Tingginya prevalensi penyakit tidak menular merupakan beban yang sedang dihadapi di setiap negara. Pemberdayaan masyarakat merupakan salah satu strategi dalam membantu mengontol permasalahan kesehatan di masyarakat khususnya Penyakit tidak menular. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tantangan dan hambatan melakukan pemberdayaan di daerah semi perkotaan. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain kualitatif. Data dikumpulkan melalui wawancara dan observasi. Subjek penelitian ini adalah masyarakat terutama kader kesehatan lansia dan para stakeholder di Padukuan Samirono. Hasil Penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tantangan dalam pemberdayaan di daerah semi perkotaan meliputi 1) Tingginya mobilitas dan padat aktivitas masyarakat, 2) Sistem birokrasi yang lama dan panjang, 3) Pengalaman intervensi terdahulu oleh beberapa institusi, 4) Minimnya data kesehatan. Hambatan yang ditemui pada saat program berlangsung, yaitu: 1) kurangnya pengalaman, keterampilan dan pengetahuan serta konsep diri kader kesehatan setempat; 2) kurangnya kesadaran masyarakat 3) karakteristik sosial dan budaya (agama, kondisi ekonomi); 4) Pesan kesehatan dari media massa; 5) Kurangnya dukungan stakeholder.  Tantangan dan hambatan memberikan dampak negatif terhadap keberlangsungan program promosi kesehatan. Perlunya peningkatan kapasitas oleh tenaga kesehatan dan masyarakat yang berkelanjutan. Kata Kunci :  Hambatan, Tantangan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat, Semi-Urban

The marketing paradigm has undergone a change from the rational level to the emotional level, and finally, the shift in the spiritual level. Such discourse results in different marketing strategies, especially the marketing applied by both profit and non-profit organizations. Educational institutions, including non-profit organizations, must have a marketing strategy following the spiritual level shift. One spiritual aspect in the marketing of Islamic education is the level of maslahah (utility) applied to all marketing activities. The purpose of this study is to examine educational marketing from a maslahah perspective. This writing is library research with a qualitative descriptive approach—data sources in the form of references related to the study topic. Data analysis was carried out qualitatively, including data reduction, data presentation, and concluding. The results showed that the maslahah of Islamic education customers was the main objective of all Islamic education marketing activities.

On February 7th, 2017, the Pacitan District Health Office received a report of four suspected leptospirosis cases and one death. Epidemiological investigations were conducted to find additional cases and determine if leptospirosis occurred in Pacitan. The method of this study was descriptive study. The result of this study was that 47 cases were identified, spreading across ten districts with CFR = 25.53%. Of 47 cases, 31 were RDT-positive. Most of the case were males (74.5%) and 72.1% were farmers. The most common symptoms were: fever (83%), malaise (31.9%), icteric (23.4%) and conjunctival suffocation (19.1%). The majority of cases were found in 3 subdistricts; 19 cases in Tulakan, 8 cases in Kebongagung and 7 cases in Punung. The epidemic curve showed the outbreak was a propagated source. There was a leptospirosis outbreak in Pacitan District on February 2017. Rice farmers were the most affected population. We recommended that the District Health Office provides information regarding leptospirosis and its prevention.