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This study discusses the influence of the waste bank program on fulfilling household nutrition in Belawan II. In this context, the problem of child nutrition is a major challenge, especially in urban areas with low economic levels. Medan Belawan District faces nutritional problems due to limited access to nutritious food and low community income, which often hinders the fulfillment of balanced nutrition for children and other vulnerable groups. In addition, this study also highlights the relationship between waste problems and child nutrition, where suboptimal waste management has a negative impact on environmental health and the quality of life of the community. This has the potential to hinder the growth and development of children who should get adequate nutritional intake. The waste bank program is expected to increase family income through better waste management, which in turn can improve access and quality of food consumed by households. Thus, this program not only functions as a solution to waste management, but also as an intervention that supports improving household nutrition in the community. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach to describe the presence of the digital waste bank movement as a digital-based environmental movemen that can have a positive impact on fulfilling household nutrition in Belawan II, especially amidst the challenges faced during the pandemic.

The Sustainable Food Yard Program (P2L) is the government's effort to increase community food security through the use of home yards. In the Barokah Women Farmers Group (KWT), Majidi Village, Selong District, East Lombok Regency, this program was implemented with the aim of empowering women farmers in managing their yards to be more productive and support family food security. However, in its implementation, this program faces various challenges that affect its effectiveness. This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of the P2L Program at KWT Barokah, as well as identify the supporting and inhibiting factors that affect the implementation of the program. The research method used is qualitative descriptive with data collection techniques including interviews, observations, document collection, and review of previous research. The data obtained were then analyzed using the Miles and Huberman data analysis model, resulting in findings that were in accordance with the focus of the research. The results of the study show that the Sustainable Food Yard Program at KWT Barokah has good productivity potential, as seen from the increase in the quantity of crops. However, this program still faces several obstacles, especially related to the lack of facilities and infrastructure as well as cultivation methods that are not optimal. In addition, limitations in storage facilities and cultivation techniques also affect the quality of production products. Therefore, significant improvements are needed in terms of facilities, infrastructure, and improving the skills of members to achieve optimal effectiveness.

Schizophrenia is a syndrome characterized by a disturbance in an individual's behavior that makes the individual's behavior strange. Individuals will also experience delusions, hallucinations and emotions. This study aims to analyze the expression of emotions of families who have family members with schizophrenia. Then also to find out the dynamics and impact on the family. This research is a qualitative research with literature review method by collecting and analyzing relevant articles published from 2014-2024. The form of article collection uses the Google Scholar database. Based on the source of the article, the results obtained show that the emotional expression of the family of schizophrenia patients can affect the frequency of relapse in patients. High emotional expression in patients such as excessive criticism and hostile behavior can cause intense relapse in patients. While low emotional expression and providing more support to patients can reduce the frequency of relapse and improve the recovery process in schizophrenia patients. This study focuses on the importance of emotional management in families and providing more support as an effort to care for schizophrenic patients

This study aims to analyze the barriers in early childhood reading skills at Al-Mukaddimah Kindergarten. The main focus of this research includes identifying barriers experienced by children, factors that influence these barriers, and teacher efforts in overcoming reading difficulties. The method used is descriptive qualitative with a case study approach, which involves observation, interviews and documentation. The results show that there are several barriers in early reading skills, such as difficulty recognizing letters, distinguishing letters, and understanding symbols and numbers. Factors that influence these obstacles include the child's psychological condition, family environment, and learning methods applied by the teacher. Teachers' efforts in overcoming these obstacles are carried out through a fun and interactive approach, including the use of interesting learning media and varied teaching strategies. This research is expected to contribute to the development of reading learning methods in early childhood and provide recommendations for teachers and parents in supporting children's reading skills.

The anemia prevention program for pregnant women provides 90 Iron tablets during pregnancy to reduce anemia, but the incidence of anemia is still high. Failure to get iron tablet coverage is due to forgetting, nausea and laziness to take iron tablets. The purpose of the study was to find out the knowledge and support of families towards respect for the consumption of iron tablets by pregnant women in the Tere Margaret Hospital work area in 2023. This study only uses family knowledge and support as independent variables while compliance with iron tablet consumption is the dependent variable. The research design is an analytical investigation with a cross-sectional approach. Data collection using secondary and primary data. The research sample only consisted of pregnant women. pregnant women 28-40 weeks in the Tere Margaret Hospital work area in 2023, with a total of 48 people. pregnant women. the results of the study, especially respondents (54.2%) have less knowledge of iron tablets (Fe), most respondents (68.8%) do not receive support from their families or husbands to consume iron tablets (Fe), there are also respondents (64.6%) are not consistent in consuming iron. The results of the multiple t-test showed that there was a significant relationship between knowledge and family support regarding pregnant women who consume iron tablets in the Tere Margaret Hospital work area in 2023. Health services must increase the dissemination of information through public awareness through the role of leaders in increasing knowledge about the importance of routine consumption of iron tablets for pregnant women every day.

