Publication Search

Hypertension is nicknamed the silent killer because it is a disease without symptoms. This refers to a condition where blood pressure increases beyond normal limits, namely systolic pressure ≥140 mmHg and diastolic pressure <90 mmHg. Educational activities and detection of hypertension symptoms were carried out because the incidence rate was still high in the Maccini Sawah Health Center Working Area. This service is carried out with the target of people aged ≥ 40 years so that they can maintain a healthy lifestyle and have the knowledge, attitudes and skills to implement the principles of healthy living for every community. The aim of this service is to increase public awareness, understanding of prevention, lifestyle changes and increased participation in health decisions. The method for implementing this community service is education and blood pressure checks carried out simultaneously. There were 23 people who took part in this activity. The activity ran smoothly and well where the people who had been invited to take part in the education and detection of hypertension symptoms had followed it to completion with a total of 20 families participating. There are still many people who do not have their health checked at the health center. The community health center needs to carry out a door to door visit program to increase the coverage of the P2M program and reduce morbidity due to non-communicable diseases, especially hypertension.

Antenatal care or pregnancy examination is a service provided to pregnant women by carrying out pregnancy examinations and supervision to optimize the mental and physical health of pregnant women so that they are able to face childbirth, postpartum, preparation for giving breast milk (ASI) and the return of normal reproductive health. In this COVID-19 pandemic situation, there are many restrictions on almost all routine services including maternal and neonatal health services. For example, pregnant women are reluctant to go to community health centers or other health service facilities because they are afraid of being infected. The aim of the research is to determine the influence of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Pregnant Women's Anc Visits at the Tanasitolo Community Health Center, Wajo Regency. The type of research used is a cross sectional study. The sample was 80 pregnant women who visited ANC at the Tanasitolo Community Health Center, Wajos Regency, where random sampling was used as a sampling technique. The results of the research show that based on the chi square statistical results, a p value = 0.000 < ? = 0.05 is obtained, which indicates that there is an influence of the Covid-19 pandemic on ANC visits of pregnant women at the Tanasitolo Community Health Center, Wajo Regency. The conclusion is that there is an influence of the Covid-19 pandemic on ANC visit of pregnant women at the Tanasitolo Community Health Center, Wajo Regency.    

Pemilihan jenis kontrasepsi pada wanita usia subur tergantung pada status kesehatan, efek samping potensial, konsekuensi kegagalan atau kehamilan yang tidak diinginkan (Darmawati, 2017). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisa hubungan pengetahuan dan sosial ekonomi dengan pemilihan metode kontrasepsi jangka panjang di Puskesmas Air Besar Desa Batu Merah Kecamatan Sirimau Kota Ambon. Desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Sampel dalam penelitian ini ditentukan dengan menggunakan metode accidental sampling dengan besar sampel 68 responden. Instrumen penelitian menggunakan kuesioner. Pengolahan data menggunakan uji chi square dengan tingkat kemaknaan 0,05 dan diperoleh hasil penelitian yaitu ada hubungan pengetahuan ibu dengan pemilihan metode kontrasepsi jangka panjang (p= 0,000) dan ada hubungan sosial ekonomi dengan pemilihan metode kontrasepsi jangka panjang (p= 0,000). Dari hasil tersebut dapat disarankan kepada petugas kesehatan untuk meningkatkan edukasi bagi calon maupun akseptor KB sehingga memperoleh informasi yang lebih menyeluruh tentang alat kontrasepsi khususnya Metode Kontrasepsi Jangka Panjang.

Leadership is an activity used to influence the behavior of other people so that they are willing to be directed to achieve certain goals, one of which is improving the performance of nursing services. Performance is an effort made from the results of work that can be achieved by a person or group of people in an organization in accordance with their respective authorities. This research method uses an analytical observational research design with a cross sectional study approach. The research population was all nurses at the Ridge Community Health Center, totaling 55 people with a sample size of 55 people, the sampling technique used total sampling technique. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire. The research results showed that the majority of respondents were women (72.7%) with a D3 education (76.4%) aged 21-30 years (40.0%) with a length of work of 1-10 years (52.7%). The results of statistical tests show that there is no relationship between authoritarian (p=0.185) and democratic (p=0.128) leadership styles on nurse performance. Meanwhile, there is a relationship between participative leadership style (p=0.000) and Laizes Faire (p=0.000) on nurse performance. Based on the research that has been carried out, it can be concluded that at the Ridge Community Health Center, the Participative Leadership Style (p=0.000) and Laizes Faire (p=0.000) are implemented, resulting in greater performance of good nurses compared to less good performance of nurses.    

