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IntroductionNovel Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) has been a major health issue in the world including Indonesia. This disease spread very fast in Indonesia with 1,298,608 positive cases and 35,405 people died. Self-assessment of COVID-19 and self-reporting of risks of infection are important to reduce infection in the community. However, there is also a need to perform physical distancing to reduce the spread of the disease. Thus, telehealth is considered a means to educate people about the importance of self-assessment and self-reporting of Covid-19 signs and symptoms. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of telehealth collaboration between academic, health provider, and community towards people’s participation for COVID-19 self-assessment and self-reporting in West Java, Indonesia. Methods This study used a prospective cohort design with a time frame from 7th April to 13th July 2020. The samples were people in 26 sub-districts in West Java Province Indonesia. A Total of 6,578 people reported their condition through a website system. The telehealth was performed by 63 nursing students and 16 nursing lecturers in collaboration and partnership with health providers in community health centres and community leaders in 26-sub-districts. The 26 sub-districts comprised 3 groups with different levels of engagement: the first group consisted of 9 sub-district with a low level of telehealth engagement, second group 7 sub-district with a moderate level of telehealth engagement, and the third group 10 sub-districts with a high level of telehealth engagement. Data were analysed using one-way ANOVA test. Results The results showed that in the first group, 354 people were self-reported (mean=39.33). In the second group 1,111 people were self-reported (mean= 158.7). In the third group, 5,118 people were self-reported (mean= 511.8). The one-way ANOVA test showed that there is a significant difference between the three groups (F = 9.117; p=0.001).DiscussionCollaboration and partnership between academics, health providers, and community leaders have been proven can improve people’s participation in COVID-19 self-reporting. Telehealth is an effective way to facilitate collaboration and partnership. However, in some areas of this study, telehealth is not optimal due to limited phone signals and limited people who owned smartphones. ConclusionsTele-health is effective as one alternative to reach out and educate people about the importance of self-reporting of COVID-19 signs and symptoms. Nurses and health professionals in community health centres can use telehealth in addition to direct face-to-face interaction. Lessons learned Collaboration and partnership are important during pandemic COVID-19. Tele-health can become one of the means to reach out to educate people.Limitations Due to the circumstances during the early days of the pandemic, this study used a prospective cohort design, so that all activities were conducted without any efforts to control the samples. Suggestions for future researchFurther research can be conducted with a randomized controlled trial design and qualitative design to explore influencing factors for the people’s participation.

This study sought to assess actions which Indonesia, Sudan, and Tanzania took to implement the health workforce commitments they made at the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health (HRH) in November 2013. The study was conducted through a survey of published and gray literature in English and field research consisting of direct contacts with relevant ministries and agencies. Results show that the three countries implemented interventions to translate their commitments into actions. The three countries focused their commitments on improving the availability, geographical accessibility, quality of education, and performance of health workers. The implementation of the Recife commitments primarily entailed initiatives at the central level, such as the adoption of new legislation or the development of accreditation mechanisms. This study shows that action is more likely to take place when policy documents explicitly recognize and document HRH problems, when stakeholders are involved in the formulation and the implementation of policy changes, and when external support is available. The Recife Forum appears to have created an opportunity to advance the HRH policy agenda, and advocates of health workforce development in these three countries took advantage of it. publishersversion published