The intensity of interpersonal communication between parents and children involves actions and interactions that influence children’s behavior. This study aims to identify the forms of juvenile delinquency and the intensity of interpersonal communication between parents and children. The main issues in communication include aspects of openness, empathy, support, positive attitudes, and equality. The study employs a qualitative approach with a descriptive method, purposive sampling technique, and data collection through interviews, observations, and documentation. Data analysis is conducted through the stages of data collection, reduction, presentation, and conclusion drawing using triangulation. The results show that a lack of open communication between children and parents, insufficient empathy, lack of support, and inadequate positive attitudes and equality in communication can trigger juvenile delinquency. Additionally, internal family conflicts act as barriers to communication, leading to tension and causing children to withdraw and avoid interaction with their parents.  

This study conducts an exploratory data analysis combined with machine learning techniques to identify early signs of student depression. We investigated various factors affecting mental health among students, including sleep duration, dietary patterns, history of suicidal thoughts, family history of mental illness, and their relationships with depression across age groups and academic pressure. The study also examined the influence of gender on academic stress levels. Three machine learning models such as Random Forest, Support Vector Machine (SVM), and K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) were utilized to predict depression. The performance of these models was evaluated, achieving accuracy rates of 84.97% for Random Forest, 84.85% for SVM, and 81.16% for KNN. The findings highlight the effectiveness of these models in predicting student depression and underscore the importance of targeted mental health interventions based on key factors influencing mental health among students.

This research was designed with the aim of examining in depth the motivation in increasing the teaching creativity of tutors at the ASIEQ Educare tutoring institution. This research used qualitative methods with a descriptive research model by describing objects as they are. The research results show that motivation in increasing the teaching creativity of tutors at the ASIEQ Educare tutoring institution can be said to be good. This can be seen from the system created by the institution so that it can bring out the enthusiasm or intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation that tutors have in teaching so that the tutor's creativity in teaching also increases. Apart from that, the model used by the ASIEQ Educare tutoring institution in motivating its tutors is to use a human resources model which focuses on providing feedback not only obtained through material but also immaterial things and meaningfulness in teaching as well as supporting motivation which can increase the teaching creativity of tutors in ASIEQ Educare tutoring agency. The strategies used by the ASIEQ Educare tutoring institution include; a) get to know all members of the ASIEQ Educare family well, b) assign tutors according to their respective interests and abilities, c) all members of the ASIEQ Educare family are considered work friends, d) activate regular discussions in order to carry out self-development with each other in the learning process.

Background of this research, based on observations, highlights the high public demand for transparency and accountability in providing information, as well as the community's desire to participate in the planning and implementation of social programs, which are often overlooked. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of good governance on organizational performance at the Office of Social Services, Population Control, Family Planning, Women's Empowerment, and Child Protection in Wajo Regency. This research adopts a survey method, where data is collected from all members of the population as the sample, totaling 65 respondents. The primary data collection technique involves questionnaires, supported by observation and documentation. The data analysis technique used is quantitative descriptive analysis. The findings indicate a positive impact of implementing good governance on the organizational performance of the aforementioned office.

Adolescence is a transitional period from childhood to adulthood, where individuals begin to question the phenomena that occur around them to form self-worth. One of the phenomena that is developing among adolescents is the hedonistic lifestyle, which is increasingly influenced by advances in technology and social media. In this lifestyle, the search for instant pleasure becomes the main goal, which often encourages adolescents to pursue pleasure without considering the long-term impacts. Social media, which displays a glamorous lifestyle and unrealistic standards of pleasure, plays a major role in influencing adolescents' consumer behavior and desire to follow certain trends. This phenomenon is influenced by social factors, family environment, and technological advances, which create behavioral patterns that are more oriented towards instant pleasure. The impacts are seen in social, mental, and educational aspects, such as reduced deep emotional relationships between adolescents, mental health problems such as anxiety and depression, and decreased motivation to learn that can interfere with their academic development. However, a hedonistic lifestyle can also encourage creativity and the development of social skills. This study aims to explore more deeply the causal factors, impacts, and challenges that arise due to changes in the hedonistic lifestyle among adolescents, as well as efforts to overcome its negative impacts through character education and the formation of a supportive social environment.

This study aims to analyze the role of gender in increasing family economic income in Lopo Village. The research method used is a qualitative approach with the research population being families in the village. Samples were taken using purposive sampling techniques, and data was collected through interviews and observations as well as data from documentation. The research location is located in Lopo Village, Batudaa Pantai District, Gorontalo Regency. The results of the study show that the traditional division of roles between men and women affects access to economic resources, where men play the role of the main breadwinner. Although women have a significant contribution to the management of family finances, their participation in formal economic activities is still limited. This study concludes that women's empowerment through education and employment opportunities can improve family economic welfare. The recommendations given are the need for policies that support women's involvement in economic activities to achieve a better gender balance.

