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Description of postpartum mothers' knowledge about bathing newborns aged 0-7 days at the Bertha Mabar Hilir Primary Clinic, Medan Deli District in 2024 Arisandi, Ermawaty; Marbun, Indri; Br. Sitepu, Aprilita; S, R. Oktaviance
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.v12i4.1683

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Bathing a baby is a way to clean the body, maintain the cleanliness of the umbilicus, and the neonate is given a sense of comfort. The impact of improper bathing can result in misery such as accidents (falling and drowning), water entering the ears and nose, and the baby experiencing cold stress, because the mother cannot bathe her baby and can cause hypothermia. To determine the description of the knowledge of postpartum mothers about bathing newborns aged 0-7 days. This study is a descriptive study. The research sample consisted of 30 primiparous and multiparous postpartum mothers. This study used primary data obtained based on the results of a questionnaire with the Accidental Sampling Technique. From the results of the study, it was found that postpartum mothers had a low level of knowledge in bathing newborns aged 0-7 days as many as 18 people (60%), and a minority had sufficient knowledge of 12 people (40%). The level of knowledge of postpartum mothers about bathing newborns at the Bertha Mabar Hilir Pratama Clinic, Medan Deli District is Low. Suggestion: Postpartum mothers should also continue to seek information from social media or health workers about the proper and correct way to bathe a newborn baby.
Overview of knowledge, attitude, gravida and education of pregnant women who suffer from emesis gravidarum by drinking ginger at Romauli Clinic 2025 S, R. Oktaviance; Siboro, Peronika Putri; Ambarita, Bernadetta; Siallagan, Ermawaty Arisandi
Science Midwifery Vol 13 No 4 (2025): October: Health Sciences and related fields
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35335/midwifery.v13i4.2027

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In early pregnancy, nausea occurs because the hormones estrogen and progesterone increase so that there is also an increase in HCG in the blood. Research Objective: To find out how the knowledge, attitude, gravity and education of pregnant women by drinking Ginger. Research Method: This research is descriptive. The sampling technique is accidental sampling with a total of 30 respondents. Research Results: The results show that 10 pregnant women (33.3%) have good knowledge, 15 pregnant women (50%) are in the good category of knowledge, and 5 pregnant women (16.7%) were in the poor category. In the attitude, the attitude of pregnant women who are positive is 20 people (66.7%) and negative attitudes are 10 people (33.3%). In the Gravida, pregnant women in the primiGravida category are 19 people (63.3%) and the multiGravida category are 11 people (36.7%). In the education of pregnant women, 21 people (70%) are in the high school category and 9 people (30%) in the higher education category. Conclusion: Based on the results of the study, it shows that pregnant women have sufficient knowledge in overcoming Emesis Gravidarum by consuming Ginger, the majority of pregnant women's attitudes are positive, the majority of pregnant women's Gravida is primiGravida and the majority of pregnant women's education is high school. It is expected that health workers will continue to increase education about Ginger so that Emesis Gravidarum can be reduced.