Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) are amongst the most common complaints of women during pregnancy, up to 80% of women have experienced various degrees of it. NVP impact on the quality of life, social and general well-being. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of ginger and lemon aromatherapy on nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP). This study was randomized control trial in which 90 pregnant women with nausea and vomiting before 16 age gestation who had eligibility criteria. They were randomly divided into ginger, lemon and placebo groups. Women were asked to record their nausea and vomiting for 7 days by form of PUQE-24, in first three days they were advised to adjust their diet and then received aromatherapy for four days. Data were analyzed by ANOVA, Kruskal Wallis, Chi Square and Wilcoxon test. PUQE total scores before and after intervention in the ginger, lemon and placebo groups were 7.67 ± 2.304 vs. 6.85 ± 1.575, P = 0.000; 7.16 ± 1.598 vs. 5.50 ± 1.448, P = 0.000 and 6.70 ± 1.787 vs 5.50 ± 1.803, <em>P</em> value 0.00. Ginger and lemon essential oil were equally effective in reducing pregnancy nausea and vomiting.

Emesis gravidarum merupakan mual muntah yang terjadi selama kehamilan. Mual terjadi pada pagi hari, tetapi ada yang timbul malam hari. Data di Jawa Tengah keluhan mual muntah pada ibu hamil mencapai 40-60% dari total kehamilan. Rasa mual pada awal kehamilan dapat dikurangi dengan menggunakan terapi komplementer antara lain dengan memberikan minuman jahe hangat. Pemberian minuman jahe efektif dalam mengatasi mual muntah ibu hamil trimester I. Keunggulan jahe adalah kandungan minyak atsiri yang mempunyai efek menyegarkan dan memblokir reflek muntah, sedang gingerol dapat melancarkan darah dan saraf bekerja dengan baik.. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pemberian minuman jahe hangat terhadap emesis gravidarum pada ibu hamil trimester I di Puskesmas Nalumsari Jepara. Metode : Quasy Eksperiment dengan pendekatan Control Group Pre-Posttest Design. Populasi penelitian ini adalah ibu hamil di Puskesmas Nalumsari Jepara. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik Purposive Sampling sehingga besar sampel adalah 50 responden. Uji analisis data menggunakan uji Wilcoxon dan Mann Whitney. Hasil : Uji Mann Whitney mendapatkan nilai p 0.000. Kesimpulan : Terdapat pengaruh pemberian minuman jahe hangat terhadap emesis gravidarum pada ibu hamil trimester I di Puskesmas Nalumsari Jepara. Kata Kunci: jahe; emesis gravidarum

Bayi di bawah usia 6 bulan yang mendapatkan ASI eksklusif kecil kemungkinannya mengalami hambatan   dalam   perkembangannya.  Berdasarkan   peneltian   tahun   2010   hasil   skrining   dengan   KPSP menunjukkan 236 anak (95,1%) perkembangan yang sesuai dan 12 anak (0,05%) menunjukan perkembangan meragukan atau penyimpangan. Untuk mengetahui hubungan pemberian ASI Eksklusif  dengan status perkembangan pada anak usia 9-18 bulan di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Kota Semarang. Desain penelitian ini dengan menggunakan desain cross sectional dan menggunakan teknik consecutive sampling. Sampel adalah anak usia 9-18 bulan di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Kota Semarang sebanyak 113 orang. Anak usia 9-18 bulan sebagian besar mendapatkan imunisasi secara lengkap sebanyak 84 responden (74,3%) dan lahir tepat bulan sebanyak 52 responden (46%). Pada usia 9-18 bulan yang memiliki berat badan normal sebanyak 61 responden (54%) dan tinggi badan normal sebanyak 71 responden (62,8%). Sebagian besar memiliki lingkar  kepala  normal  sebanyak 75  responden (66,4%). Anak  yang  mendapatkan ASI  Eksklusif perkembangan  sesuainya  sebanyak  57  responden  (50,4%)  dan  perkembangan  menyimpang  sebanyak  1 responden (0,9%).  Simpulan :  Ada  hubungan  yang  signifikan antara  hubungan pemberian  ASI  eksklusif terhadap status perkembangan anak usia 9-18 bulan di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Kota Semarang.Kata Kunci: ASI Eksklusif;Perkembangan Anak

<p>Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a set of affective, behavioral and physical symptoms with appear in the luteal phase that could affect productivity and quality of life. PMS in adolescents could affect academic performance, such as a decreasing in concentration, failed the exam and absenteeism in the class. The objective was to evaluate the prevalence of PMS and determine its effect on quality of life among female health science students. This cross-sectional study was conducted between July-September 2017 on nursing female students of Health Science Collage “Karya Husada Semarang”, Central a Java, Indonesia. Students were enrolled 207 from first to fourth grade using WHOQOL–BREF form to determine quality of life. Inclusion criteria were having regular menstrual cycles (21-35 days) at least three period. Descriptive analysis and Mann Whitney tests were used for statistical analyses. The prevalence of PMS was found to be 60.8%. Physical health, psychological, social relationship, and environment domain were significantly higher in females with PMS (for each one P &lt; 0.05).</p>

Toddler nutritional status (under five years) is a picture of health regarding food consumption and use by the body at the age of under five years. Nutritional status is influenced by several factors, namely direct, indirect and fundamental. To determine the relationship between parenting, education level, mother's knowledge and family income with the nutritional status of toddlers. This type of research is correlational quantitative research with cross sectional approach. The population of children under five in the Poncol Health Center is 1312 children under five. The sampling technique in this study used proportional stratified random sampling with a sample of 89 respondents in Poncol Health Center, Semarang City. Analysis using Kolmogorov Smirnov.          Factors related to nutritional status are parenting (p value = 0.411), education level (p value = 0.018), mother's knowledge (p value = 0.062), family income (p value = 0.000). There is no relationship between parenting, mother's knowledge and nutritional status. There is a relationship between education level, family income and nutritional status. Therefore it is necessary to optimize the nutritional status monitoring program for toddlers and increase community nutrition knowledge