
Argyo DemartotoSebelas Maret University | UNS · Department of Sociology
Argyo Demartoto
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Introduction
Argyo Demartoto currently works at the Department of Sociology, Universitas Sebelas Maret. Argyo does research in Adult Education, Vocational Education, Tourism and Public Health. Their most recent publication is 'Need-based street children management in Surakarta city of central Java province of Indonesia'.
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River problem still needs much consideration in Indonesia in modern era. Material use and natural resource exploitation increases natural disaster risk as a result of this problem. River managing culture is considered important as an attempt of maintaining river and environment. Community’s knowledge capacity affects their lifestyle having impact o...
Social transformation in managing household waste is a collective commitment to reduce the impact of climate change and realize sustainable development goals. The article aims to explain the process of social transformation in managing domestic waste and the factors that affect it. The research location is in the Winongo riverbank area of Yogyakart...
Climate change and environmental degradation pose global threats, requiring indigenous knowledge and practices like the Tapsila tradition in North Lombok, Indonesia. This research examines the Tapsila customs as a representation of transformation in information communication and education, using Donal Carbaugh’s naturalizing culture theory. The eth...
Community plays a central role in disaster risk mitigation discourse and practice. This article explains important factor affecting the emergence of river community agency in disaster risk mitigation and agency form and pattern performed by river community. River Community in Yogyakarta city is selected to be the research location using multiple ca...
River as main water source is used to meet daily life and activity needs of surrounding people, just like Code River of Yogyakarta. Therefore, the river conservation attempt is a common responsibility for all elements: community, regional government, and industry. This research aims to study activity of conserving Code River as a representation of...
The aim of this study is to explain the strategies employed by gay individuals to overcome discriminatory attitudes and behaviours perpetuated by society. This research is qualitative using , phenomenological approach and utilising a purposive sampling technique.. This paper used the data analysis from Creswell, utilising source triangulation and m...
Gender inequality contributes to HIV/AIDS transmission, increased number of women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHA), and women’s reduced ability of resolving this epidemic. Mobile Health (mH) is used to treat, support, and medicate more efficiently people with HIV/AIDS (PWHA) including WLHA. This research studies access, participation, control, and advan...
The uniqueness of tourism destination is informed by tourism business actors to the world community as the branding to attract the tourist has not been done optimally. The objective of research is to analyze the strategy of managing Solo the Spirit of Java as the branding based on smart information systems in Surakarta Indonesia with Lupton’s Digit...
HIV/AIDS preventing and overcoming attempts keep developing and adaptive to technology development. Information digitization era supports the innovation potentially optimizing healthcare service including HIV/AIDS preventing and overcoming attempts for people in Surakarta. Healthcare Service Work and Care Support and Treatment (CST) Group as one ou...
This study examines the role of diverse stakeholders in the Kampung Harmoni Empowerment Program, a community-based initiative aimed at environmental preservation in Indonesia. It utilizes Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to examine the contributions of the local community, the Environmental Agency (DLH), and CSR PT Indaco Warna Dunia,...
The village potency optimization and the attempt of reducing rubbish from disposable plastic shopping bag are environmental issues encouraging tourism business actors to initiate eco bag production to support ecotourism. This exploratory research analyses village potency development in Ngargotirto village, Sragen, Indonesia in supporting ecotourism...
Urban villages are an important entity and the need of urban people spatially and socially, but some of them are not eco-friendly. This research analyses the Community-based Eco-friendly Village Governance in Purwosari, Surakarta, Indonesia using Schweitzer’ s Life-Centered Theory of Environment. In this case study research, data and information we...
Digital platform is an effective strategy to optimize tourism potency. This exploratory research analyzes capacity development of Micro Small And Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) actors in tourism sector using tourism digital literacy approach in Surakarta Indonesia with Parsons’ Structural Functional theory through observation, in-depth interview and re...
This research delves into the role of new media in promoting green behaviour campaigns as part of community development programs supported by corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. In particular, the program under investigation involves a collaboration between the community and the CSR division of Indaco Warna Dunia Company. Employing t...
Environmental problems are often seen as a major challenge for urban communities. Social movements aimed at improving the quality of the environment are mostly carried out by urban communities who are worried and aware of their environmental conditions. This is contrasts with rural communities who are often seen as environmentally passive on enviro...
