Background  : Studies back pain due to pregnancy 25-90%, was estimated 50% of pregnant women experience back pain. As many as 80% of pregnant women said that back pain during pregnancy interfere with daily routines and 10% unable to work. The Alexander Technique exercises 65-72% effective in reducing back pain. Learning the Alexander technique have an impact on long-term reductions significantly to lower back pain. Research to determine the effectiveness of the Alexander Technique to the level of lower back pain in the third trimester pregnant mothers.Method : pre-experimental research with one group pretest posttest design. Population this study the third trimester pregnant women who experience lower back pain amounting to 31 people in Selopampang public health center Temanggung district. Collecting data used a pain scale observation sheet NRS (Numerical Rating Scale). Analyze data used Wilcoxon test.Result : research showed the Z value of -3.859. It showed that the Alexander technique is effective in reducing low back pain that is felt as much as 3x with Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) 0.000, which means there is a difference low back pain before and after alexander technique intervention.Conclusion : the Alexander Technique could be an alternative to reduce lower back pain in 3rd trimester of pregnancy

Labor pain as a contraction of the myometrium, is a physiological process with a different intensity on each individual. Pain arising in childbirth cause great concern and usually creates fear and stress. Pain management method of the first stage of labor was known two types, it is pharmacological management and non-pharmacological. One way of the non-pharmacological management to decrease the labor pain is endorphine massage. The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of edorphine massage to decrease the pain intensity scale of the first stage of the active phase of labor. This research method using Quasi experimental designs One Group Pre-test Post-test. The sample in this study were 30 respondents primigravid maternal in the region of Tembarak Temanggung health centers was selected using purposive sampling techniques, and using Wilcoxon test to analysis. In this study 23 respondents showed a better response to a pain scale of the first stage of labor after endorphine massage. While seven other respondents showed no change after being given endorphine massage treatmen. Based on the research results obtained using the Wilcoxon statistical test significance value (p value) of 0.000. It can be concluded that the hypothesis is accepted, there are effect of endorphin massage decline pain intensity scale of the first stage of the active phase of labor. From the results of the study are expected health workers, especially midwives in its role to empower the family in reducing labor pain by conducting socialization in the family and the husband of endorphin massage during a class of pregnant women or antenatal care so that when labor was accompanied by family, especially her husband.

Angka Kematian Bayi merupakan parameter dalam penentuan derajat kesehatan masyarakat. Kematian bayi disebabkan salah satunya yaitu bayi berat lahir rendah. Upaya penurunan AKB dengan melakukan perawatan metode kanguru pada bayi berat lahir rendah. Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh perawatan metode kanguru terhadap perubahan berat badan pada bayi berat lahir rendah. Desain penelitian menggunakan pre experimental design dengan jenis pre test and post test one group design. Teknik pengambilan sampel dengan Accidental Sampling sebanyak 32 bayi, analisis data dengan uji paired t test. Hasil yang diperoleh berat badan bayi hari ketiga sesudah Perawatan Metode Kanguru memiliki mean sebesar 2002,66 gram  dan standar deviasi sebesar 168,872. Rata-rata kenaikan berat badan setelah dilakukan Perawatan metode kanguru terjadi kenaikan berat badan pada hari pertama 0,47 gram; hari kedua 15,47 gram; hari ketiga 20,62 gram; rata-rata total kenaikan berat badan selama 3 hari adalah 12,19 gram. Perawatan metode kanguru berpengaruh terhadap perubahan berat badan bayi lahir selama 3 hari pada bayi berat lahir rendah (p value = 0,000). Saran bagi ibu lebih aktif dan semangat untuk melaksanakan perawatan metode kanguru, bagi tenaga kesehatan meningkatkan informasi dan edukasi kepada masyarakat tentang perawatan metode kanguru. Keywords: perawatan metode kanguru ; bayi berat lahir rendah

Menopause merupakan masa yang pasti dihadapi dalam perjalanan hidup seorang perempuan dan suatu proses alamiah sejalan dengan bertambahnya usia. Data laporan Riskesdas 2013 menyebutkan bahwa persentase kejadian lansia yang menderita penyakit sendi di Indonesia adalah 24,7%. Pada wanita lansia prevalensi yang didiagnosis nakes lebih tinggi pada perempuan (13,4%) dibanding laki-laki (10,3%) demikian juga yang didiagnosis nakes atau gejala pada perempuan(27,5%) lebih tinggi dari laki-laki (21,8%). Data tersebut menunjukkan bahwa wanita lansia dominan mengalami nyeri sendi dari pada pria lansia dan persentase lansia yang mengalami penyakit sendi berdasarkan diagnosis dan gejalanya di Jawa Tengah adalah 11,2%. Desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah Experiment yaitu Quasi Experiment dengan desain One group pre test-post test design. Jumlah sampel sebanyak 109 orang yang terdiri atas 55 orang menkonsumsi biji rami dan 50 orang tidak mengkonsumsi biji rami. Analisis data dilakukan dalam dua tahapan yaitu analisis univariat, bivariat, dengan bantuan software SPSS. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat perbedaan rata-rata nyeri sendi pada wanita menopause yang mengkonsumsi biji rami dan tidak mengkonsumsi biji rami. Nyeri sendi wanita yang mengkonsumsi biji rami lebih rendah dibandingkan yang tidak mengkonsumi biji rami. Dari hasil penelitian disimpulkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh konsumsi biji rami terhadap nyeri sendi pada wanita menopause.

Background: Family planning is an effort to regulate the birth of children, distance, and the ideal age for giving birth, regulating pregnancy, through promotion, protection, and assistance by reproductive rights to create a quality family. Efforts to health education about contraception can increase knowledge that can influence the attitudes and motivations that exist in someone to take action in choosing a contraceptive method. Purpose : The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of health education on the level of knowledge and motivation in the use of MKJP in women of childbearing age. Methods: This research was conducted in Wuwuharjo Village, Kajoran District, Magelang Regency. This study uses One Group Pretest and Postest correlation analysis with a crossectional approach and sampling using the Systematic Random Sampling method. The respondents used were 80 people. Data collection was done by questionnaire instruments and data were analyzed bivariate by testing Marginal Homogeneity and McNemar. Result: The results of the study show that there is an influence between health education on the level of knowledge and motivation in using MKJP in women of childbearing age. This can be seen from the significance value produced <0.1. Conclusion: The recommendation for further research is about the routine of health education by using media that are appropriate to the needs of educational routines that increase the knowledge and motivation of women of reproductive age couples in contraceptive use.