Baby Massage And Baby Gym Online Class To Optimize The Role Of Parents To Improve Baby’s Health During The Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Baby massage can be done by parents. Many parents are still afraid and rarely carry out baby massage and or baby gym with their abilities, so they prefer to use the services of a baby massage practitioner and or baby gym. With this baby massage and baby gym therapy, the body's immune resistance can increase, as well as the development of intelligence to support optimal growth and development. The purpose of this community service is to optimize the role of parents to improve children's health during the COVID-19 pandemic. The community service implementer coordinates with the Village Midwife in the Meraurak Health Center Work Area, Tuban. Parents who were willing to take online classes collect cellphone numbers to the Village Midwife, then a WhatsApp online class group has been created by implementing community service activities. Online classes were held in WhatsApp online classes 2 times. The evaluation of the results was carried out by giving a google link for the pretest and posttest question forms, to measure the results of the transfer of knowledge through the online WhatsApp class. The evaluation of the results was then carried out in limited meetings by visiting each village at the village hall in the Meraurak sub-district. One day 2 villages by bringing representatives of 3 parents of babies/toddlers to practice baby massage and baby gym. After conducting health education about baby massage and baby gym, there was an increase in good knowledge of 23.6%. Increasing knowledge and empowering parents to be skilled in doing baby massage and the baby gym itself is expected to be one way to optimize the growth and development of children, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.Keywords: Online class, baby massage, baby gym
 AbstrakBaby massage sebenarnya dapat dilakukan oleh orang tua. Banyak orang tua yang masih takut dan jarang melaksanakan baby massage dan atau baby gym dengan kemampuan sendiri, sehingga lebih memilih menggunakan jasa praktisi baby massage dan atau baby gym. Dengan terapi baby massage dan baby gym ini daya tahan imunitas tubuh dapat meningkat, begitupula dengan perkembangan kecerdasan untuk mendukung tumbuh kembang yang optimal. Tujuan pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah untuk mengoptimalkan peran orang tua untuk meningkatkan kesehatan anak selama masa pandemi covid-19. Pelaksana pengabdian masyarakat melakukan Koordinasi dengan Bidan Desa di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Meraurak, Tuban. Orang tua yang berkenan untuk mengikuti kelas online mengumpulkan nomor hp ke Bidan Desa, kemudian telah dibuatkan grup kelas online WhatsApp oleh pelaksanan kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat. Kelas online dilaksanakan di kelas online whatsapp 2 kali. Evaluasi hasil dilakukan pemberian link google form pertanyaan pretest dan posttest, untuk mengukur hasil transfer of knowledge melalui kelas online whatsapp. Evaluasi hasil selanjutnya dilakukan pertemuan terbatas dengan mendatangi per-desa bertempat di balai desa di wilayah kecamatan meraurak. Satu hari 2 desa dengan mendatangkan perwakilan 3 orang tua bayi/balita untuk mempraktekkan baby massege dan baby gym. Setelah dilakukan edukasi kesehatan tentang baby massage dan baby gym, terdapat peningkatan pengetahuan baik sebesar 23,6%. Peningkatan pengetahuan dan pemberdaayaan orang tua untuk terampil dalam melakukan baby massage dan baby gym sendiri diharapkan dapat menjadi salah satu cara untuk mengoptimalkan pertumbuhan dan perkembangan anak khususnya di masa pandemi covid-19.Kata kunci: Kelas online, baby massage, baby gym