Hypertension is a disease that is most commonly suffered by Indonesian people and can occur due to one of the problems that often arises from changes in lifestyle, such as consuming foods with high salt levels, obesity and stress. This study aims to determine the relationship between family support and adherence to a low salt diet in hypertensive patients at GB3 Murmur Memorial Hospital Medan. This research design uses descriptive correlation research with a cross sectional study approach. The data collection technique was carried out using total sampling with a total of 48 patients as respondents. The instrument used to collect data is a questionnaire. From the results of data processing using the Rank Spearman statistical test in SPSS For Windows 27 with a significance level of 95% (α = 0.05), a positive correlation value of 0.375 was obtained and a significant value of 0.009 (p<0.05). The conclusion of this study is that there is a significant relationship between family support and adherence to a low salt diet. For future researchers to make more samples and add independent variables such as knowledge, education, attitudes or motivation, the role of health worker.

This research uses descriptive qualitative methods. The data sources in this research are homeroom teachers and students at Ad-Dzikir Elementary School, Pragaan Village. Data collection uses interviews, observation and documentation. The data analysis technique uses Miles and Huberman's theory which includes data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions or verification. Then, check the validity of the data using source triangulation by comparing the results of interviews from several informants.The results of this research are that at Ad-Dzikir elementary school, implementing (1) the application of religiosity values ​​through the midday prayer program in congregation can build discipline and responsibility; (2) The application of religiosity values ​​through memorizing juz 'Amma and surah munjiyat can shape students' affective aspects in the realm of characteristics; (3) Applying religious values ​​through instilling good behavior can shape students' affective aspects in the realm of acceptance. Meanwhile, supporting and inhibiting factors in the application of religiosity values ​​in shaping students' affective aspects, of the supporting factors there are teacher factors and parent factors. The inhibiting factors consist of the environment, family, and factors within the child.  

Education is the foundation for developing high-quality human resources. Students' academic success is influenced by internal factors, such as study habits, and external factors, such as social support. Study habits include time management, reading, and structured learning strategies, while social support involves attention, recognition, and assistance from family, friends, and the academic environment. This study aims to analyze the influence of study habits and social support on the academic achievement of students at Universitas PGRI Wiranegara. A quantitative research method with a causal-comparative design was employed. A sample of 93 active students from the 2021-2023 cohorts was selected using stratified random sampling. Data were collected through validated and reliable questionnaires and analyzed using simple linear regression. The results revealed that study habits and social support simultaneously contributed significantly to academic achievement. Study habits had a greater impact compared to social support. Social support creates a conducive learning environment, strengthens motivation, and enhances students' comfort in completing academic tasks. However, structured and disciplined study habits remain the key to academic success. These findings underscore the importance of developing effective study habits, such as time management and the use of effective learning methods, alongside strengthening social support to achieve optimal academic outcomes. Collaborative efforts between individuals, families, and educational institutions are essential.

Islamic Religious Education is the most important component in life, acting as a foundation for thinking, acting, and behaving, both in the family and community environment. This study aims to analyze the role of teachers in improving student religiosity at SD Integral Hidayatullah Probolinggo, with a focus on the approach to religious education, the application of religious values ​​in daily activities, and positive habits. As a school that implements the full-day school concept. This study uses a qualitative descriptive approach method with triangulation techniques, namely participatory observation of the school environment studied, in-depth interviews, and documentation of the research background, then analyzed using the Miles and Huberman theory, namely: data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing/verification. This study found that teachers have a central role in instilling religious values ​​through exemplary methods, interactive discussions, and routine activities, such as joint prayer and congregational prayer. In addition, this success is supported by adequate school facilities and an integrative curriculum that supports the teaching of religious values. However, the study also identified several obstacles, including the lack of support from students' families in continuing religious habits at home and the density of the academic curriculum. This shows the importance of synergy between schools, teachers, and families to create an environment that supports the continuous improvement of student religiosity. Thus, through increased collaboration between related parties, schools can be more optimal in achieving their goals of producing a generation with noble morals, faith, and strong character.      

Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that affects the way a person thinks, feels and behaves. People with schizophrenia seem to lose touch with reality, which can be distressing for them, their family and friends. The prevalence of schizophrenia according to Riskesdas in 2018 shows that the prevalence of schizophrenia is 6.7 per 1000 homes. The 52-year-old man was taken by his family because he was angry. The patient felt angry with his family why he was taken by his family to the hospital because the patient felt he was not crazy and had not hit anyone, then the patient spoke distractedly. The patient also said that he received whispers telling him to leave the house. The patient believes that all dead people will give strength to plants or all living creatures around the dead person's grave. Based on the history, physical examination and supporting examinations, the patient was diagnosed with F20.0 Paranoid Schizophrenia. Therapeutic management was carried out in the form of psychopharmaceuticals in the form of Risperidone 2x2mg and psychotherapy for the patient.