ABDIMAS TALENTA: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat

Optimization of Stunting Prevention in Communities in Bahliran Village Through the Application Peduli Stunting “Penting”

2025-05-17T03:33:19+07:00

Stunting in children must receive attention. This condition can indicate that the child's nutrition is not adequately met. If left untreated, stunting can have long-term impacts on children. The increasingly rapid development of technology affects human life, one of which is the health aspect. This makes it easier to access and disseminate information. The use of technology must be used effectively and efficiently to improve public health. The presence of E-stunting is an implementation of the digitization of child nutrition recording and reporting—an application designed with various features that provide information about stunting. One of the features found in E-stunting is Food Recall. This research aims to solve health problems in Bahliran Village by empowering the community through the stunting care application (Important) to increase community awareness of stunting and Clean and Healthy Living Behavior. This research took eight months, with a research approach method that took three research stages, namely: a) Stage 1. This stage is the initial stage carried out in community empowerment. b) Stage II. In this second stage, there is a transformation of knowledge and skills. In this case, there is a need to learn about various knowledge and skills to support the empowerment activities. c) Stage III. Increased intellectual abilities and skill proficiency. In this activity, the people of Bahliran Village can take advantage of the "IMPORTANT (Stunting Care)" application, which is expected to reduce stunting rates and create a healthy and empowered community.

Improvement of Research Proposal Writing Skills for PSDKU USU Lecturers in North Nias

2025-05-17T03:33:26+07:00

The Tridharma of Higher Education mandates that higher education institutions conduct education, research, and community service (Article 1, Clause 9, Law No. 12 of 2012 on Higher Education). Research is a methodical endeavor that adheres to scientific principles and methodologies to collect information, facts, and explanations pertinent to the comprehension and/or examination of a field within science and technology. The USU Abdimas Team's community service is to consistently educate and support academics at PSDKU USU Nias Utara, hence addressing the research aspect of the Tridharma of Higher Education. The given materials are: (1). The resources seek to elucidate research concepts and offer guidance on building a well-structured proposal in accordance with scientific standards and research ethics. Two. The procedure for formulating a suitable proposal grounded in scientific principles and research ethics is addressed in the section. Three. Investigating local potential to be elevated as research topics, and (4). There are techniques for forging links in research initiatives. The aforementioned four materials are considered particularly advantageous for cultivating a research culture among academics at PSDKU USU Nias Utara. This commences with improving their expertise in research planning, hence facilitating the execution of the SDGs point 4 initiative, Quality Education. Quality Education is a fundamental component of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Due to the time limitations of in-person training, mentoring has transitioned online, with the anticipation that the training participants will generate many high-quality research proposal drafts.

The Impact of River Water Quality on Women's Health in Blankahan Village: Physico-Chemical Analysis and Social Health Analysis

2025-05-17T03:33:32+07:00

River water plays an important role in human life. Along with the increasing population and waste problems generated from human activities, climate change is a factor that also affects river water quality. Blankahan Village is located in Langakat District, with 3 interconnected rivers, Palma River, Pekan Kuala, and Dosi Valley. This program examines the impact of river water quality on public health in Blankahan Village, with a focus on physico-chemical and social health analysis to support the achievement of SDGs points 3 and 6. It was found to be in a fairly poor and murky condition according to the classification according to Government Regulation Number 22 of 2021. Furthermore, based on statistical tests and One Way ANOVA Tests indicated that there was no statistically significant difference in the mean perception among the age groups. Some indicated women's health problems due to river water use such as dermatitis, skin diseases, and diarrhea continue to increase. River water sources are still used by some communities to fulfill household needs during the dry season despite many negative perceptions that river water quality is poor, dirty and polluted with waste. River water quality is influenced by seasonal factors and pollution, namely the difference in river water quality during the rainy and dry seasons, and is also caused by domestic waste, livestock waste, and industrial waste entering the water.

