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Papers by Aprilia Kartikasari

JKG (Jurnal Keperawatan Global)

Background: Low exclusive breastfeeding rate in Indonesia is influenced by several factors. Exclu... more Background: Low exclusive breastfeeding rate in Indonesia is influenced by several factors. Exclusive breastfeeding rate in Indonesia is 65.16%. Breastfeeding problems affected exclusive breastfeeding duration among Indonesian breastfeeding women. Health education is needed to prevent and manage breastfeeding problems. This study aimed to analyze the effect of providing education using a mobile phone to improve mother’s knowledge about breastfeeding problems prevention. Methods: This study used a true experiment with control group pretest and posttest design. The sampling techniques used in this study was simple random sampling, consisted of 54 respondents which divided into intervention group and control group. This study was conducted in Banyumas District, Central Java province, Indonesia. The population in this study was breastfeeding mothers. The demographic characteristic questionnaire and the Breastfeeding Experience Scale (BES) were used to collect the data. All data were nor...

British Journal of Midwifery

Background Almost all cases of stunting occur in developing countries and could be prevented thro... more Background Almost all cases of stunting occur in developing countries and could be prevented through exclusive breastfeeding. However, as a result of cultural beliefs, early complementary food practices are widely practiced in Indonesia. This study explored cultural beliefs related to early complementary food practices in rural areas of Indonesia. Methods This ethnographic study involved 16 key and six general participants. Data were collected via focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, observations, and field notes, and then thematically analysed. Results Four themes emerged: reasons for early complementary feeding, the idea of ‘the sooner the better’, types of complementary food and influencing people. Conclusions Using policymakers to provide culturally sensitive and evidence-based health information involving grandmothers and traditional birth attendants may help prevent early complementary feeding and improve exclusive breastfeeding rates.

Dunia Keperawatan: Jurnal Keperawatan dan Kesehatan

Kondisi saat ini yaitu Era New Normal di masa pandemik COVID-19 mengharuskan masyarakat mengikuti... more Kondisi saat ini yaitu Era New Normal di masa pandemik COVID-19 mengharuskan masyarakat mengikuti protokol COVID-19 sesuai himbauan dari pemerintah. Eksternalitas COVID-19 sangat berdampak pada masalah psikologis (kecemasan) pada masyarakat rentan. Oleh karena itu, keluarga memiliki tugas Kesehatan dalam menjaga Kesehatan anggota keluarga komorbid. Upaya yang dapat di lakukan adalah melakukan upaya preventif pada keluarga dengan penyakit komorbid sebagai faktor risiko kematian akibat COVID-19. Tujuan : penelitian ini untuk mengetahui gambaran tingkat kecemasan keluarga komorbit di Kelurahan Grendeng Purwokerto Utara. Metode: Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian observasional dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Sampel penelitian ini adalah 200 kepala keluarga dengan penyakit komorbid di Kelurahan Grendeng Purwokerto Utara yang dipilih secara total sampling. Pelaksanaan tugas kesehatan diukur menggunakan instrumen. Kecemasan diukur menggunakan HARS (Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scales) yang dimodifikasi. Analisis data menggunakan non-parametrik Spearman. Hasil: hasil survei menunjukan bahwa variabel tingkat kecemasan ringan sebesar 50%, sebnayak 39,5% keluarga komorbid tidak memiliki kecemasan, dan 10,5% keluarga dengan tingkat kecemasan sedang, serta tidak ada yang memiliki kecemasan berat dan sangat berat. Kesimpulan: keluarga komorbid diwilayah Kelurahan Grendeng perlu menerapkan protokol Covid19 dengan baik meskipun mampu mengontrol angka kecemasan.

Journal of Bionursing

Background. Late preterm infants are near-term infants, but it is a critical development period. ... more Background. Late preterm infants are near-term infants, but it is a critical development period. Evidence supported that late preterm infants’ birth impact on the short-and long-term outcomes. Investigating the risk factors associated with late preterm infants in Indonesia is important since Indonesia has a high number of preterm infants. However, a limited study investigating risk factors for late-preterm infants in Indonesia. Methods.A cross-sectional study was used in this study. A convenience sample of 46 dyads of mothers and preterm infants (33 late preterm infants aged equal and more than 34 weeks gestation, and 13 preterm infants aged < 34 weeks gestation) retrieved from level 1 and 2 neonatal carein one public hospital at Banyumas district, Indonesia. Self-reported questionnaire and medical record were utilized to collecting the data. Univariate, Chi-Square, Logistic regression, Hosmer and Lemeshow test, and Area under Curve with Receiver Operating Curve method (AUC R...

