Penguatan English for Pharmacy Practice bagi Apoteker Komunitas dalam Edukasi Pengelolaan Limbah Obat Rumah Tangga di Kawasan Perkotaan Makassar

Nurasia Natsir; Heryani Heryani; Dedy Maruf; Artika Sari Anggraini; Windi Anastasya; Dhea Amanda Putri; Siti Reivana Widya Reski

doi:10.61132/pandawa.v4i4.3137

Authors

Nurasia Natsir Institut Ilmu Kesehatan Pelamonia Makassar
Heryani Heryani Institut Ilmu Kesehatan Pelamonia Makassar
Dedy Maruf Institut Ilmu Kesehatan Pelamonia Makassar
Artika Sari Anggraini Institut Ilmu Kesehatan Pelamonia Makassar
Windi Anastasya Institut Ilmu Kesehatan Pelamonia Makassar
Dhea Amanda Putri Institut Ilmu Kesehatan Pelamonia Makassar
Siti Reivana Widya Reski Institut Ilmu Kesehatan Pelamonia Makassar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61132/pandawa.v4i4.3137

Keywords:

Community Empowerment, Community Pharmacist, English for Pharmacy Practice, Household Pharmaceutical Waste, Medicine Disposal

Abstract

Most Indonesian households dispose of unused and expired medicines in household waste or drains, risking environmental contamination and antimicrobial resistance. Community pharmacists are well positioned to educate the public, yet they face constraints: materials not adapted to residents' language, no medicine take-back point, and limited English for Pharmacy Practice (EPP) skills for reading labels, leaflets of imported medicines, and English-language disposal guidelines. This community service program aimed to improve the EPP competence of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, residents' knowledge and practice, and the capacity of community health cadres, and to establish a medicine collection point. The program ran from October 2026 to September 2027 at Aulia Farma Pharmacy and Mannuruki Subdistrict, Makassar, in five stages: preparation and baseline survey, bilingual media development, pharmacist and cadre training, three resident education sessions with a drop box, and monitoring-evaluation. Pharmacists' EPP scores (n = 3) increased by 38.2%, and all participants could explain English guidelines in plain language. Residents' knowledge scores (n = 30) rose from 52.4 to 81.6 (p < 0.001), and correct disposal practice increased from 23.3% to 76.7% at month three. The drop box collected 212 packages (9.8 kg), including 36 antibiotic packages, and 12 cadres were appointed as Medicine Disposal Agents. Combining language strengthening, participatory education, and a take-back facility effectively changed residents' knowledge and behavior.

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