Rabies Education for Junior High School Students to Prevent Rabies in the Community at Nurcahaya Padang Bulan Medan Private School

2025-05-17T03:33:39+07:00

Rabies is a zoonotic acute infectious disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans through the bite of a rabies-positive dog. Rabies is caused by a Lyssavirus virus, which belongs to the family Rhabdoviridae, and is transmitted through the bite of a rabies-positive animal such as a dog. The disease is often found in dogs, cats, and monkeys. In humans, rabies is transmitted through dog bites, and deaths from rabies occur every year with a case fatality rate of 100 per cent. According to WHO, rabies cases annually reach 60,000 people worldwide, with 95 per cent of cases occurring in Africa and Asia. The incidence rate of rabies is 40 per cent, with most cases occurring in children. Education methods were quasi-experimental to increase childrenâ€™s knowledge of rabies prevention and control in community service, especially junior high school students and the community. There were 40 respondents involved in this education program, beginning with a pretest. The intervention was conducted in several sessions for in-depth interaction and better understanding. The intervention increased the knowledge of students in the post-test. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistical methods. Observation and documentation were used to strengthen the pre-and post-test findings and observe the level of participation of junior high school children, measured by attendance and engagement. The results showed that the education program could empower junior high school students, increase their knowledge, and encourage active contributions in preventing rabies.

Cultivation of Horticultural Plants Based on Hydroponic NFT System using a Portable Greenhouse in Sidomulyo Village, Langkat

2025-05-17T03:33:53+07:00

Various land use change phenomena have occurred from time to time, especially in Sidomulyo Village, Stabat District. Changes in land use are occurring in line with the increasing population, which has a direct impact on the increasing need for land, especially agricultural land. Sidomulyo Village is located in the urban area of Stabat City, so according to government regulations regarding land use, Sidomulyo Village must be dominated by community settlements, not agricultural land. For this reason, the USU Community Service team offered a solution to continue to be able to carry out agricultural cultivation on limited land, namely the use of the NFT hydroponic system using an easy-to-use portable greenhouse. This cultivation only requires a small amount of land to cultivate horticultural vegetables. The aim of this activity is to develop an NFT system for hydroponic-based horticultural cultivation in Sidomulyo Village so that the community in Sidomulyo Village, Stabat District, becomes an economically and socially independent community and can become a role model for other farmer groups. The next planned stage that must be carried out is monitoring and evaluating the development of horticultural vegetable cultivation through to harvesting and post-harvest handling.

Implementing Smart Classroom Innovations to Enhance Elementary Education Quality in Rural Areas with a Case Study of SD Negeri 173637 Narumonda

2025-03-16T10:13:36+07:00

Education in rural areas faces challenges such as limited access to technology and outdated teaching methods, hindering student engagement and learning outcomes. This study implements a Smart Classroom initiative at SD Negeri 173637 Narumonda, North Sumatra, aiming to improve educational quality through digital tools and interactive teaching in line with Society 5.0 principles. The project began with observations and a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) to assess the schoolâ€™s readiness. Findings revealed limited technological resources and low teacher proficiency in digital tools but high enthusiasm from students and a positive attitude from teachers. The initiative introduced Android TVs, sound systems, and teacher training on digital pedagogy and Moodle-based e-learning. Initial results show increased student engagement and improved teacher confidence in using technology, despite concerns about sustainability and curriculum adaptation. The program demonstrates the potential of collaboration between educational institutions and communities in transforming rural education. It serves as a scalable model for addressing educational disparities and aligns with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Goal 4 on quality education.

Training on Optimizing the Potential of Fresh Goat Milk into Cheese at Arjuna Farm

2025-05-17T03:45:28+07:00

Arjuna Farm Sheep and Goat Farm produces goat milk products. Goat milk can be processed into various products, one of them is cheese. This community service activity through training in making cheese products from goat milk aims to provide assistance to farmers with a focus on processing fresh goat milk into quality cheese at Arjuna Farm. Cheese has a longer shelf life than milk. By turning milk into cheese, farms can extend the shelf life of their products. The problems identified include low knowledge and skills of farmers and limited access to appropriate materials and equipment. To overcome these problems, this activity offers several solutions, including training and workshops to improve farmers' knowledge and skills for making cheese from goat milk, direct assistance in the cheese processing process, and provision of simple materials and equipment. So that Arjuna Farm not only sells goat milk, but can also produce cheese and can reach a wider market segment. The methods used in this community service are training and practice, guidance, and monitoring and evaluation.

