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Efforts to empower communities in community-based total sanitation program through health education methods play an important role in program effectiveness. This study aims to determine the effect of health education by using lecture and discussion methods towards knowledge, attitude and action changes of the community in East Tande Sub-district and Adolang Dhua Village, Majene District. This study is a quantitative research through experimental approach with design non-equivalent control group with pre-test-post-test which is conducted from September-October 2016. Method of determining samples in this study using purposive technique so that obtained 66 people consist of 2 groups, the group with discussion method treatment in Tande Sub-District, and the group with lecture method treatment in Adolang Dhua Village. Data collection conducted by giving pre-test questionnaire, and then gave them intervention, and end up by giving the post-test questionnaire to the respondents. Data were analyzed using paired t-test, wilcoxon test and Mann-Whitney test. Independent variables in this study are health education by using lecture method and group discussion method while the dependent variables are knowledge, attitude and action. The results showed that the knowledge variable infuenced by lecture method but not infuenced by group discussion method, while the attitude variable is not infuenced by lecture and group discussion methods. For the third variable, the action variable is not infuenced by the lecture method but infuenced by the group discussion method. Meanwhile, the lecture method is more effective in changing respondent knowledge, attitude and action in the effort to empower communities to obtain STBM facilities.

Stunting is a major public health problem in most developing countries and part of the risk factors toward the high incidence of diseases both directly and indirectly. In Indonesia, stunting is a national problem with the percentage of incidence above the tolerance limit set by the World Health Organization (WHO) which is < 20% (WHO, 2010). The results of Basic Health Research (2013) stated that stunting in children under fve in Indonesia in 2010 amounted to 41.6% increased to 47.9% in 2013 and for Mamuju Regency in West Sulawesi the percentage of stunting was 47.26%. There are several factors that infuence the incidence of stunting, including maternal education and parental income. The level of maternal education and low parental income will result in family limitations in providing nutritional needs both in quality and quantity. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the level of maternal education and parental income with the incidence of stunting. This study was a cross sectional study conducted at SDN Salulayang Mamuju District with a sample of all 90 students. Variables were measuring through direct interviews and questionnaires methods. The results showed that the variables of maternal education levels were signifcantly associated with the incidence of stunting (p = 0.005), as well as parental income signifcantly associated with the incidence of stunting (p = 0.006). It is necessary to increase knowledge about nutrition, especially about stunting with the aim of prevention and the need for economic improvement through community empowerment so that there is no stunting problem caused by poverty.

The incidence of dengue fever in Indonesia is higher that needs precautions and control. Apllicationlarvicides synthetic in the long term could be expected to cause resistance. It required an effort of larvicides alternative, one of them is with natural larvicides derived from plants to toxic insects but harmless to humans and the environment. The objective of this study is to determine effectiveness of roots, stems, leaves and flowerstembelekan (Lantana camaralinn) solutionto against Aedesaegypti larvae mortality in Mamuju. We did experimental studies to test the effectiveness of roots, stems, leaves and flowers of plants tembelekan (Lantana Camara Linn)solution which will be drops inAedesaegypti larvae. This research was conducted at Mamuju Health Polytechnic Laboratory in April-October 2016. Object of this study is Aedesaegypti larvae to be tested with roots, stems, leaves and flowers of tembelekan (Lantana Camara Linn)solution mixed with water. The results showed that tembelekan plant parts effective to make larvae death are tembelekan roots on 20%-50% concentration, tembelekan stems on 40%-50% concentration, and tembelekan leaves on 10&-50% concentration. While tembelekan flowers ineffective to make larvae death.

Moringa leaf, a multi nutrient plant, in West Sulawesi has not been maximally utilized as a nutrientsource. Moringaleaves are useful as a family nutrient source to overcome micronutrient problem.