Hypertension is often suffered by older adults, which directly can impact their health and quality of life. One of the non-pharmacological management for patients with hypertension is through acupressure to accelerate blood-flow circulation and to reduce blood pressure. This study aims to determine the self-acupressure effect on the elderly with hypertension in Cilincing Health Center in North Jakarta. This research used a quasi-experimental involving control and intervention group. Thirty-six elderlies were involved in this study divided into two groups. Findings showed that there were significant differences in the intervention group between the results of systolic and diastolic measurements before and after acupressure (p-value= 0.000). The findings suggest that families can apply self-acupressure as a support system for older adults with hypertension.

The children are not small adults, but have unique characteristics that are always growing and evolving since their conception until the end of adolescence. Good growth and development of children requires appropriate stimulation and accordance with the age such as developmental stimulation. The aim of this study was to determine the influence development simulations towards pre-school children’s growth status. This research was using the quasi-experimental design without control. The numbers of respondents were 30 children (with aged 60-72 month). The children with dubious developmental status had performed the development stimulations for 2 weeks for 3-4 housr a day and evaluated the development status. Developmental Pre-Screening Questionnaire (KPSP) instrument used in this research. The data analysis was using univariate analysis (frequency distributions), bivariate (Wilcoxon test) and multivariate (ANCOVA test). There was a significant difference in the children’s development status before and after development stimulation interventions (p= 0.000), but there was no children and mothers’ characteristic factors that affect the children development status. Stimulation associated with the value of child development, where the high category of stimulation is not found in children whose development category is slow. So it takes stimulation of children from an early age. Growth stimulations can be done routinely as a part of efforts to improve the children development status.

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One health problem that often occurs in school-age children is dental and oral health problems. One of the efforts made by increasing the knowledge of children and parents about dental and oral health. This study aims to determine the effect of health education on how to care for teeth and mouth on knowledge, attitudes and skills as well as dental and oral health status in elementary school children. This study uses a quasi-experimental design. Respondents of the study amounted to 64 children (intervention group 32 children and control group 32 children). In the intervention group health education was carried out on how to care for teeth and mouth and observed ways to care for teeth and mouth at home for 1 month by involving parents and being monitored by the teacher, while the control group was not carried out. Test the analysis using bivariate univariate (frequency distribution) analysis (t test and correlation test) and multivariate (multiple linear regression). The results showed that there was an effect of health education on how to care for teeth and mouth on the knowledge, attitudes and skills and dental and oral health status of elementary school children (p value = 0.000-0.002 and α = 0.0050). Conclusion: health education about how to care for teeth and mouth is an effort to improve dental and oral health status in children.

It is a common knowledge that during COVID-19 pandemic, anyone without any exception can be contracted with the virus. Nurses, as the healthcare workers on the front line also being highly exposed to the risk. Following to the idea, it is important to get to understand on the experiences of the nurses who contracted the virus and also got hospitalized as COVID-19 patients. Methods: Data were gathered using in-depth online interview towards selected nurses who were hospitalized as COVID-19 patients. There were nine nurses who were willingly participating in this study. The interview was conducted in 2021. Researchers found keywords which later processed to become themes. The data were analyzed using Collaizi approach and validated though clarication process with the participants. Results: There were nine themes in total: (1) Conrmed with COVID-19, (2) Reaction of being the conrmed case, (3) symptoms of COVID-19, (4) medication, (5) experiences as hospitalized COVID- 19 patients, (6) support system, (7) inhibiting factors during recovery, (8) beneting factors during recovery, (9) suggestions and advice. Conslusion: Nurses' experiences as hospitalized COVID-19 patients can be invaluable resource for healthcare workers, specically those on the front line in treating COVID-19 patients.