Peningkatan Pengetahuan Ibu Hamil tentang IMD dan ASI Eksklusif di Puskesmas Beru-Beru, Kab. Mamuju

Angka Kematian Bayi (AKB) merupakan salah satu indikator penting dalam menentukan tingkat kesehatan masyarakat. Salah satu upaya untuk menekan angka kematian bayi adalah dengan Inisiasi Menyusu Dini (IMD) dan dilanjutkan dengan pemberian ASI secara eksklusif sampai bayi berusia 6 bulan. Persentase bayi baru lahir yang dilakukan IMD di Provinsi Sulawesi Barat masih rendah 57,03%, di bawah rata-rata nasional yaitu 64,55%, sedangkan untuk persentase pemberian ASI eksklusif pada bayi usia kurang dari 6 bulan sebesar 27,8%, terendah ketiga setelah Provinsi Papua dan Papua Barat. Diantara wilayah Kabupaten Mamuju, Kecamatan Kalukku masuk ke dalam 3 kecamatan dengan cakupan ASI yang masih rendah. Berdasarkan masalah tersebut disusun suatu kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat sebagai upaya meningkatkan cakupan pemberian ASI eksklusif khususnya di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Beru-Beru Kecamatan Kalukku melalui kegiatan peningkatan pengetahuan kepada ibu hamil tentang Inisiasi Menyusui Dini (IMD) dan ASI eksklusif di lokasi tersebut. Metode pelaksanaan kegiatan pengabdian pada masyarakat ini dilakukan dengan melakukan penyuluhan kesehatan, pemberian booklet dan pendampingan kader untuk memastikan pelaksanaan IMD dan pemberian ASI eksklusif berjalan dengan baik. Hasil dari kegiatan ini menghasilkan adanya peningkatan pengetahuan ibu hamil tentang IMD dan ASI eksklusif dan meningkatnya persentase cakupan pemberian IMD pada bayi baru lahir

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDWIFERY STUDENTS IN STIKES MEDIKA CIKARANG, INDONESIA

Background: Educational success can be evaluated or viewed from students’ academic achievement. Academic achievement is influenced by several factors, such as intelligence and emotional intelligence. Intelligence only contributes roughly 20% of the success, while emotional intelligence may influence the other 80%. Emotional intelligence comprised of 5 indicators including self-awareness, self-control, self-motivation, empathy, and social skill.Low emotional intelligence leads to undesirable student academic achievement. Aims: This study aimed to determine the relation between emotional intelligence and academic achievement among DIII Midwifery Programme’s student at third grade in College of Health Science Medika Cikarang 2014. Methods: This research is a quantitative analytical research with cross sectional approach. A total of 83 students from DIII Midwifery Programme at third grade were selected randomly and be involved as participants. A questionnaire covered students’ Grade Point Average (GPA) and their emotional intelligence scale was employed. The data was then analysed by statistical Chi-Square test. Results: The result of the study indicates that there is a significant relation between emotional intelligence and academic achievement. Students who have high emotional intelligence tend to obtain higher academic achievement then students who have low emotional intelligence. Conclusion: The findings of the study is carrying an expectation to an improvement in academic programme planning, materials or other activities to be designed as the consideration to emotional intelligence development in order to optimize academic achievement’s students. &nbsp

THE DURATION OF PERINEAL WOUND HEALING BETWEEN BASTE AND INTERRUPTED SUTURE AMONG POSTPARTUM MOTHERS IN BANTUL, YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA

Background: Suture is a most used technique to heal perineal wound after delivery baby. Midwives often offer baste and disconnected suture for the healing process. Aims: This study aimed to determine the duration of perineum wounds healing between the two suture techniques, baste and disconnected suture. Methods: The study employed a quasi-experimental methods with a longitudinal approach. A total of 24 postpartum mothers who suffered perineum wounds degree II, no smoking, 20-35 years old, no obese, no DM, and no infections, was taken using random sampling. Seven validated parameters in assessing the perineum wound healing process were asked by the researchers during the observation including the status of the stiche, openess, festering, swollen, redness in the skin around the stiches, pain, and smell. The data was then analyzed by independent T-test. Results: The results showed that the average length of the perineum wound healing in a private midwife clinic BPM Umu Hani by baste suturing technique was 7.42 days, and it was significantly shorter (p value = 0.003) than the healing by interrupted suturing technique (9.33 days). Conclusion: Disconnected suturing technique can be a preference for perineal wound healing after delivery baby. However, the midwifery should pay attention to the needs of the postpartum mothers before propose the technique