Community Empowerment Through Improving Weaving Skills to Support the Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

2025-05-17T03:45:35+07:00

Sustainable economic growth is a challenge for Indonesia today. The Universitas Sumatera Utara in Strengthening SDGs promotes decent and inclusive employment opportunities, and enhances sustainable economic growth in Indonesia by working with companies, civil society organisations, and governments to create an environment that supports inclusive economic development and provides fair access to employment opportunities. The community service team through the community service institution of the Universitas Sumatera Utara plays an active role in the success of the SDGs by carrying out community service with MSME partner Kilang Tenun Sinaga. The results of the team's observations that Kilang Tenun Sinaga MSMEs have such important problems, namely the difficulty of finding employees with skilled weaving skills that cause a lack of weaving production processes that can be fulfilled when ordered, lack of employees who can increase production results, unable to expand by opening new promotional outlets while promoting production results. The solution presented by the team is to carry out community empowerment through improving weaving skills so that they will get the expected employees. This community service team with partners also through this service aims to continue weaving skills, especially ulos motifs, to become part of the world heritage in the future. From this solution, employees also get decent work and improve the community's economy in accordance with SDGs goal no. 8, namely decent work and economic growth.

Exploring Independent Economic Potential Through Digital Screen Printing as a Business Identity of Tanjung Harapan Village Community, Labuhanbatu Regency

2025-05-17T03:45:21+07:00

An independent economy for a village aims to improve the quality of life. One way is by entrepreneurship, namely running your own economic business, creating new business units, and creating innovations that generate profits for the village, by the village, and for the village. Products produced by BUMDes often do not have the identity of the products they produce. The lack of awareness of the village community about their business brand image will make it difficult for buyers to buy the same product in the future. Therefore, through activities and creativity produced by digital screen printing techniques, the products produced by BUMDes finally have a business identity that is easy for buyers to find again, and can even order BUMDes products repeatedly. This service will be carried out in Tanjung Harapan Village, Pangkatan District, Labuhanbatu Regency. The method used in this service is community empowerment in the form of education on the importance of creating local economic independence, as well as the implementation of digital packaging screen printing designs for products produced by BUMDes in the food, beverage, and handicraft sectors.

Application of Solar Energy-Based Pest Control Tools to Improve the Quality of Rice Plants to Reduce Farmer Losses

2024-09-01T15:59:49+07:00

Rice is one of the most important staple crops in Indonesia. Rice is the main source of food for the majority of Indonesia's population, including the Stabat area, which is a small town part of Langkat Regency, North Sumatra Province. Rice itself needs water to grow and develop, and is a plant that is no stranger to pests in the form of birds, mice, javelin, and so on. In dealing with pests, farmers in Stabat usually still use traditional methods by installing scarecrows and using pesticides to kill the pests. The work carried out by always going to the fields takes up a lot of energy and time from farmers. The University of North Sumatra Community Service Team offers a solution, namely making tools to protect rice plants from pests (javelin, aphids, caterpillars, mice, fungi) using pest detection sensors to help farmers in caring for rice to maintain the quality and quantity of rice through spraying pests to reduce losses incurred by farmers, especially during the harvest period. Solar energy-based pest control tool to improve the quality of rice plants to reduce losses. Farmers can also reduce the spraying of rice pests using chemicals so that soil fertility is maintained

Empowering the Community Through Candlenut Peeling Machine Training and Mentoring in Sembahe Village

2025-06-20T11:43:16+07:00

A candlenut peeling machine is a technological innovation aimed at improving the efficiency of separating candlenut seeds from their shells. Hand-peeling candlenuts requires a lot of time and effort, and it carries a high risk of damaging the candlenut kernels due to uneven impact. This candlenut peeling machine is equipped with a mechanism that reduces seed damage and increases productivity. The machine can be operated manually or semi-automatically and works on the principle of utilizing pressure and friction to break the shell without damaging the seeds inside. Experimental results show that this machine has a high success rate in separating candlenut seeds from their shells and reduces the number of damaged seeds compared to traditional methods. The use of this machine aims to increase the productivity of candlenut farmers and add value to the candlenut processing industry.