People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA's) quality of life (QoL) is determined by the lifetime treatment sustainability. Republic of Indonesia Minister of Health's Decree Number 328 of 2003 stated that government subsidies the PLWHA's medication and treatment, despite not covering entire medication and treatment cost. The objective of research was to an...
This article will discuss how to adjust and the condition of services in health facilities, especially for pregnant women during the pandemic. The method used is literature study to obtain data and finally it will be condensed into a conclusion. The theory of behavior change is the basis for analyzing changes in community behavior in health service...
Farmer becomes a professional group vulnerable to Covid-19 infection. Despite not doing activities with many people, but the risk of Covid-19 infection is still high in this group. The importance of farming sector sustainability requires farmers to keep healthy to maintain farming productivity. New normal era gives the public an opportunity of work...
Corporate social responsibility is a company obligation to be responsible on the social atmosphere besides being able to improve the company's image. In addition to corporate benefits, CSR can contribute to environmental-based participatory community empowerment. This paper explores the environmental empowerment carried out by the CSR of PT. Indaco...
p> Health protocol implementation is the front guard in preventing Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19). Community behavior habituation to wear mask, wash hand using soap under flowing water and social distancing is expected to be the culture in community and society life, so that Covid-19 pandemic can be controlled. This research aims to deconstruct a v...
Mortality and morbidity of pregnant and maternity women is a big problem in developing countries like Indonesia. The support of husbands, parents, and midwives in taking care of pregnant women is important for the health of mother and baby fetus. One of a problem in taking care of pregnant women, is maintaining the emotional stability and behavior...
To reduce the maternal mortality rate, a health service program that ensures the good health of pregnant women is needed. Maternity Waiting Home (MWH) is a program to reduce maternal mortality. This program is implemented in various regions in Indonesia, and the one is in Wonogiri Regency. In its implementation, it is not uncommon to find obstacles...
Female indirect commercial sex workers who usually work in certain fields of work or have other main jobs and indirectly sell sex in entertainment places such as masseuses, bar waiters. They are included in the high risk group in the spread of cases of Sexual Transmitted Infections and HIV and AIDS. In Indonesia, it is hoped that HIV AIDS will be f...
p> Tourism sector has grown to be the superior one with the fastest growth in the world and has been a locomotive of economic growth. Setabelan, Surakarta attempts to develop a culture and locality-based tourism village. This action research aims to analyze the process of empowering villagers conducted in participative manner by involving stakehold...
Covid-19 pandemic spreads more widely in Indonesia. As a developing country with high population growth, urban areas in Indonesia are getting denser along with the high urbanization rate. Limited land in urban areas generates slums, for example, in Surakarta. The slum management phenomenon in Surakarta, Indonesia, is the object of this case study r...
A maternity waiting home is a health facility that is considered helpful in preventing maternal deaths. The service aims to be a transit place for pregnant women to get primary health services. Due to geographic reasons, there is a waiting house for births—many cases of successful implementation of maternity waiting homes in various developing coun...
Background: HIV-infected women increase in number due to biological condition, poor knowledge on HIV/AIDS, and low bargaining position. Aim & Objective: This study aimed to study capacity building, structural adjustment and culture changes in overcoming HIV/AIDS in Surakarta Indonesia. Methods and Material: Data was conducted through interview, obs...
Elder group is the one with the risk of being infected with Coronavirus Disease 19 (Covid-19). It is very important to prevent Covid-19 transmission with any attempt, particularly in elders. This research aimed to help explain the importance of maintaining immunity and preventing Covid-19 transmission to elders in order to be alerted to Covid-19 in...
This article aims to reveal 1) The Role of Program Keluarga Harapan or known as PKH (Family of Hope Program) in empowering beneficiary households or known as KPM (Keluarga Penerima Manfaat), 2) The Role of Social Capital in realizing the independence of KPM-PKH in Sukoharjo district, Central Java Province, Indonesia. This research is qualitative by...
The rate of development of information and communication technology today is increasingly massive and almost every time gives birth to new. Consumer activity has also shifted to the digital sector, or more massive in the artificial sector than in the real world. This is an era that is influenced by digital-economy, namely posteconomy. With its adva...
