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Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health
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Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health (JMCRH) is the official journal of Maternity Nurses Association (Ikatan Perawat Maternitas) in West Java, Indonesia. JMCRH is interested in publishing research papers, literature review, evidence-based practice, case study, quality improvement, and theory on a variety of topics from Indonesia and international authors. Journal content covers the all care in relation to pregnancy, giving birth, postpartum period, newborn, reproductive health, and women’s health. JMCRH is published three times a year in April, August, and December.
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IMPROVING POST-PARTUM HEALTH USING HERBAL SOURCES Ida Maryati; Anita Setyawati
Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health Vol 2, No 2 (2019): Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (634.204 KB) | DOI: 10.36780/jmcrh.v2i2.52

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The postpartum period is a time after the placenta is born until 40 days later, during this period there is a process of returning the physical condition of the mother after conceiving and giving birth. In the process of returning this physical condition requires more attention because there is a possibility of upcoming problems such as bleeding, infection, breastfeeding disorders, vascular disorders, and psychological. There have been several efforts made to support the improvement of postpartum maternal health, both using professional care and through traditional treatments such as the use of herbs. The purpose of this study was to identify the benefits of herbal medicines and their effectiveness in improving mothers’ health in the puerperium. This study used a literature review approach through search in the Google Scholar, EBSCO, and Proquest databases with keywords: herbal, post-partum, and health promotion. In this study, 12 journals were obtained regarding the use of herbs used by women in the puerperium period to improve their health. Herbs used to improve maternal health include: purple sweet potato leaves, katuk leaves, turmeric, lempuyang, tamarind, green bean extract, black meeting, aloe vera, kalendula flowers, binahong leaves, rosella flowers, bitter orange, and lavender. The use of this herb serves to help repair reproductive organs to recover as before pregnancy.Keywords: Herbal, health promotion, postpartum.
LEVELS OF DEPRESSION AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS WITH EARLY MARRIAGE Lia Yuliana Rachman; Efri Widianti; Anita Setyawati
Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health Vol 2, No 3 (2019): Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health
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Early marriage encourages various problems for young women. The problems would be affecting their psychological conditions including depression. This study aimed to describe the depression in adolescent girls with early marriage in Babakan Ciparay District, Bandung City. This study was conducted using the descriptive explorative method, with a cross-sectional approach. Samples were selected using the total sampling technique, in which 76 young women aged 16-19 years involved in this study. This study used an instrument from the Indonesian version of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) questionnaire with validity values at 0.361-0.773 and the value of Cronbach's alpha is 0.898, and several additional questions related to the problems experienced by girls who married early. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis techniques for quantitative data and content analysis for interview data. This study was held in the range of April - May 2019. The results showed that 68.4% of respondents were at a minimum level of depression or did not experience depression, 11.8% had mild depression, 10.5% had moderate depression and 9.2% had severe depression. It can be concluded that the young women did not experience depression, because most respondents married with own desires, lived separately from their parents-in-law and did not experience domestic violence. However, there were still some respondents who are depressed or have the potential to experience depression due to economic problem, problems with in-laws, problems with their husbands and problems related to family relationships. Therefore, there is a need for education about stress management and counseling program to improve the mental health of girls who married early.Keywords: adolescent girl, depression, early marriage
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TYPE OF LABOUR AND BREASTFEEDING ATTACHMENT (LATCH-ON) AND BREAST ENGORGEMENT INCIDENCE IN POSTPARTUM MOTHERS Minta Rasi Marito; Tuti Asrianti Utami; Wilhelmus Susilo
Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health Vol 2, No 2 (2019): Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health
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Breast engorgement is one of the common problems that occur in the postpartum period. Inappropriate latch on would cause several problems including, baby's sucking uneffective, cracking nipple, breastmilk production is not maximal, and finally, the breast becomes engorgement. This study aimed to determine the relationship between the type of labor and breastfeeding latch-on and the breast engorgement incidence in the postpartum period. An observational study, the descriptive quantitative study, and cross-sectional approaches were applied, the study has been done from April to July 2018. Purposive sampling technique was used to select one hundred and two postpartum participants. The questioner, latch assessment tool, and assessment tool for observation were used in this study. The data were analyzed using chi-square, Kendall's tau b, and Kendall's tau c. The type of the delivery (p-value :0,001), and Breastfeeding attachment (p-value:0,001) had relationship with breast engorgement incidence in postpartum period. This study also showed that age (p-value:0,331), educational level ( p-value:0,532), and parity (p-valuee:0,056) were no relationship with breast engorgement incidence. It is expected from this study to increase the knowledge and independence of postpartum women about latch on to prevent breast engorgement. The future research would be able to study about mother's knowledge and motivation, family and health professional's support, postpartum stress, and early breastfeeding initiation in the surgery room.Keywords: Breast engorgement, latch on, types of delivery.
