Background: The Covid-19 outbreak is rapidly increasing as evidenced by the number of cases, deaths and countries affected. However, limited data is available on pregnant women with Covid-19 on which to base recommendations for pregnancy and post-partum care. This study aims to identify the effectiveness of nursing intervention with health education via an android application about self-care and prevention of Covid-19 transmission toward the knowledge and attitudes of pregnant, post-partum and lactating women. Method: This study was done with a research and development design that consisted of three stages. Stage one was identifying the existing nursing intervention for respondents with Covid-19, stage two involved the health education formulation and built it in to an android application, stage three measured the differences in knowledge attitude of respondents before and after health education by using the android application. 152 respondents pregnant, post-partum and lactating with Covid-19 women participated in this study.  Samples were collected by quota sampling from hospitals where they were being treated. Result: Stage one results showed that nursing intervention has been done comprehensively, (bio including nutrition, exercise, psychosocial, spiritual etc). Stage two established the health education and built it in to an android application. Stage three found that there were differences between pre and post health education via an android application in the knowledge and attitudes during pregnancy, post-partum and lactating women in self-care and prevention of Covid-19 transmission. Significancy was found among post-partum and lactating women (p=0.018*). Conclusion: There was a difference in knowledge and attitudes among pregnant, post-partum and lactating women in self-care and prevention regarding the spread of Covid-19 before and after health education via an android application. This study recommends that health care providers use this health education method in their intervention to improve health status and prevent further spread of Covid-19. Further research to explore more health indicators is needed.

This study aims to identify factors associated with the desire to become a mother. The research method uses a systematic review of three databases, Science Direct, JSTOR, and EBSCOhost, in published articles from 2017 to 2021. The results of the study found 1,417 related articles and 12 articles that met the inclusion criteria related to factors related to a woman's desire to become a mother and have children. Several factors influence a woman to become a mother and have children, including age, employment status, social and economic conditions, social norms, religion, relationship commitment, and health conditions. After marriage, the desire to increase the number of children is also influenced by the desire to have children of a specific gender, which is also associated with local culture. In conclusion, a woman's desire to become a mother and have children is individual, with many factors influencing it.   Keywords: Desire to Be a Mother, Woman

Background: The Covid-19 outbreak is rapidly increasing as evidenced by the number of cases, deaths and countries affected. However, limited data is available on pregnant women with Covid-19 on which to base recommendations for pregnancy and post-partum care. Study aims: identify the effectiveness of nursing intervention with health education via an android application about self-care and prevention of Covid-19 transmission toward the knowledge and attitudes of pregnant, post-partum and lactating women. Method: This study was done in three stages. Stage one was identifying the existing nursing intervention for respondents with Covid-19, stage two involved the health education formulation and built it in to an android application, stage three measured the differences in knowledge attitude of respondents before and after health education by using the android application. 152 respondents pregnant, post-partum and lactating with Covid-19 women participated in this study. Result: Stage one showed that nursing intervention has been done comprehensively. Stage two established the health education: http://cegahcovidbumil.000webhostapp.com ; Stage three found that there were differences between pre and post health education via an android application in the knowledge and attitudes during pregnancy, post-partum and lactating women in self-care and prevention of Covid-19 transmission. Significancy was found among post-partum and lactating women (p=0.018*). Conclusion: There was a difference in knowledge and attitudes among respondents in self-care and prevention regarding the spread of Covid-19 before and after health education via an android application. Study recommended that health care providers use this method in their intervention to improve health status and prevent further spread of Covid-19. Further research to explore more health indicators is needed.