ATTENTION — 1st Intervention

ATTENTION (AvoidingTuberculosis with Prevention and Education) is a community development held by CIMSA UGM. This community development chose young adults (17 to 27 years old) of Kecamatan Gondomanan, Yogyakarta to be its community target because of its relatively high tuberculosis cases.  There haven’t been an intervention before, making this the first intervention of ATTENTION. For ATTENTION 2021, we held three events, which are bonding (on 3rd April 2021), pre-project training (on 15th April 2021), and intervention (17th April 2021). 

As the COVID-19 pandemic situation has yet to improve, those three events were held via Zoom Meetings. Based on Zero TB Yogyakarta’s active tuberculosis case finding, many people refused to get examined because they are worried they will be condemned as a COVID-19 patient. So, the main theme for our first intervention is the differences between tuberculosis and COVID-19. Before intervention, we held a bonding (consists of introduction and games session) and a pre-project training about tuberculosis which was attended by the Organizing Committee. For our pre-project training, we invited a Public Health Leaders (PHL) from local CIMSA Universitas Gadjah Mada, Zaenab Roswina, to deliver materials on tuberculosis. Next, there was a Focus Group Discussion so that the Organizing Committee can apply their knowledge regarding tuberculosis. 

For our intervention, we first delivered materials about tuberculosis vs. COVID-19 (causes, symptoms, transmission, risk factor, complication, prevention, and examination) to the community. After that, there was also a roleplay session so they can apply their knowledge and develop their public speaking skill. They were given scenarios in which they need to act and improvise. They are expected to educate the other person about tuberculosis while roleplaying. Both our pre-project training and intervention started with pre-test and ended with post-test to measure the participants’ understanding of the materials, followed by taking a group picture. 

We sincerely hope that the first intervention of ATTENTION could highlight the differences between tuberculosis and COVID-19. We also hope that the participants of ATTENTION can be a peer educator, educating people around them about tuberculosis with an adequate knowledge and developed public speaking skill. We also hope that ATTENTION, as a whole, could bring a positive impact to suppress tuberculosis case in Kecamatan Gondomanan, Yogyakarta.