Red betel leaf contains flavonoids, alkaloids and essential oils that are suspected able to inhibit the growth of microbes. This study aims to analyze antimicrobial activity of ethanol extract of red betel leaf agains to Staphylococcus aureus, Eschericia coli and Candida albicans. Subjects were red betel leaf ethanol extract at concentration of 2.5%, 5%, 10%, 20%, 40%, 80% and 100%. As a positive control used amoxycilin, chloramphenicol and ketoconazole. The study showed that concentration 10 % - 100 % inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus. In Escherichia coli all the data obtained, having an average which is not much different from the mean of the negative control. While on Candida albicans average diameter of inhibition zone of extract concentration 40% p = 0.197 concluded that statistically has significant antifungal power compared with ketokonazole.Keywords: Ethanol extract, Piper Ruiz & Pav crocatum, Antimicrobial, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Candida albican

From survey at Dr. Moewardi Hospital in the year 2010, the incidence of stroke patients increase 5-7% every year. Diabetes mellitus has a relationship with ischemic stroke through aterosklerosis. However, the relationship of diabetes mellitus as a risk of ischemic stroke remains uncertain due to diabetes is not a single factor for stroke. Research aim was to determine the relationship between the incidence of diabetes mellitus and ischemic stroke. It was conducted at the neurologi unit in Dr.Moewardi Hospital Surakarta, the design was a cross sectional with sample size of 132 people. The sampling technique used simple random sampling. The result is the number of ischemic stroke patients with diabetes mellitus by 47 people (71.21%). From chi square analysis (x 2) x 2 = 13.516 obtained and p <0.000 with a value of OR = 3.8 and IK = 1.841 to 7.869. Its mean that there was a relationship between diabetes mellitus and incident ischemic stroke and people with diabetes mellitus have a risk 3,8 more times will got stroke ischemic than people without diabetes mellitus.Keywords: diabetes mellitus, ischemic, stroke

Hypertension is a degenerative disease that affects nearly 25% of the population around the world today and is a risk factor of cardiovascular disease. Geriatric (elderly) in Indonesia is a group of residents that become the focus of attention because of the number of elderly is increase, and brought variety of health problems. Hypertension can be treated with pharmacological treatment and lifestyle improvements with the correct knowledge based. Hypertension will be a problem if elderly people are not guided and equipped with proper knowledge regarding the health of hypertension.SimakBaca secara fonetik The purpose of this activity is to improve knowledge and attitudes about hypertension of rural elderly in Gantungan Makamhaji Kartasura Sukoharjo. Health education about hypertension is given by lectures and discussion method. Evaluation used questionnaire that consist of 35 questions, which was considered one if the answer is correct and zero if the answer is incorrect using pre-test and post-test about hypertension The results obtained by descriptive mean. There is an increasing value of knowledge average about hypertension after administration of education from 4.46 to 13.97 and attitudes average about hypertension from 3.49 to 9.90 Based on the result, health education institutions should cooperate with health service institutions to give information about hypertension through periodic health education. And government health institutions should expand health education focusing on elderly through Posyandu Lansia.

Along economic progress and increase in women education, so many housewives today serve not only as manager of their household, but also work outside home. It will have various social implications, such as stress due to work overloads, increased teenage delinquency due to lack of parental attention, lack of marriage or family values. This study aimed to analyze the differences of family function and wife’s quality of life among wife with and without occupation. Location of study was Bolon village, District Colomadu, Karanganya, Central Java. The study used an observational analytic design, with a cross-sectional approach. The study population was wives. Sampling used 128 wives. The instruments were APGAR, SCREEM family function and WHOQOL. From t test, it showed signifi cant differences family function and wife’s quality of life among wife with and without occupation (APGAR p = 0.023, SCREEM p = 0.001 and wife’s quality of life p = 0.043).Keywords: family function, quality of life, wife, work.

Keywords: exclusive breastfeeding, non-exclusive breastfeeding, nutritional status PENDAHULUANPerkembangan masalah gizi di Indonesia semakin kompleks saat ini, selain masalah kekurangan gizi, masalah kelebihan gizi juga menjadi persoalan yang harus ditangani dengan serius (Riskesdas, 2015). Ditinjau dari masalah kesehatan dan gizi, balita merupakan periode emas dalam kehidupan anak yang dicirikan oleh pertumbuhan dan perkembangan yang berlangsung pesat serta rentan terhadap kekurangan gizi (Hanum, 2014).Air susu ibu (ASI) menjadi makanan terbaik di awal kehidupan anak sekaligus hak dasar agar tumbuh dan berkembang secara optimal. Faktor nutrien dan protektif yang sesuai dalam ASI menjamin status gizi baik serta kematian dan kesakitan bayi akan menurun. Zat kekebalan yang terdapat pada ASI antara lain akan melindungi bayi dari penyakit dan menurunkan kemungkinan bayi terkena penyakit infeksi dan alergi (Infodatin Kementrian Kesehatan RI, 2014).