Identification and Calibration of Measuring Scales Accuracy in Trading at The Tigabinanga Fruit Market and Socialization of the Importance of Calibration at SMAN 1 Tigabinanga

2025-06-20T11:43:25+07:00

The accuracy of measuring instruments is very important in every use of tools, both in trade transactions and other fields that require measuring instruments. In the field of trade, the use of accurate measuring scale in a transaction is considered very important in determining the final amount that must be paid by consumers. At the Tigabinanga fruit market, differences in measurement values were found with an accuracy of up to 600 grams. Therefore, to maintain the accuracy of the scale measurements, regular re-calibration must be carried out. The introduction of the re-calibration process was carried out by Lecturers and assisted by students of the Faculty of Vocational Studies, University Sumatera Utara (USU) in two places, namely the Tigabinanga Fruit Market and socialization to students of SMAN 1 Tigabinanga. This activity is a community service activity from the USU Vocational Faculty that was well received by traders and students. The lack of awareness of traders to re-calibrate and the small number of scales found that have a valid calibration stamp show that the importance and provide a real effect of this socialization. In addition, the introduction of calibration was also carried out students of SMAN 1 Tigabinanga, the students were also considered as right target, where students showed enthusiasm and deep curiosity about the calibration and recalibration processes which are important in the use of simple measuring instruments, even on market scales.

The Role of Quality Statistics in Designing and Evaluating Faith-Based Nutrition Interventions

2025-06-23T11:48:21+07:00

Stunting remains a major public health concern in Indonesia, particularly in rural communities where nutritional knowledge and access to health services are limited. This community service program, conducted in October 2024 at HKBP Hutaraja Dolok, aimed to address this issue by integrating quality statistical education with faith-based engagement to empower local communities in monitoring and reducing stunting. The program introduced basic statistical tools—including Z-scores, growth chart interpretation, and prevalence analysis—through interactive workshops targeting caregivers, youth, and church leaders. Religious leaders supported the intervention by embedding health messages within spiritual teachings to promote behavioral change. As a result, participants demonstrated improved understanding of child growth indicators, initiated independent height monitoring, and committed to sustained community involvement. The combination of data literacy and religious motivation proved effective in promoting evidence-based practices, reinforcing the value of statistical empowerment within culturally rooted health programs. This model offers a scalable approach to community-driven stunting interventions in faith-based settings.

Institutional Capacity Improvement Training Supports the Management of GLNP in Climate Change Mitigation

2025-06-23T11:48:26+07:00

Gunung Leuser National Park (GLNP) is one of Indonesia's most important conservation areas. Around GLNP, there are a group manages bamboo forests in Pamah Simelir Hamlet. This activity aims to carry out outreach activities to increase the institutional capacity of sustainable bamboo communities to support the management of GLNP buffer areas in mitigating climate change. The activity methods include lecture methods, group discussions, brainstorming, role-playing, collective problem-solving, questionnaires and interviews with groups, and Focus Group Discussions (FGD). The results of the training activities showed that the group's technical skills had improved, especially in managing bamboo forests as part of conservation and climate change mitigation efforts. They can apply the techniques taught, such as planting and maintaining bamboo in a sustainable manner, as well as using bamboo as a raw material with economic value. Increasing these skills can reduce pressure on forest areas and improve the welfare of local communities. The training carried out has succeeded in positively boosting the institutional capacity of the Bambu Lestari Community, both in technical, managerial, and collaboration aspects. This activity can become a reference for local governments and stakeholders in adopting an inclusive and sustainability-oriented approach while involving local communities as partners in preserving the environment and facing the challenges of climate change.

ASTACITA as a Pentahelix Collaboration Model in Building Independent Tourism Villages: A Case Study of Kuta Gugung

2025-07-17T19:34:39+07:00

This article explores the ASTACITA Summit 2025 as an initial model of pentahelix-based collaboration for rural development, focusing on the tourism village of Kuta Gugung in North Sumatra, Indonesia. The summit was conceived as a strategic platform to foster long-term partnerships among five key actors’ government, academia, business, community, and media to empower rural communities in a participatory and sustainable manner. Unlike conventional aid-based programs, ASTACITA emphasizes knowledge transfer, network-building, and multi-sector synergy to promote self-reliance. Using a qualitative descriptive method with a case study approach, data were collected through participant observation, informal interviews, and documentation of summit activities. Results show that ASTACITA effectively enabled cross-sector dialogue, identified community needs and potentials, and catalyzed early-stage partnerships. The summit marked a shift in development discourse from charity-driven to strategy-oriented engagement positioning the village as a co-actor in shaping its own future. This article contributes to the discourse on rural innovation and participatory governance by offering a replicable framework for collaborative village development in Indonesia and beyond.