Flooding is a routine disaster event that is experienced by most residents of the Bengawan Solo riverbank. Material and nonmaterial losses always bother them, especially during the rainy season. In response to this vulnerable situation as well as the position of the area on the banks of the Solo River, a community-based disaster alert village (SIBA...
Background: Sexual and reproductive health issues are increasingly of concern world wide among other circumstances related to genital hygiene. Poor genital hygiene will increase the risk of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). Health Belief Model (HBM) is a set of self-perceptions that determines the health behavior of an individual. Objective:...
Female sex workers (FSW) are high-risk for HIV infection. The authors conducted a quasi-experimental study by providing peer education on 110 FSWs, and routine HIV education on 120 controls, in Surakarta Indonesia. An additional qualitative study was performed to explain the contextual factors contributing to the effectiveness of peer education. Th...
Purpose of study: An objective of disaster-safety education unit program in Indonesia is to empower students (schoolchildren) in dealing with disaster. This research aimed to describe the transformative learning process about disaster mitigation to students and to analyze the changing process and the learning achievement. Methodology: The research...
p>Children are next generation of nations need to get education can be used as capital to continue development. Ironically cases of children facing the law is increasing. Implemented school education does not character changes for children. So that the curriculum is needed in which there is knowledge of mutual respect, tolerance and understanding c...
The inter-religion relationship does not always become a constraint in
implementing a tradition. This research aimed to analyze social integration between Islam and Hindu adherents through Perang Topat (Topat War) Tradition in West Lombok in Sasak ethnic people. This qualitative research with case study method approach processed qualitative data co...
People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) are associated with death, but this study disagrees with such social construction. This qualitative research with phenomenological approach aimed to analyze the reflectivity of HIV/AIDS survivors in dealing with medical risk in Surakarta, Indonesia, using observation, in-depth interview, medical record, and viral...
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Relationship between different religion and ethnic can pose disintegration between each other, even inflict horizontal conflict. But this is different with Sasak tribe society in Perang Topat tradition until this is done by ethnic Bali’s Hindu People and Muslim (Sasak’s Islam). The aim of this research is to analyze the intera...
p> Woman’s migrant retirement identical as an unskilled labor, minimal in knowledge and skill, therefore they only rely on remittance to fulfilthe necessities of life. But after empowerment conducted to do poductive activities we can see there’s transformation on behaviour pattern that woman’s migrant retirement perceive. On one side they have inco...
p>Marriage is one of human cultures and being apart of the life cycle. It’s a base of forming a family. In ancient era, marriage was considered as conventionally, means women did the marriage because of the culture and society’s persepective. Along with the times growing, changes in the way of human thinking began. Marriage was not only considered...
p>Subculture born from rock subcode frequently creates a counterculture of the mainstream. In fact, subculture of grunge shows its counterculture side through its resistance against capitalism, such as grunge offers new freedom to provide platforms for its followers to put forth their idealism, anger, disappointment towards the surroundings, politi...
p>The change occurring in coffee consuming behavior cannot be apart from the effect of globalization development making the society behaving consumptively. It will result in various changes in the interpretation of coffee consuming behavior in the Semarang society. The objective of research was to find out the coffee consuming behavior, consuming s...
p>The objective of research was to find out the behavioral pattern and
impact of housewives using mobile merchandise loan (mindring) in Pundung
Tegal Sari Hamlet, Desa Manjung. This study employed a qualitative
approach method with a single embedded case study. The data source was
obtained from informant, event and activity, document and archive. T...
p>Pilgrim tour is a religious tour or frequently called pilgrimage tour.
Pilgrimage tour is undertaken as the manifestation of action the visitors or the
tourists do. The objective of research was to find out the tourist type,
knowledge on pilgrimage tour, the factors encouraging and attracting the
tourists to undertake pilgrimage tour, and the tou...
Background: Stigma and discrimination that are experienced by gay community have long been documented to occur in Indonesia, including Tulungagung District, East Java. Gay community often experience stigma, discrimination, and rejection by the society and health personnel. Stigma and discrimination may worsen the quality of life among gay community...
Background: It is estimated that more than one million people in the world contract sexually-transmitted disease everyday. Annually approximately 357 million new infections occur by one of four sexually-transmitted diseases: chlamidia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and mouth ulcer. To date HIV/AIDS has spread in 407 of 507 districts and municipalities in In...
