The elderly have hypertension due to an increase in arterial pressure. Hypertension that is not treated properly can cause complications such as stroke, coronary heart disease, diabetes, kidney failure and blindness. One of the non-pharmacological treatments for hypertension in the elderly is citronella aromatherapy. Citronella (Cymbopogon nardus) contains monoterpene alcohol such as linalool and geraniol, which function as analgesics, calm and balance stimulation, and have a vasodilator effect. Treatment of hypertension in the elderly at the research site is still limited to administering drugs (pharmacological therapy). The provision of non-pharmacological therapy to treat hypertension has not been carried out at the research site This study aimed to determine the differences in the effectiveness of citronella aromatherapy on blood pressure in hypertensive older people in Karet, Pleret, Bantul. This study used a Quasy experimental pre-post without control group design method. In addition, the researcher used the bivariate Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The results obtained are p-value of 0.00, meaning there is a significant difference in the mean value before and after the citronella aromatherapy intervention was given. Therefore, it is hoped that this intervention can be used as a reference to reduce blood pressure in the elderly who have hypertension. Keywords: Citronella Aromatherapy; Blood Pressure; Elderly

There is a tendency to start smoking at a younger age. The number of teenage smokers in the world is 30%. In Indonesia, smokers aged 10-18 are 9.1%. In Yogyakarta, 1129 male students were smokers. Karangsari Padukuhan shows 27.5% of teenagers smoking. There is a lot of evidence that shows the bad effects of smoking so that it requires intervention. Interventions that can be given are to provide health education about the dangers of smoking and SEFT therapy. This research method is quasy experimental quantitative research. This research was conducted in Karangsari Elementary School. The data collection time is October, 2022. The sample in this study was selected from an affordable population using the purposive sampling method. The number of samples studied in this study was 30 adolescents. The measuring instrument uses the questionnaire. Data analysis using Wilcoxon. The average number of cigarettes per day is 4.3. After giving the intervention showed 3.43. The value of α shows 0.000, which means that there is an effect of providing health education about the dangers of smoking and SEFT therapy with the number of cigarettes daily. The conclusion of this study is that health education and SEFT therapy are scientifically proven to reduce the number of cigarettes