Maternal and child health problems cannot be separated from cultural factors in the society. One example of culture related to maternal and child health is the marapi tradition carried out by the puerperal mother in Manunggang Jae Village, Padangsidimpuan City. Marapi tradition is a tradition of fumigating or heating a mother who has just given birth and her baby for 40 days. This study aims to explore more information about the practice of postpartum maternal care in Manunggang Jae Village, Padangsidimpuan City. This research is a qualitative research with phenomenology design. Data collection was conducted through in-depth interviews with 8 postpartum mothers, traditional leaders and health workers in October 2018 untill August 2019 in Manunggang Jae Village, Padangsidimpuan City. The results showed that postpartum maternal care was based on hereditary traditions, the types of care were fumigation of the mother and baby during puerperium and standing on a fireplace (manjonjongi api). The community believes this practice makes mothers recover faster and babies are stronger but in terms of health this tradition has a negative impact on the health of postpartum mothers and newborns.
Integrity Pact is a form of a statement to oneself by a government employee regarding the commitment to carry out all duties, functions, responsibilities, authority, and roles under statutory regulations, and the ability not to conduct KKN. The problem is how the efforts of Percut Sei Tuan Subdistrict Government to implement the Integrity Pact, what are the inhibiting factors to carry out the Integrity Pact. To obtain the data, it conducted by using observations and in-depth interviews with respondents. To carry out these activities the researchers went to the respondents who were related to the implementation of the integrity pact. According to the study, the implementation of the integrity pact in the PercutSei Tuan Subdistrict Office was done by growing and developing the State Civil apparatuses' awareness of its position as a state servant and public servant guided by the integrity pact and understood the points contained therein. In this way, in the self of State Civil Apparatuses' grows ashamed when being late entering the office and quickly leaving the office, feeling ashamed to receive money or goods from the services provided to the community. With such a State Civil Apparatuses' attitude, it facilitates the supervisory task of the leadership to its subordinates. The inhibiting factor in carrying out the integrity pact is, there is still a negative perception of some people about the State Civil Apparatuses' services that must be accompanied by giving an amount of money if the business wants to be finished quickly. On the other hand, there is still a citizen who does not comply with population data, including the problem of domicile conditions.
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