“4th International Conference In Health Sciences (ICHS)”, Sep 6, 2021

Health problems due to unsafe food in Indonesia often occur, especially amongst school-aged child... more Health problems due to unsafe food in Indonesia often occur, especially amongst school-aged children. School-aged children need to give health education related to food safety to prevent food poisoning. This study aimed to determine the effect of role-playing on improving attitudes and practices regarding food safety amongst elementary school children in Purwokerto City, Banyumas Regency. The research method used a quasi-experimental design with a pre-post test using a control group. The total sample of the study was 102 school-aged children aged 6-12 years. The intervention group was treated in the form of a group process with the implementation of a role play for four weeks, carried out four times a month, and lasted for 40 minutes per session. The analysis of data performed using the paired t-test and independent t-test. This research showed that the health education method with a role-play could significantly improve attitudes and skills regarding food safety among school-aged c...

Health problems due to unsafe food in Indonesia often occur, especially among school-aged childre... more Health problems due to unsafe food in Indonesia often occur, especially among school-aged children. Currently, the phenomenon of food poisoning in Indonesia is quite concerning. School aged children who are given health education related to food safety to prevent the incidence of food poisoning. This study aimed to see the effect of playing a role in improving knowledge of food safety in elementary school children in Purwokerto City, Banyumas Regency. The research method used a quasi experimental design pre-post test using a control group. The number of research samples was 40 school age children aged 6-12 years. Groups were given treatment in the form of groups as the implementation of role play for 4 weeks 4 times. Analysis of data used t- impaired test and pooled t-test. The results of this study were a health education method with role playing which was able to improve knowledge of food safety in school children significantly p <0.05. In conclusion, the role play method can b...

Dunia Keperawatan: Jurnal Keperawatan dan Kesehatan, 2020

Lebih dari separuh wanita hamil yang merasa tidak nyaman karena mual dan muntah dilaporkan telah ... more Lebih dari separuh wanita hamil yang merasa tidak nyaman karena mual dan muntah dilaporkan telah mengalami gangguan tidur selama kehamilan. Durasi tidur yang tidak memadai dan kualitas tidur yang buruk selama kehamilan dapat meningkatkan kehamilan dengan risiko, termasuk gangguan pertumbuhan janin, dan depresi pascapersalinan. Yoga umumnya digunakan untuk relaksasi dan terbukti efektif untuk mengurangi stres dan kecemasan pada wanita hamil sehingga dimungkinkan untuk meningkatkan kualitas tidur bagi wanita hamil. Salah satu bentuk latihan yoga pada ibu hamil adalah pranayama dan postur yoga restoratif. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah pranayama dan postur yoga restoratif efektif untuk meningkatkan kualitas tidur pada wanita hamil. Studi quasy eksperimental dengan kelompok kontrol ini dilakukan pada 58 wanita hamil dengan mual muntah yang didapatkan dengan metode purposive sampling. Responden dibagi menjadi dua kelompok, 29 responden di setiap kelompok. Prana...

Jurnal Keperawatan Soedirman, 2020

Breastfeeding support increases the confidence of breastfeeding mothers who have a positive impac... more Breastfeeding support increases the confidence of breastfeeding mothers who have a positive impact on the achievement of exclusive breastfeeding. Still, there are many breastfeeding mothers who have not received optimal support. This is caused by differences in perception between breastfeeding mothers and health workers. This research was a descriptive study comparing the perceptions of breastfeeding support in postpartum mothers and health care workers. A total of 197 postpartum mothers and 37 health workers in the postpartum ward of the Banyumas district hospital, Central Java, filled out the questionnaire containing questions related to breastfeeding support. The results of this study showed 85.7% of postpartum mothers reported to be taught breastfeeding techniques and this was done by 100% of health workers. Eighty six percent of postpartum mothers received early breastfeeding initiation, 50.3% were performed in the first hour after delivery, and 97.3% stated this procedure was introduced by 97.3% of health workers. Fifty one percent of postpartum mothers received information about the signs of the baby had enough milk, and 97.3% of health workers claimed to provide this information. More than 50% of postpartum mothers did not ask for breastfeeding assistance, while 100% of health workers claimed to have provided breastfeeding assistance. Fifty three percent of postpartum mothers were given information on the presence of breastfeeding volunteers, and 70.3% of health workers provided this information. Thirty nine of postpartum mothers acquired information about breastfeeding counseling facilities and only 64.9% of health workers delivered this information. Conclusion: There is a gap in perception of breastfeeding support between postpartum mothers and health workers.