Background: People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) often face tough social problems, such as social rejection, stigma, and discrimination. Factors that affect PLWH’s quality of life may include psychosocial factors, economic status, immunological status, social support, and co-morbidity. This study aimed to determine the effect of depression, stigma, a...
Background: In Indonesia, the number of new HIV cases in 2016 was 41.250, and AIDS cases was 7,491. HIV infection predominantly (67.6%) occur heterosexually. In Central Java, the number of Di Indonesia, new HIV cases in 2016 was 4.032, and AIDS cases was 1.402. Surakarta City has the second highest cases of HIV in Central Java after Semarang Distri...
Background: Globally, the number of people infected with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) was estimated at 36.7 million. This study aimed to examine the social economic determinants of HIV status in Kebumen district community.
Subjects and Method: This was an analytic observational with a case-control design. This study was conducted in Kebumen...
Background: The negative stigma is inherent in transvestites because it is referred to as one of the sources of the spread of STIs and HIV/ AIDS viruse. In their position as a sex worker who was considered very low and lack of knowledge about reproductive health, the transvestites were infected with STIs and the HIV virus from their sexual partners...
Background: Earlier studies often focus solely on clients as female sex worker (FSW) risky sexual partners, ignoring the possible risks FSWs face from steady sex partners. Thus, further study is needed identifying strategies to reduce the potential increased risk of HIV/STI transmission between FSWs and their steady partners. This study aimed to de...
Background: Street children are at high risk of sexual violence. Necessary measures should be undertaken to address deleterious biopsychosocial impacts of sexual violence. This study aimed to analyze the preventive behaviors to address biopsychosocial impacts of sexual violence among street children in Yogyakarta using Health Belief Model and Label...
Background: Studies have shown that sexual assault can lead to the profound impact on the victims. It may last short or long, and can even generate a "ripple effect" of negative symptoms in the affected workplace or living environment. This study aimed to explore the psychological and biological impacts of sexual assault and approach to cope with t...
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Zoological garden is a zoo requiring nurturing and proliferating attempt over the types of animals maintained based on animal welfare ethics and norms as the means of protecting and conserving species and utilized as educational, research, science and technology development as well as health recreation media. This research aimed to st...
Background: Sexual intercourse is one of the primary modes of HIV transmission. Sexual activity among heterosexuals has the highest risk of HIV transmission. However, sexual activity among queers also contributed much of the HIV/AIDS case increase. The prevalence of HIV/AIDS infection was high among queers in Tulungagung, East Java. This study aime...
Background: Approximately 36.7 million people in the world were infected by HIV and 2.1 million new cases occured in 2015. A total of 191,073 HIV cases were reported in Indonesia in 2016, including 77,940 AIDS cases, and 13,247 deaths. Housewives ranked highest among HIV/AIDS patients in Indonesia. This study aimed to investigate knowledge, attitud...
Background: HIV/AIDS keeps on becoming a global problem. Even though there are some scientific breakthroughs on the disease and how to prevent, most people are still under the risk to contract it. The number of HIV/AIDS incidences on lesbian is still low, up to the point of considering them as low risk. This study was aimed to analyze Health Belief...
Background: Dolly was the biggest red light district in Southeast Asia with more than 1000 (a thousand) women working as commercial sex workers. Because the district imposed a very negative effect to the surrounding inhabitants especially to children, therefore red light district area of Dolly and Jarak which are located in residential area had to...
Background: HIV/ AIDS epidemics emerged among men who have sex with men, particularly among gay, due to unsafe anal sex practice. As studies have shown having sex without condom increases the risk of HIV/ AIDS 18 times as many as per-vaginal sex. This study aimed to examine biopsychosocial and economic determinants of condom use among gay in Tulung...
Background: Globalization has tremendous impact on adolescent behaviors, including sexual behavior. Sexual behaviors that exceed socially accepted norms may result in undesireable impact adolescent health. Many factors can affect the sexual behavior of adolescents, both from within and from outside the adolescent self. This study aimed to investiga...
Background: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection is a global public health issue. Global AIDS Response Progress Reporting (GARP) reported that in 2015, about 36.7 million people worldwide suffered from HIV-AIDS in all age groups. The highest number of HIV/AIDS cases occured in East Africa and South Africa. This study aimed to examine the ef...