MOTHER’S FEEDING PRACTICE IN PROVIDING NUTRITIOUS FOOD FOR CHILDREN Sri Hendrawati; Wiwi Mardiah; Rizky Maudina
Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health Vol 2, No 2 (2019): Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health
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Improper feeding practice in children is one of the causes of nutritional problems in developing countries. This case causes 1.5 million children to die. Feeding practice is a behavior to control the types and the amount of food for children.  This study aimed to identify the mother feeding practice to children in the provision of nutrition in a PAUD at Jatinangor sub-district. This study used a descriptive quantitative approach. The population in this study were mothers who had children aged 3-6 years, respondents were chosen using total sampling technique. There were 55 respondents in this study. Data collection used a CFPQ questionnaire (Comprehensive Feeding Practice Questionnaire) to identify the mother's feeding practice. Data were analyzed using the 75 percentile value of the total score of the questionnaire. Data is presented using frequency distribution. The result showed that 39 (70.9%) mothers had poor feeding practice and 16 (29.1%) mother had good feeding practice. These results illustrate that mother feeding practice is still not appropriate in fulfilling nutrition for children. Nurses as a health worker are expected to improve mothers’ knowledge regarding how to apply good and balanced food that appropriate with children's need.Keywords: Children, feeding practice, nutritional status of children.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LAVENDER AROMATHERAPY IN REDUCING THE LEVEL OF DYSMENORRHEA IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS Rahayu Savitri; Ovi Hardyanti
Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health Vol 2, No 3 (2019): Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (27.035 KB) | DOI: 10.36780/jmcrh.v2i3.95

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Dysmenorrhoea is pain during menstruation accompanied by cramps in the lower abdomen that spreads to the back and thighs, the pain usually occurs on the first or second day of menstruation and reaches its peak in the first 24 hours. Lavender Aromatherapy is one of the nonpharmacological therapies to decrease the intensity of dysmenorrhea. The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of lavender aromatherapy in reducing dysmenorrhea in adolescent girls. This research is a quantitative study using a pre-experimental method with One Group Pretest Posttest approach. The purposive sampling technique used in this study, the sample was 34 respondents. Data collection tools used a pain measurement scale and the observation sheet. The data were analyzed using the dependent T-Test with α = 0.05. The results of this research obtained the dysmenorrhea scale before aromatherapy was moderate pain (76.5%) after aroma-therapy reduced become mild pain (55.9%). The T-test found p-value 0.000 < α (0.05). There is an influence of aromatherapy in reducing in the teenagers (girls) Conclusion: There is the influence of aromatherapy in reducing pain scale in the teenagers (girls). Young women can lavender aromatherapy as alternative non-pharmacological therapies to solve dysmenorrhea and advice have active roles in managing their dysmenorrhea.Keywords: Effectiveness, dysmenorrhea, lavender aromatherapy, teenage girls.
A LITERATURE REVIEW: URBAN TEENAGERS' READINESS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE TOWARD THE MENARCHE Anita Setyawati; Restuning Widiasih; Ermiati E; Ida Maryati
Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health Vol 2, No 2 (2019): Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health
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Menarche is the first experience of menstruation would cause anxiety among teenagers, fear, discomfort, and affect the quality of life of teenage. This condition was caused by the taboo assumption to discuss menstruation with family and their environment. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify urban teenagers' readiness toward menarche. This study was conducted with the process of searching, collecting and analyzing articles. The search sources used were Cinahl, Scopus, Cochrane, Pubmed, and Cengage databases. The keywords used were menarche, readiness, and urban teenagers. The inclusion criteria used were 2013 - 2018 research articles, full text, and English articles. The exclusion criteria used was non-urban teenagers. According to the keyword was found 124 articles. After being selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 7 articles were analyzed. The result showed urban teenagers' readiness consisted of internal and external readiness. Internal readiness consists of age and knowledge. Internal readiness can affect self-acceptance, maturity of mind, and views on the stages of growth and development that are being faced. External readiness consists of social support. Social support for urban teenagers is useful to get information and attention when menarche. External readiness for urban teenagers was already good but lack of internal readiness. Therefore, counseling and health education related to menarche was needed starting from elementary school.Keywords: Menarche, readiness, urban teenager.