British Journal of Midwifery, 2018

Background Cultural beliefs strongly affect the practice of breastfeeding. Interpretations of cul... more Background Cultural beliefs strongly affect the practice of breastfeeding. Interpretations of cultural beliefs change over time, particularly among modern parents; however, knowledge of these changes is limited. Aim To explore cultural beliefs related to breastfeeding and modern Indonesian parents' perceptions. Methods This article reports on the cultural beliefs about breastfeeding from an ethnographic study of 23 participants. Data were collected using focus group discussions, in-depth interviews and observations, and analysed using thematic analysis. Findings Analysis revealed four main themes: ‘suggested food and behaviour’; ‘restricted food and behaviour’; ‘consequences of avoiding taboos’ and ‘the dynamic change in cultural beliefs’. Conclusions Healthcare providers can use the results of this study to develop a culturally sensitive educational programmes that are congruent with modern parents' needs.

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2019

Exclusive breastfeeding achievements in Indonesia have not met SDGs targets. The role of communit... more Exclusive breastfeeding achievements in Indonesia have not met SDGs targets. The role of community health volunteers is very important to promote exclusive breastfeeding, especially in rural areas, but there's knowledge about exclusive breastfeeding is lack. This study was describe the community health volunteer's knowledge about exclusive breastfeeding and the influence of training programs based on the concept of "Insufficient Milk Supply" to increase volunteers's knowledge in the Baturaden Subdistrict, Central of Java, Indonesia. This study was use one group pretest and post test design techniques, with a total sample of 38 respondents. Univariate analysis to determine the characteristics of respondents, while the bivariate analysis in this study was use Wilcoxon test. The majority age category of respondents aged 41 to 50 years (55, 3%), the majority of level of education was elementary and high school respondents (28.9% respectively), the majority had jobs as housewives (81.6%), and the majority had 2 children (55.3%). The cadre's description of Exclusive breastfeeding showed that 78.9% of respondents stated that knowledge in the category was enough, 97.4% of respondents said they needed information about exclusive breastfeeding, 100% of respondents said they had the responsibility to promote exclusive breastfeeding, 63.2% of respondents stated that the exclusive breastfeeding promotion was the responsibility of the whole community, and 81.6% of respondents said the biggest obstacle to promoting exclusive breastfeeding was a lack of knowledge. The results of data analysis using Wilcoxon showed the influence of the intervention on the improvement of respondents' knowledge scores, which can be seen through an increase in the mean post test score and p value=0,000.The implementation of training programs based on the concept of "Insufficient Milk Supply" was effective to increase knowledge in community health volunteers in the Baturaden District.

INDONESIAN NURSING JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND CLINIC (INJEC), 2017

Background and purpose: The earlier development of the attitude toward exclusive breastfeeding pr... more Background and purpose: The earlier development of the attitude toward exclusive breastfeeding produces the longer exclusive breastfeeding duration. Considering the first marriage age among Indonesian, the attitude toward exclusive breastfeeding should be developed at the adolescence age. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the attitude toward breastfeeding concept based comic on the adolescent's attitude toward exclusive breastfeeding. Method: This was a quasy experimental posttest only with control group study. The respondents were provided an comic. The respondent's attitude toward exclusive breastfeeding was measured using The Breastfeeding Attitude Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using independent and dependent t test. Results: The majority of respondents were aged 17 years old in both intervention (70%) and control grup (63%), first child in both intervention (23,3%) and control grup (26,7%), and had a nuclear family in both intervention (80%) and ...

Adolescents need serious attention because they are at risk of sexual and reproductive health pro... more Adolescents need serious attention because they are at risk of sexual and reproductive health problems. Sex education for adolescents is currently focused on a family approach, but communication with children about sex is often considered taboo by family members, especially parents. There are still many parents who say they are unable to talk about sex education with their children, in this case researchers need to know the barriers and difficulties of parents to communicate sex education to teenagers. The aims of this research was to descript parental-adolescent communication consists of discussion of parents with adolescents about problems in school, focus on current adolescents, the level of difficulty in discussing sex with children, and the topic of discussion about sexual and reproductive education. This study used descriptive analytical methods on respondents as many as 56 people who met the research criteria. The result of this study showed parent-adolescence communication a...