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation that mothers breastfeed for a minimum of 6 months has not been achieved, this is because the psychological condition of mothers after giving birth often experiences disturbances, which will affect breast milk production. This problem can occur due to the transition period to becoming a parent, the anxiety felt during post partum can be one of the factors influencing breast milk production. The aim of this service is to This service activity is carried out with the aim of providing information about psychological adaptation in breastfeeding mothers and how to carry out this psychological adaptation to achieve optimization of the role as a mother at the Jongaya Community Health Center. The number of participants in this service activity was 15 people which was held on July 28 2023 at the Jongaya Community Health Center using the lecture and question and answer method as well as the sharing method. The results of this activity show changes in behavior in the form of successful adaptation, especially in psychological changes during breastfeeding.  

Quality of service not yet optimal because many basic health facilities do not meet the standards of service readiness and the absence of standard health service guidelines. Puskesmas, which are first-level health facilities, are at the forefront of efforts to reduce inequalities in health development in all regions. The purpose of this study was to describe the quality of health services for outpatients at the Lateri Public Health Center in Ambon City in 2020. This type of research is a quantitative study using a descriptive design with a sample of 137 respondents by using accidental sampling. The instruments used were questionnaires and writing instruments. The data analysis used was univariate analysis. Research resultIt is known that the tangibles variable (evidence / form) the respondent answered did not support more with it, the number of respondents was 69 people (50.4%). Reliability (Reliability), respondents answered more not according to amounting to 69 (50.4%). For the responsiveness variable (responsiveness), respondents answered responsiveness amounted to 83 people (60.6%), good Assurance (Assurance) amounted to 95 people (69.3%) while the empathy variable (empathy) who answered was 97 people (70.8 %).It is concluded that almost all of the dimensions of service quality found in this study are good.

Iron (Fe) tablets are mineral tablets that the body uses to make red blood cells and hemoglobin. For red blood cell production, Fe is the most significant element. Food is a natural source of iron. Nutritional anemia can develop in pregnant women if they don't get enough iron in their diet (blood deficiency). Pregnant women need iron (Fe) tablets, so they must consume at least 90 Fe tablets during pregnancy. The aim of the research was to determine the relationship between consumption of Fe tablets and the incidence of anemia at the Penrang Community Health Center, Wajo Regency. The type of research used was a cross sectional study. The samples were 72 pregnant women who underwent pregnancy checks at the Penrang Community Health Center, Wajo Regency, using a random sampling technique. The research results showed a relationship between consumption of Fe tablets and the incidence of anemia at the Penrang Health Center, Wajo Regency, where the p value = 0.000 < ? = 0.05. The conclusion is that there is a relationship between the consumption of Fe tablets and the incidence of anemia at the Penrang Community Health Center, Wajo Regency.