THE EFFECT OF HATHA YOGA ON DYSMENORRHOEA PAIN IN ADOLESCENT PRINCIPLE Ummi Sa&#039;adah; Kholisotin K; Zainal Munir; Handono FR; Abdul Hamid Wahid
Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health Vol 2, No 2 (2019): Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health
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Dysmenorrhea is pain during menstruation caused by muscle contraction and imbalance of the hormone progesterone in the blood. One of the non-pharmacological treatments is Hatha yoga therapy, which is a type of relaxation technique that can reduce pain intensity by relaxing skeletal muscles. This study was purposed to determine the effect of Hatha Yoga Therapy on Dysmenorrhoea Pain in Adolescents at Darul Falah Islamic Boarding School. The design of this study was the "Quasy experiment" study using "group non-equivalent controls" which were divided into experimental groups and control groups. The study was conducted at Darul Falah Islamic Boarding School, the number of 76 adolescents was taken using a simple random sampling technique. The measuring instrument used is the observation sheet. Hatha yoga intervention is carried out for 1 month with a frequency of 2 times for 40 minutes. The analysis used univariate and bivariate analysis using Mann Whitney and Wilcoxon. This study found a decrease in the intensity of dysmenorrhea pain in the experimental group after being given hatha yoga (p-value 0,000 <α 0,05) whereas in the control group P-value = 0,102 (p> 0,05). The conclusion is that there is the influence of Hatha Yoga on the pain of dysmenorrhea in young women.Keywords: Dysmenorrhea, hatha yoga.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEIGHT GAIN IN PREGNANCY AND PREECLAMPSIA Hemi Fitriani; Tria Firza Kumala; Nia Rosmiati
Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health Vol 2, No 3 (2019): Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health
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Preeclampsia is the second leading cause of maternal death in Indonesia. several risk factors include primigravida, primiparity, hyperplacentosis, family history of preeclampsia/eclampsia, kidney disease, and weight gain. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship of weight gain during pregnancy with the incidence of preeclampsia in the puerperium of Cimahi City Hospital. This study was conducted using a cross-sectional design. The total sample included 72 pregnant women who selected using purposive sampling techniques. Data collection techniques using observation and interviews. The instruments used were observation sheets and interview sheets. The study was conducted from May to June 2019. Data were analyzed using frequency distribution for univariate analysis and chi-square test for bivariate analysis. This study was approved by the research ethics committee of Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Jenderal Achmad Yani More than one-third of participants had weight gain more than normal  38.9 % of respondents. There was a significant relationship between weight gain during pregnancy and the incidence of preeclampsia with p-value = 0.033 p-value <α (α = 0.05). The risk of preeclampsia is faced by women who less or more weight gain during pregnancy. It is expected that health workers, especially maternity nurses, would prevent the incidence of preeclampsia by conducting health education and motivation about maintaining weight during pregnancy.Keywords: Weight Gain, Body Mass Index (BMI), Pregnancy, Preeclampsia
THE SOCIO-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT, PARENTAL PERCEPTION, ADOLESCENT KNOWLEDGE, AND ATTITUDE TOWARD EARLY-AGE MARRIAGE DECISION Nona Intan Permatasari Wadjaudje; Nisaul Habibah; Laili Rahayuwati; Tetti Solehati
Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health Vol 2, No 3 (2019): Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health
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 The relatively high number of early-age marriages in Indonesia, committed by 60.000 couples under 18 in West Java, even rises from 53 to 117 in 2015. The socio-cultural environment and parents are the most influential factor in early-age marriages, particularly in villages. However, limited studies determine the social influence on young women decision including deciding early marriage. The research objectives were to identify the socio-cultural environment and parental perception toward early marriage decision, and describing how adolescent knowledge and attitude toward early-age marriages. The research design is cross sectional study. The sample is taken using proportionate cluster random sampling, consisting of 144 parents, and 250 adolescents. The result shows that the socio-cultural environment (47.2%), and parental perception (62.4%), low level of knowledge (44%) and positive attitude (52.4%) to postpone early-age marriage. It can be concluded that the strength of cultural value plays a vital role in the population's health decision. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a program between the government and the healthcare community to overcome early-age marriage issues.Keywords: Adolescent knowledge, attitude, parental perception.
MANAGEMENT DISASTER IN MATERNITY AREAS Ai Rahmawati; Bhekti Imansari; Devita Madiuw; Ida Nurhidayah; Pipih Napisah; Yanti Hermayanti
Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health Vol 2, No 2 (2019): Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health
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Indonesia is one of the countries in the world that is often affected by natural disasters. The disaster has broad-impact such as infrastructure damage, loss of material, and impacts on residents who live in the disaster area including pregnant women, postpartum women, and newborns. The impact that often occurs is stress in pregnant women and postpartum. Also, babies born also may have low birth weight and premature. The purpose of this literature study was to review disaster management in the maternity area in various countries. The electronic database included EBSCO hosts, PubMed and google scholar. Keyword for searching articles was "management disaster", " disaster preparedness " and "maternity area". A total of 859 articles were found and only 15 articles were chosen for analysis. Based on the literature analysis, it was found that there was a need to prepare for a disaster situation, especially women and infants in the maternal period (antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum and neonatal care) in Indonesia. Disaster management divide into three periods, first, before a disaster the government should provide a referral hospital to accommodate maternal patients and teams to deal with maternal problems. When the disaster occurred, identification of disaster victims using the triage OB TRAIN. After a disaster, maternal patients may experience stress and depression. Prenatal depression intervention includes interpersonal therapy, music therapy, and maternal relaxation. Preventing postpartum depression in postpartum mothers is done by breastfeeding their child. There is a need for a design disaster management for maternal patients in Indonesia that consist of three periods: pre-disaster, during disasters, post-disaster.Keywords: Management disaster, disaster preparedness, maternity areas

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