (decayed-missing-filled teeth index); evaluation of salivary flow and halitosis using a halimeter equipment (Interscan Corp, Chatsworth, CA, USA). Results: The data were analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis and chi-square tests. The mean DMFT was found to be higher than 6.6, which is considered very high, with no significant difference between groups (P>0.05). As for salivary flow, 76.2% of the subjects presented normal flow rates, while 10% and 13.7% showed low and very low salivary flow rates, respectively, with hyposalivation being mostly observed in Groups 1 and 2. The highest prevalence of noticeable odor was found in healthy individuals (G4), and the most prevalent periodontal diagnosis was gingivitis (63.1%) in Group 3 (individuals with leprosy not yet under multi-drug therapy) followed by periodontitis (25%) in Group 1 (individuals who had completed leprosy treatment). Conclusions: It was observed that individuals with a history of leprosy present poor oral health similar to that of systemically healthy individuals.

Abstrak: Perubahan iklim menjadi salah satu penyebab kerusakan lingkungan dan perlu diantisipasi. Di Indonesia, termasuk di Kota Semarang, dampak yang ditimbulkan akibat perubahan iklim juga terjadi. Kerusakan tambak dan hutan mangrove akibat abrasi dan kenaikan muka air laut secara terus menerus menjadi contoh dampak yang terjadi di Kota Semarang. Dampak perubahan iklim yang siginifikan diperparah dengan rendahnya pengetahuan masyarakat terkait ancaman perubahan iklim. Hal ini akhirnya berpengaruh terhadap pendapatan petani dari hasil tambak yang terus menerus menurun. Fakta tersebut melatarbelakangi Mercy Corps Indonesia bekerja sama dengan pemerintah Kota Semarang dan Yayasan Bintari mengembangkan kegiatan yang bertujuan memperkuat perlindungan wilayah pesisir melalui pembangunan Alat Pemecah Ombak (APO) dalam Program "Peningkatan Ketahanan Masyarakat Pesisir Melaui Penguatan Ekosistem Mangrove dan Pengembangan Mata Pencaharian Berkelanjutan di Kota Semarang". Pembangunan alat pemecah ombak dalam bentuk APO ban dan bambu yang dikenal dengan istilah Hybrid Engineering (HE) selesai dilaksanakan pada tahun 2016. Tujuan dari penulisan artikel ini adalah sebagai kajian monitoring pelaksanaan dan pembelajaran pembangunan APO terhadap masyarakat di kawasan pesisir Kota Semarang khususnya di Kecamatan Genuk dan Tugu. Pendekatan yang digunakan adalah pendekatan campuran (mix method) kuantitatif dan kualitatif dengan metode penelitian deskriptif sehingga kajian lebih menekankan pada analisis fakta-fakta terukur yang digambarkan dalam bentuk deskripsi yang didukung oleh informasi yang digali dari masyarakat melalui wawancara dan arsip-arsip pada laporan-laporan yang telah disusun sebelumnya yang memuat perkembangan pembangunan APO. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian yang dilakukan, pembangunan APO banyak memberikan dampak positif,

Intellectual disability is a disabilities with limitaton in intellectual function, adaptive function, and the onset must occur before the age of 18 years. This study focus on Ja 19 years old with moderate intellectual disability that have difficulty in ability of oral hygiene is toothbrushing. The aim of the process of writing is to find out how occupational therapy intervention in increase of patient skill to maintenance his oral hygiene with toothbrushing using behavior modification. Data obtained from interviews, observation, assessment, and occupational therapy intervention. The result show that the effectiveness of behavior modification will be find out if the programs will be doing consistently. Key words: Occupational therapy, intellectual disability, behavior modification, toothbrush