Hipertensi merupakan gangguan pada sistem sirkulasi.Seseorang dikatakan hipertensi apabila keadaan tekanan darah mengalami peningkatan diatas normal yaitu ? 140 mmHg untuk tekanan sistolik dan atau ? 90 mmHg untuk tekanan diastolik secara terus-menerus. Penatalaksanaan dalam mengatasi hipertensi terbagi menjadi dua, yaitu pengobatan farmakologis dan nonfarmakologis. Terapi non farmakologis yang relatif praktis dan efisien yaitu saalah satunya dengan cara pemberian aromaterapi bunga mawar. Tujuan penelitian yaitu mengetahui pengaruh pemberian aroma terapi bunga mawar terhadap tekanan darah pada pasien hipertensi di Puskesmas Kombos Kota Manado. Penelitian dilakukan bersifat eksperimental menggunakan desain penelitian one group pretest-postest design. Sampel diambil berdasarkan jumlah responden sebanyak 22 orang dengan menggunakan accidental sampling. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan cara melakukan observasi. Selanjutnya data yang terkumpul diolah dengan menggunakan bantuan komputer program SPSS versi 16.0 untuk dianalisa menggunakan uji wilcoxon sign test. Hasil penelitian diperoleh bahwa sebelum pemberian aroma terapi bunga mawar didapatkan rata-rata tekanan darah yaitu 151/90 mmHg. Setelah pemberian aroma terapi bunga mengalami penurunan rata-rata tekanan darah yaitu 136/81 mmHg. Data di uji dengan wilcoxon sign test. Dengan hasil nilai p value= 0,000 < ? = 0,05 dengan demikian H_0 ditolak dan H_aditerima.Artinya ada pengaruh pemberianaroma terapi bunga mawar terhadap tekanan darah pada pasien hipertensi di Puskesmas Kombos Kota Manado. Kesimpulan dalam penelitian ini terdapat pengaruh pemberian aroma terapi bunga mawar terhadap tekanan darah pada pasien hipertensi di Puskesmas Kombos Kota Manado. Saran agar penelitian ini dapat menjadi tambahan informasi kepada mahasiswa tentang pengaruh pemberian aroma terapi bunga mawar terhadap tekanan darah pasien hipertensi danjuga dapat dijadikan sebagai bahan bacaan maupun pembelajaran bagi mahasiswa.

The quality of health services shows the level of perfection of health services in creating a sense of satisfaction in patients.In this study, researchers used a purposive sampling type of research, namely sampling with special criteria, namely inclusion and exclusion criteria with a cross sectional approach, namely research that explores, analyzes and explains the relationship between the quality of health services and patient satisfaction at the Ridge Health Center. The data needed comes from filling out questionnaires by patients or families of patients seeking treatment at the Ridge Health Center.The sample in this study used 44 respondents who received treatment at the Ridge Health Center. And in this research, the instrument used was a questionnaire with a total of 40 questions.The results of this study show that there is a relationship between the quality of health services, reliability (0.038<0.05), assurance (0.000<0.05), tangibility (0.002<0.05), empathy (0.000<0.05), and responsiveness (0.000 <0.05) with patient satisfaction. The conclusion of this research is that there is a relationship between the quality of health services (reliability, assurance, tangibility, empathy and responsiveness) with patient satisfaction at the Ridge Community Health Center. The advice that researchers can give is that they can evaluate and improve management to improve the quality of service so that patient satisfaction is related to research results, namely the components of speed of administration, patient comfort as well as completeness of medical equipment and accuracy of information so that it is hoped that it can increase patient satisfaction.    

Based on data from the Indonesian Ministry of Health, the number of MMR in 2020 reached 4,627 people. This number increased by 10.25% compared to 2019 of 4,197 people. The number of infant deaths in 2019 was 26,000 cases and increased by almost 40% to 44,000 cases in 2020. The Bumiayu Health Center, one of the auspices of the Brebes Regency in Central Java, contributed 2 cases of AKI and 5 cases of IMR in 2020. by conducting comprehensive midwifery care with a continuity of care approach which is carried out starting from the mother during pregnancy to family planning. Researchers implemented comprehensive midwifery care for pregnant women, childbirth, newborns, postpartum, and family planning using Varney and SOAP documentation. The research method used is descriptive qualitative with a case study approach. Data collection uses interviews, observations, physical examinations, supporting examinations, documentation studies, and literature studies, as well as medical record documentation studies, the main informant is Mrs. W with 2 additional informants namely 1 coordinating midwife and 1 patient's family and 1 triangulation informant namely the head section of the brebes district health office. Based on the results of pregnancy, childbirth, newborns, postpartum, and family planning, there are problems in pregnancy, namely at 30+3 weeks of gestation with an Hb level of 10.4 g/dl in the category of mild anemia. There is no gap between theory and practice. From the results of the study, it can be concluded that comprehensive care for Mrs. W 25 years of gestation, psychological postpartum, physiological delivery, and physiological BBL. There is no gap between theory and practice.