Background: Pregnancy is a time when there are various changes. These changes may occur physiologically, but they may also become potological. Therefore, identification of risk factors during pregnancy and sustainable services plays an important role in reducing maternal mortality. One form of crosssectoral cooperation from the education and health sector is to be a facilitator

Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic impacts maternal and perinatal health. Fear of COVID-19 transmission may lead to psychological disorders among mothers, such as anxiety and depression, which might affect the infant's health. Innovation is needed to address problems related to this condition. This study aimed to explore the experiences of mothers who had attended online infant massage classes.  Methods This qualitative survey recruited 12 Indonesian mothers who had infants aged < 12 months and joined the online infant massage class. An open-ended question form was used to collect data, which were analyzed using thematic content analysis. Results There were six themes related to the experiences of mothers attending online infant massage classes: favorite session, new knowledge and skills, benefits, barriers during infant massage class, factors related to infant massage practice, and mother’s hope. Conclusions Mothers had a good experience learning infant massage and had better interaction with their infants after the class. The findings show that an online infant massage class could benefit both mothers and infants.

Pemberian ASI Eksklusif di Indonesia belum optimal, masalah utama adalah masih rendah kesadaran masyarakat. Dukungan kader yang terlatih membantu dalam suksesnya kegiatan ASI ekslusif pada ibu. Kegiatan ini bertujuan untuk pemantapan kembali peran kader ASI dalam pendampingan kelas ibu hamil sehingga meningkatkan keberhasilan ASI Eksklusif. Program pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini menggunakan metode dan media berupa penyuluhan terstuktur, focus group discussion dan praktik teknik edukasi ASI Eksklusif, Teknik Menyusui, Teknik Memerah ASI dan ASI eksklusif pada ibu bekerja. Pelaksanaan kegiatan dilaksanakan pada 24 Kader ASI di 8 Desa wilayah kerja Puskesmas Kedungwuni II selama enam bulan. Hasil kegiatan adalah peningkatan pemahaman kader mengenai manajemen laktasi dengan nilai rata-rata pre test 90,5 dan post test 93,1. Pada saat pendampingan kader ASI dilakukan observasi kader saat pemberian edukasi pada ibu hamil mengenai persiapan laktasi dan didapatkan nilai rata-rata praktik dan pendampingan adalah 87,7 dan 85,5. Simpulan program revitalisasi kader ASI ditindaklanjuti dengan komitmen Puskesmas Kedungwuni II untuk melanjutkan kegiatan yang telah berjalan dengan pendampingan menyusui sejak ibu hamil sampai menyusui.

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Background: Acute malnutrition could increase mortality and morbidity indirectly in infants and toddlers. The family socio-economic characteristics including the maternal education, nutritional knowledge, and family income, are related to the incidence of stunting.Objective: To determine the relationship between maternal education, working status and knowledge on dietary intake among toddlers under 3 years old.Methods: A correlative analytic study with cross-sectional design. The populations were mothers with toddlers under 3 years old. Sample size were 70 mothers which obtained with the cluster random sampling technique. Data collection were used questionnaire and calculated with 2005 Nutria survey and 14 levels.Results: There were no significant relationship between education level and working status on dietary intake of children under 3 years old (OR: 0,88; ᵖ-value: 0,855; CI: 0,136-4,136) and (OR: 1,29 ᵖ-value: 0,674; CI: 0.298-4.987). However, there were significant relationship between maternal knowledge and dietary intake of children under 3 years, especially related with energy and protein intake (OR: 2,14 ᵖ-value: 0,043; CI: 1,043-17,045). Conclusions: Maternal knowledge level are related to dietary intake among children under 3 years old, relared with energy and protein intake.