Health Resource Improvement Research and Development Program

Page 59 of 88 2 research on substances that pollute the environment water, air, soil and their impacts to health; 3 development of model of domestic and industrial waste processing; 4 development of model of healthy environments such as the settlement areas, industrial complexes, public places, tourism resorts, houses and buildings; 5 research on the impacts of development and change of the ecosystem on health; 6 development of applied technology, preparation of sanitary facilities in problematic areas such as the coastal or swamp areas, moss fields, etc.; 7 research on natural substances that are toxic and harmful to health; 8 research on drug residu, dangerous substances, heavy metals in foodstuffs; and 9 research on the impacts of climate change on health, mainly in the anticipation of malnutrition caused by insufficiency of food production.

7.3. Health Effort Improvement Research and Development Program

This program is aimed at to offer input of science and technology for the support of health development, especially to support policies formulation, help problem solving and overcome obstacles in the implementation of quality improvement and health effort equality program. Target to be reached through this program is the identification of factors affecting quality and equality of health efforts primarily in the basic health efforts at puskesmas and helper puskesmas. Activities of this program consist of: 1 research on the need for health service among village society; 2 development of model of puskesmas and hospital’s self-funding ‘swadana’; 3 research on intensification of immunization program; 4 research on the control of contagious and non-contagious diseases, including newly emerging diseases and re-emerging old diseases; 5 development of model and standardization of basic, referral and supportive health services that are qualified, accessible and equal; 6 research on reproductive health; 7 development of model of disaster management; 8 development of model of policy analysis in health efforts; 9 development of model of good drug service to support the rational drug use; and 10 development of model of standardization of occupational health service.

7.4. Health Resource Improvement Research and Development Program

This program is aimed at to offer science and technology input to support health development mainly to support policy formulation, help problem solving and overcome obstacles in program implementation. The target to be reached through this program is identification of factors affecting management of various health resources such as manpower, health fund, drugs, traditional medicine and other pharmaceutical inventories as well as foods and beverages so they can be used optimally and evenly by the society. Page 60 of 88 Activities of this program consist of: 1 research on factors affecting knowledge, attitude and behavior of technical as well as managerial health workers; 2 investigation on health manpower requirement; 3 research on factors affecting acceptance of JPKM by the society; 4 development of model of drug planning based on rational drug use; 5 research on toxicology of foods, cosmetics, and health instruments; 6 research on medicinal plants, drugs and Indonesian indigenous treatment; 7 research and development of participation of traditional healers in overcoming health problems; and 8 longitudinal study on the implementation of social safety net in health sector in the effort to overcome crisis. 7.5. Health Policy and Developmental Management Research and Development Program This program is aimed at to offer input of science and technology in order to support health development, mainly to support policy formulation, help problem solving and overcome obstacles in health policy and developmental management. The target to be reached through this program is identification of factors affecting the policy development and health developmental management to make them effective and efficient. Activities of this program consist of: 1 research on policy formulation pattern in health sector; 2 research on data and information utilization in the regulation formulation in health sector; 3 development of health developmental management model that is effective and efficient; 4 development of model for surveillance, data and information collection through the use of information technology; 5 development of health indicators; 6 research on analysis and evaluation of rules and regulations in health sector; 7 development of research network and national health development as a cross- sectoral cooperation forum in health development.

7.6. Basic and Applied Science in Health Sector’s Research and Development