OPTIMALISASI PEMANFAATAN KUNYIT DALAM PENINGKATAN STATUS KESEHATAN DAN KEMANDIRIAN EKONOMI MASYARAKAT KELURAHAN KAHURIPAN KOTA TASIKMALAYA

Abstrak: Kemandirian masyarakat secara ekonomi diperlukan dalam megentaskan rantai kemiskinan dengan adanya Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH). PKH yang menjadi program Pemerintah diharapkan menjadi program transisi dalam memutus mata rantai kemiskinan. Poltekkes Kemenkes Tasikmalaya yang merupakan bagian dari Kota Tasikmalaya melalui perannya dalam Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi khususnya dalam Program pengabdian masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan status kesehatan warga dan meningkatkan kemandirian warga secara ekonomi melalui pemanfaatan Tanaman Obat Keluarga (TOGA) khusunya Kunyit yang memiliki khasiat pengobatan. Metode yang digunakan yaitu dengan melakukan transfer ilmu melaui penyuluhan dan pelatihan dari tim Dosen Jurusan Farmasi Poltekkes Kemenkes serta demonstrasi pengolahan kunyit untuk meningkatkan nilai jual secara ekonomi. Hasil yang diperoleh kader kelurahan kahuripan kecamatan tawang sudah mampu memanfaatkan kunyit sebagai minuman kesehatan dan bisa memproduksinya sendiri dan sudah siap dilakukan izin P-IRT sehingga bisa dipasarkan dan bernilai ekonomi.Kata Kunci: Pengabdian masyarakat, Tanaman Obat Keluarga, Kunyit instan Abstract: Economic independence of the community is needed in poverty alleviation chain with the Family Hope Program (PKH). PKH which is a Government program is expected to be a transitional program in breaking the poverty chain. Poltekkes Kemenkes Tasikmalaya which is part of Tasikmalaya City through its role in Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi especially in Community Service Program aims to improve citizen health status and improve economic independence of citizens through utilization of Family Medicinal Plants (TOGA) especially Turmeric that have medicinal properties. The method used is to transfer knowledge through counseling and training from the team of Lecturer Department of Pharmacy Poltekkes Kemenkes and demonstration of turmeric processing to increase the selling point economically. Results obtained people in Kahuripan, Tawang district has been able to take advantage of turmeric as healthly drink and can produce it and getting PIRT so it can be marketed and economic value.Keywords: Community Service Program, Family Medicinal Plants, Turmeric instan drink

Lessons From Transitional Reforms: What Are The Fundamentals For Successful Transformation?

After more than two decades of enduring global reforms, the current paper makes an attempt to investigate the fundamental prerequisites of a successful reform program. The study is particularly complicated by the ambiguity surrounding the very subject matter. While most scholars are united in the view that in order to facilitate a successful transitional process, transitional economies must execute fundamental grassroots reforms, there is no formally accepted universal blueprint of what is considered to be an acceptable transitional program. In an effort to broaden the scope of the investigation, the author probes into neoclassical economic thinking and examines ‘conventional reform indicators’ commonly associated with successful reforms. But the quest brings the author to the realization that mainstream neoclassical economic thinking by itself is not sufficient; it leaves behind unanswered fundamental questions which—for the sake of methodological and pragmatic necessity—demands resolution. Consequently, the author excavates beneath superficial philosophical thinking, and probes ‘mainstream theories’ for answers to valid problems confronting transitioning economies. The inquiry is not only beneficial for knowledge, but has implications for policy-making. The paper is sectioned into four parts: introduction is an appraisal of conventional thinking; section II examines reform pre-requisites and pragmatic questions; section III is an attempt to suggest answers to questions prompted in section II and rationalize unequal reform outcomes in reforming societies that execute identical reform program; the concluding section synchronously weaves together the different pieces and ideas by drawing attention on the uniqueness of contemporary reforms and lessons learned from past reforms.