{"id":57215,"date":"2026-07-29T23:44:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oucru.org\/?p=57215"},"modified":"2026-07-30T01:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:17:25","slug":"community-engagement-hepatitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oucru.org\/id\/community-engagement-hepatitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Purbalingga\u00a0District Health Office and OUCRU Initiate Community Meeting for Enhancing Hepatitis B Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Purbalingga 29 July 2026 – The Scalable Public Health Empowerment, Research, and Education Sites (SPHERES)<\/a><\/a>, Building Trust and Participation for Hepatitis B Serosurveys, funded by PCE Seed Award<\/a> held the first of a series of community meeting engagement, giving residents of Purbalingga a direct voice in shaping a Hepatitis B serosurvey among children. This project aims to find better ways for communities most affected by Hepatitis B to shape better research design by putting community first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building trustworthy in hepatitis care<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This initiative embeds on SPHERES Project, data-driven initiative to strengthen integrated primary healthcare in Indonesia. In collaboration with the Ministry of Health and local District Health Offices, OUCRU Indonesia has supported efforts to improve primary healthcare delivery, including the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B. Yet community members had limited opportunities to shape how research design activities are implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As community trust in research is essential to improving human health, Building Trust and Participation for Hepatitis B Serosurveys project started its pre-implementation phase: Training of Trainers for Community Participatory Meetings and Community Participatory Meetings, that conducted in Purbalingga and West Lombok. Each meeting brought together community representatives nominated by local Puskesmas to reflect a diverse range of ages, genders, religions, ethnic groups, educational backgrounds, and livelihoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From left to right: The PCE Seed Awardee presents the rationale for the Hepatitis B serosurvey and associated PCE activities, including the training of trainers and participatory community meeting. Member of the OUCRU Indonesia team provided practical tips and principles for effective facilitation to health promotion staffs.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Learning for community-engaged research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Over two days, the team facilitated learning and discussion through a series of interactive activities. Following this, participants engaged in “Myth or Fact” games, problem and solution tree, to explore community knowledge of Hepatitis B, perceptions around blood sampling in children, and the communication channels that families trust most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In this session, I learned that being a facilitator requires using language that is easy for participants to understand and being a good listener.” said a health promotion staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By putting people and communities at the center of hepatitis B serosurveillance research design, this project aims to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n