Universitas Gadjah Mada announced that the lectures will be held in a hybrid in the even semesters. This application follows procedures from the government regarding offline learning. This makes Implementation Research Managements ready to welcome students who come.

The audience meeting regarding the arrival of students from their countries was discussed by the Implementation Research Managements with a team from Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta (Office of International Affairs). Basically, there is good news regarding the arrival of students, but they still have to follow further directions due to the increase in the Omicron variant. read more

On Wednesday, January 26, 2022, Universitas Gadjah Mada held online and offline (limited) graduation which took place at Grha Saba Pramana (GSP). There are 979 Postgraduate Program students graduate, including two students from the Implementation Research program. Both are from they, Anup Khadka from Nepal and Marcos Da Cruz Gomes from Timor Leste.

According to the website of UGM Yogyakarta, Prof. Ir. Panut Mulyono, D.Eng., IPU, ASEAN Eng., as UGM Rector said the students who graduated today are part of the UGM alumni, which is quite unique. The reason is, students go through the lecture process and graduate in the midst of a pandemic. read more

Anjara, S. G., Bonetto, C., Ganguli, P., Setiyawati, D., Mahendradhata, Y., Yoga, B. H., … & Van Bortel, T. (2019). Can General Practitioners manage mental disorders in primary care? A partially randomised, pragmatic, cluster trial. PloS one, 14(11), e0224724.

Many experts have suggested integrating mental health care into primary care to help bridge the mental health care gap. General practitioners (GP) are the first healthcare worker to be called upon to treat patients with mental disorders. In Indonesia, the WHO mhGAP has been systematically introduced to a network of 10,000 primary care clinics as additional mental health training for doctors and nurses pairs, since late 2015. In one of 34 provinces, there is an integrated care model:  co-location of clinical psychologists in primary care clinics. This study evaluated the outcomes of patients who were given mental health care by General Practitioners and those treated by clinical psychologists in primary care. read more

Valido, E. M., Laksanawati, I. S., & Utarini, A. (2018). Acceptability of the dengue vaccination among parents in urban poor communities of Quezon City, Philippines before and after vaccine suspension. BMC research notes, 11(1), 1-5.

This study highlights the high rates of dengue fever in the Philippines and affects mostly children in urban areas. In 2016, the Philippines started mass dengue vaccination in three urban areas including Metro Manila. When vaccinations for children are started, most vaccinations are not accompanied by parental consent, especially in Metro Manila. Therefore, this study aims to describe the acceptance of the dengue vaccine before and after the suspension of the vaccine program in the urban poor area. read more

Padmawati, R. S., Prabandari, Y. S., Istiyani, T., Nichter, M., & Nichter, M. (2018). Establishing a community-based smoke-free homes movement in Indonesia. Tobacco prevention & cessation, 4.

The study was conducted in Yogyakarta and discussed the development and application of community-based smoke-free home (SFH) interventions that seek to make SFH the new social norm.The background of this study is the situation in Indonesia as a country that has one of the highest rates of male smoking in the world (67%) and second-hand smoke (SHS) occurs in more than 70% of households. But unfortunately, there are still a few studies that investigate public awareness of the dangers of second-hand smoke (SHS) and efforts to implement a smoke-free house (SFH) policy. read more

Mahendradhata, Y. (2019). Proceed with caution: Potential challenges and risks of developing healthcare tourism in Indonesia. Global public health, 14(3), 340-350.

This study highlighted the effort of Indonesia as one of the countries that is preparing to take part in the growth of the healthcare tourism industry. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the ministry of tourism and the ministry of health for the development of international health tourism at the National Tourism Coordination Meeting held  26th to 27th September 2017 (Jakarta Post, 2017). read more