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Breast milk (ASI) is the best primary food for babies. Optimizing the provision of ASI is crucial in child care and in preparing the next generation. The proportion of exclusive breastfeeding is higher among mothers with good knowledge compared to those with limited knowledge. The high proportion of mothers who do not provide exclusive breastfeeding is caused by a lack of awareness of its importance, which leads to low motivation to provide exclusive breastfeeding. This study aims to determine the effect of health education using animated videos on improving the knowledge and motivation of third-trimester pregnant women to provide exclusive breastfeeding at Rumah Sehat Bunda Athahira. This study used a quantitative approach with a post-test design. The sample consisted of 15 third-trimester pregnant women selected using incidental sampling techniques. The results showed that health education using animated videos was effective in improving the knowledge and motivation of third-trimester pregnant women in providing exclusive breastfeeding. The t-test results indicated a significance value of 0.006 (p<0.05), which indicates that animated videos can improve the knowledge and motivation of pregnant women to provide exclusive breastfeeding. The use of video media was proven to be more effective in conveying information and helping respondents retain the material provided.

According to the WHO (World Health Organization), housing is a physical structure where people use it for shelter where the environment of the structure is included as well as all facilities and services that are in the hospital, equipment that is useful for physical and spiritual health and good social conditions for families and individuals. A healthy house is one of the health facilities to achieve an optimal degree of health (World Health Organization). To find out the level of knowledge and behavior of the community towards healthy houses in the Land of Tamala, Leihitu District, Central Maluku Regency. The type of research used is descriptive research to obtain an overview of the level of knowledge, attitudes and actions of the community towards healthy houses in the country of Malala, Leihitu District, Central Maluku district.  The results of this study show that the knowledge of the people of Mamala has a level of knowledge in the Good Category of 83%, Sufficient as 15%, Lacking as much as 2%, The attitude of the people of Mamala has a good attitude as much as 100%, the actions of the people of Mamala have good actions as much as 53%, Sufficient as much as 47%. Based on the results of the research that has been carried out in Mamala Country, Leihitu District, Central Maluku Regency, it can be concluded that the public's knowledge about healthy houses is in the good category with a presentation of 83%, the attitude of the respondents is in the good category with a percentage of 100%, and the action is in the good category with a percentage of 53%.

Pandemi Covid-19 yang memasuki tahun ke-2 sejak maret 2020 masih menjadi perhatian dan kekhawatiran di tengah masyarakat Indonesia. Berbagai upaya telah dilakukan oleh Pemerintah diantaranya yaitu kampanye memakai masker, cuci tangan dengan sabun, menjaga jarak, melakukan penyemprotan disenfektan serta kebijakan PPKM (Perlakuan Pembatasan Kegiatan Masyarakat) yang telah dijalankan mulai Juli sampai dengan Agustus 2021 agar penyebaran Covid-19 bisa dikendalikan. Banyaknya masyarakat yang terinfeksi Covid-19 sampai saat ini mendorong tim pengabdian FT UNTAG Semarang untuk ikut serta dalam solidaritas sosial dengan melakukan pengabdian. Pengabdian masyarakat mengambil tema sosialisasi konsep rumah sehat untuk meminimalisir penyebaran Covid-19. Tema ini diambil untuk mengurangi tempat yang menimbulkan klaster Covid-19 yang paling tinggi yaitu klaster keluarga. Dengan tempat tinggal yang sehat dan bersih maka dapat menekan laju peningkatan penyebaran Covid-19 di lingkungan keluarga. Melalui kegiatan sosialisasi ini diharapkan dapat memberikan pengetahuan dan arahan kepada masyarakat tentang pentingnya konsep rumah dan lingkungan yang sehat agar terhidar dari berbagai macam penyakit terutama Covid-19.