Tangos Therapy: Health Behavior as the Result of Normalizing Power in Medicating Symptoms of Malaria on the Community of Sebesi Island

Vera Sihotang, Pujo Semedi, Atik Triratnawati

2021

Abstract

Tangos is a health therapy by using potion made of some types of medicinal herbs. The study aims to examine tangos therapy as a health behavior carried out by the community of Sebesi Island to heal malaria symptoms. This study also purposes to interpret the type of power which results health behavior of tangos. This study is an important contribution regarding malaria in Indonesia. Also, cross-cultural study on malaria is important to carry out to document the response of the population to malaria symptoms, as a measure of disease control. Data collection was done through participation observation, interview, and literature study. To explain health behavior, data were analyzed by using types of health categories, while the analysis of types of power was employed to see whose power which results normalizing power. The results show that tangos is a form of health behavior categorized as response to disease and preventive, protective, and safety behavior. It is discovered that normalizing power is carried out by the community. This normality is reproduced and legitimized through tangos therapy. The people’s knowledge about this therapy can be viewed as a control instrument contributing to individual’s choice in treating symptoms of malaria.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sihotang V., Semedi P. and Triratnawati A. (2021). Tangos Therapy: Health Behavior as the Result of Normalizing Power in Medicating Symptoms of Malaria on the Community of Sebesi Island. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Issues in Humanity Studies and Social Sciences - Volume 1: ICE-HUMS, ISBN 978-989-758-604-0, pages 574-583. DOI: 10.5220/0010755500003112

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ice-hums21,
author={Vera Sihotang and Pujo Semedi and Atik Triratnawati},
title={Tangos Therapy: Health Behavior as the Result of Normalizing Power in Medicating Symptoms of Malaria on the Community of Sebesi Island},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Issues in Humanity Studies and Social Sciences - Volume 1: ICE-HUMS,},
year={2021},
pages={574-583},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010755500003112},
isbn={978-989-758-604-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Issues in Humanity Studies and Social Sciences - Volume 1: ICE-HUMS,
TI - Tangos Therapy: Health Behavior as the Result of Normalizing Power in Medicating Symptoms of Malaria on the Community of Sebesi Island
SN - 978-989-758-604-0
AU - Sihotang V.
AU - Semedi P.
AU - Triratnawati A.
PY - 2021
SP - 574
EP - 583
DO - 10.5220/0010755500003112