A breastfeeding program with the slogan "Love Babies, Give ASI" has been launched by the government. However, the coverage of ASI has not reached the national target. 80%. One of the causes of the failure of exclusive breastfeeding is due to the problem of adequacy of breast milk. Neck massage is believed to help expel breast milk. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of neck massage on increasing the amount of postpartum breast milk from the first day to the third day. This type of research is quantitative with the static group comparison research design. The sampling technique used is Systematic Propionate Random Sampling. The sample in this study was 52 and the sample per group was 26 respondents. The population members affected by the sample in PMB A are patients whose number is multiple of 2, and PMB B is multiple of 2. The results of the study of the effect of neck massage on increasing the amount of postpartum breast milk on the first to third day from the analysis of comparative data of the experimental group and the comparison group obtained p -value 0.000, meaning that neck massage is more effective than pectoralis major muscle massage in increasing breast milk production in postpartum mothers on the first to third day. Therefore, health workers, especially physiotherapists, make neck massage in breast care for postpartum mothers with complaints of breast milk not coming out and teach mothers and families how to massage the neck properly and correctly.
BACKGROUND: Pregnancy period is a crucial period for the maternal and infant health. Unfortunately, there are still many pregnant women having low knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP). Meanwhile, the advanced technology and the occurrence of pandemic should have created change toward the method to provide education. AIM: This research aims to compare the KAP of the pregnant women provided by an application with those provided with a module with pictures. METHODS: This research was conducted in Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatera Province. There were two groups of pregnant women, each of which consists of 32 people chosen from the pregnant women registered in two Public Health Centers. One group used the application and the other used the module with pictures. After 3 months, the KAP of those two groups was measured in accordance with the content of the module. RESULTS: Those two groups had the profile of the same age and education, but their occupation was different, where the application users were mostly housewives, while the most of the module users were self-employed. The pregnant women using the application had a higher KAP than the pregnant women using the module with pictures. CONCLUSION: The use of the application and the module with pictures is an important alternative to increase the KAP of the pregnant women.
Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) adalah penyakit yang sedang mewabah hampir diseluruh penjuru dunia pada saat ini. Kebijakan program nasional dalam masa nifas dan menyusui merupakan suatu hal yang sangat penting dalam kesejahteraan ibu nifas dan bayinya seperti menilai kesehatan ibu dan bayi, melakukan pencegahan terhadap kemungkinan masalah kesehatan, mendeteksi adanya komplikasi penyakit terhadap ibu nifas dan bayinya, beberapa komponen essensial dalam asuhan kebidanan pada ibu selama masa nifas. Dampak negatif mungkin lebih besar di antara ibu nifas yang mengalami peningkatan stres karena mengkhawatirkan bayi mereka. Konseling menggunakan modul bertujuan dapat menjadi edukasi pada ibu nifas terkait kecemasannya terhadap pandemi covid-19 melalui metode konseling. Kegiatan dilaksanakan UPT Puskesmas Kecamatan Sumbul Pegagan Kabupaten Dairi Provinsi Sumatera Utara. Pada studi awal dilakukan sebelum kegiatan ditemukannya masih banyak ibu nifas mengalami kecemasan. Kecemasan yang di tunjukkan oleh ibu nifas yang diwawancarai, membutuhkan suatu cara yakni memberikan pendidikan kesehatan melalui konseling dengan media modul yang bertujuan untuk peningkatan pemahaman upaya pencegahan Covid-19 pada ibu nifas dan menyusui sehingga mengurangi kecemasan ibu nifas selama pandemi COVID-19. Dari kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini didapati adanya peningkatan pengetahuan dan pemahaman ibu nifas dalam upaya pencegahan dan penurunan kecemasan karena COVID-19. Selanjutnya perlu adanya pemantauan lebih lanjut atas perubahan perilaku setelah dilakukan konseling ini.
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