Background: Children need adequate nutrition intakes to avoid stunting. One thing that we can do is by giving them an adequate protein intake. Snakehead fish is one of the foodstuffs that have a high protein composition. Objective: This study was carried out in an effort to improve the nutritional status of children to avoid stunting by using snakehead fish which is processed into shreds (commonly called shredded fish). Methods: This study used a post-test only design approach with a control group. The subjects of this study were 30 children with inclusion criteria: subjects were in good health, aged 36-72 months, could receive an oral diet, could consume shredded fish and fish, and had no history of protein allergy. Children were given lunch with a side dish of shredded snakehead fish continuously for 30 days.Results and discussion: Shredded fish that produced is using snakehead fish has a brownish yellow color and is dry, fibrous, crunchy and tasty. Shredded Snakehead fish, which is consumed regularly for 30 days, can improve the nutritional status of children.

Background: Sweet potato has a potential to be used as a raw material for tablets. However, it needs chemical modifications to produce derivatives with excellent pharmaceutical characteristics. The primary purpose of this research was to use sweet potato starch (Ipomoea batatas Lamk.) as a tablet excipient modified through a chemical process. Design and Methods: This study is experimental and is divided into three stages. The first stage is the extraction process to obtain sweet potato starch. The second stage is the chemical modification of sweet potato starch using pentanol-1 and glacial acetic acid. The third step is the analysis of the pharmaceutical properties of the mutated lab model compared to the control sample and Amprotab. Results: The descriptive-comparative analysis showed sweet potato starch modified with panthenol-1 had a higher hardness value (=2.55±0.34) compared to native starch (1.00±0.08). The particle size distribution of the modified sample with acetate acid (=15.20±1.79) was higher than the others. Conclusions: In conclusion, modified sweet potato starch has better pharmaceutical properties than native starch. Further research needs to be conducted on the magnitude of the potential of sweet potato starch as an excipient, both as filler, a binder, and a crushing agent on tablet preparations.

BACKGROUND: Acceptor’s decision to use particular contraceptive devices/drugs is influenced by cultural capital. Cultural capital has three forms: Embodied state, objectified state, and institutionalized state. AIM: This study aimed to analyze the influence of culture as a moderating variable on the relationship between need and demand for contraceptive devices/drugs in several cultural areas in Indonesia. METHODS: This observational study used a cross-sectional design. The criteria for research subjects were: (1) Women at child-bearing age who were currently using contraceptive devices/drugs of IUD, implants, pills, or injections; (2) Aged 15–49 years old; and (3) Indonesian citizens who come from Dayak and Javanese cultural areas. Sampling was performed using the multistage random sampling technique. The data were obtained through questionnaire and analyzed using the Partial Least Square (PLS) statistical test. RESULTS: The results of statistical tests showed that there was a significant relationship between the need and use of contraception (p = 0.000). The amount of influence between need and demand for contraceptive devices/drugs contraceptives reached 79.2% (R2 = 0.7 92). It was found that cultural capital (objectified state and institutionalized state) did not have a significant relationship with demand (p = 0.113) and had an insignificant moderating effect value (p = 0.722). Thus, it can be interpreted that cultural capital (objectified state and institutionalized state) is a variable that has the potential to become a moderating variable that can affect the strength of the relationship between need and demand. The original sample moderating effect value was positive at 0.017, meaning that the cultural capital moderating variable can strengthen the relationship between the need and demand for contraceptive devices/drugs. CONCLUSION: There is a significant relationship between need and demand for contraceptive devices/drugs. Culture capital (objectified state and institutionalized state) is a variable that has the potential to become a moderating variable that can strengthen the relationship between the need and demand for contraceptive devices/drugs. Therefore, a cultural approach is needed so that acceptors can use contraceptive devices/drugs that suit their needs.