Pemberdayaan Komunitas dan Layanan Sms untuk Meningkatkan Kesehatan Ibu dalam Konteks Keperawatan yang Islami

Abstract

Increasing maternal health is one of the target of Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). Mortality and morbidity in pregnancy and giving birth are crucial problems in developing countries. One of the causes is due to anemia. In 2010, the prevalence of anemia of maternal in Indonesia is around 70%. It seems that 7 from 10 maternal is suffering from anemia. In decades, it is argued that most of anemia in Indonesia is because of iron deficiency. There is an enormous effort from national and international government to improve maternal health in order to decrease maternal mortality hence may increase great generation. This research aimed to identify the phenomenon of maternal health problems in the coverage of Puskesmas (primary health care center) Kartasura Sukoharjo Central Java Indonesia; to identify the model of community participation that effective to increase maternal health in an Islamic nursing context. The research method was a mix method. Indepth interviewes were done to head of health ministry, head of puskesmas, village government, midwiveries, cadre and the maternal themselves. The quantitative method used pre experimental with one group pre test – post test study design without control group. The intervention was done by giving health education related to knowledge and health behaviour to the participant. Result showed that there were some important points from the key person in improving maternal health. Beside, Wilcoxon test reported that there was a good improvement in terms of knowledge and health behaviour with p-value = 0,001<0,05.