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Empowering mothers in fulfilling preconception nutrition: Stunting prevention strategy Pasaribu, Rina Doriana; Surbakti, Elisabeth; Saragih, Hanna Sriyanti
Science Midwifery Vol 12 No 4 (2024): October: Health Sciences and related fields
Publisher : Institute of Computer Science (IOCS)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35335/midwifery.v12i4.1653

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Preventing stunting from an early age is one of the Ministry of Health's strategies for tackling stunting in Indonesia. This community service aims to empower partners as agents of Change who collaborate with the community service team to empower mothers with teenage children through nutritional education to ensure preconception nutrition. This empowerment method in community service is the implementation of participatory action research. Empowerment targets are cognitively and economically empowered to fulfill preconception nutrition. Community service will occur in Pantai Labu Village, Pantai Labu District, Deliserdang Regency. A pre and post-assessment was carried out on the empowerment targets to evaluate the impact of this empowerment. Data collection methods were carried out using questionnaires, observations, and interviews. Data analysis using the Paired T-test if the data is usually distributed, and if the data is not normally distributed, the Wilcoxon test is used. The results showed an increase in knowledge and attitudes. Knowledge and attitudes of Preconception Nutrition Change Agent Training Participants (p-value < 0.05). Change Agents were committed to health promotion in Pantai Labu Village. Moreover, there was an increase in mothers' knowledge and attitudes about preconception nutrition (p-value < 0.05).
The influence of community empowerment based on theory of planned behavior towards the knowledge and attitude of mothers with tuberculosis Sianturi, Efendi; Pasaribu, Rina Doriana; Pardosi, Maida; Alfrianne, Alfrianne; Surbakti, Elisabeth
Science Midwifery Vol 12 No 4 (2024): October: Health Sciences and related fields
Publisher : Institute of Computer Science (IOCS)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35335/midwifery.v12i4.1654

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Healing Tuberculosis takes quite a long time. Therefore, the role of family and community in caring for sufferers is significant. The research aims to empower the community through a behavioral belief factor approach, namely behavioral control in the Theory of Planned Behavior model, to increase the self-efficacy of the target, namely mothers suffering from Tuberculosis, through increasing the knowledge and attitudes of mothers suffering from Tuberculosis. This research is quasi-experimental. This research was conducted in Pantai Labu Village, Deli Serdang Regency. This research experiment: Health promotion of Tuberculosis by Tuberculosis Ambassadors. Tuberculosis Ambassadors are mothers who have recovered from Tuberculosis and are trained to become agents of Change. The measuring instrument is a questionnaire. Sample Category: Mothers Suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis (n=50). Data analysis using the Paired T-test if the data is usually distributed and if the data is not normally distributed, the Wilcoxon test is used. The results show commitment from health cadres as Pulmonary Tuberculosis Ambassadors in Pantai Labu Village. There was an increase in the knowledge and attitudes of mothers with pulmonary Tuberculosis regarding pulmonary Tuberculosis (p-value < 0.05). Tuberculosis Ambassadors are effective as providers of health promotion.