KEKUATAN KEARIFAN LOKAL DALAM KOMUNIKASI KESEHATAN
Abstract: So far,
traditional medicines and
traditional treatments are
often underestimated and considered
outdated or sometimes
even considered to exacerbate an illness. When in fact,
medicines and the traditional ways in healing
the disease, they helped the healing. The local knowledge possessed by the
people of Indonesia, has many positive sides, including in health. We can use
traditional medicines and traditional ways to treat disease. Unfortunately, knowledge
of local wisdom is not widely taught in schools and in health higher education. Knowledge
of local wisdom,
culture, and the
approach to local society is less focus of the study,
whereas these three things actually become urgency for
students in health
education. Therefore, in
this paper we
will discuss about the
medical necessity to
know the local
wisdom of the
local society; the medical necessity of respecting and using local
wisdom to support public health; and the need for a curriculum that supports
the medical order to learn about and appreciate local wisdom and use wisdom to
support local public health. The
intended curriculum is
the curriculum of
cultural and intercultural communication.
Keywords: local
knowledge, traditional medicines,
traditional treatments, curriculum,
health education
Penulis: Rini Darmastuti dan Dewi Kartika Sari
Kode Jurnal: jpkomunikasidd110019
