Introduction: Earthquakes that occur always have a psychological impact on all victims, including children. Limited studies explore anxiety and symptoms of children’s psychological problems. This study aims to describe anxiety and psychological symptoms on children caused by the earthquake in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara.Method: This study uses a mix-method design with a sample of 47 respondents in SDN 2 Penimbung West Lombok, the sample was determined by purposive sampling technique. Quantitative data analysis using the RCMAS-2 questionnaire (Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale; second edition) and qualitative analysis using the method of in-depth interview.Results: Most of the respondents of children included normal anxiety category 85.11%, while 14.89% belonged to the category of clinical anxiety. The results of the qualitative study showed that there were changes in attitudes in children, such as children becoming more sensitive, easily crying, irritable, children easily panicking and crying if they heard something thundering, children often worried about entering the house, they were initially cheerful but after earthquakes occur more children are quiet and withdraw.Conclusion: Earthquakes that occur cause symptoms of clinical anxiety in some children, which are manifested in everyday life both at home and at school. Future research is expected to provide appropriate therapy for children affected by disasters so that the psychological impact experienced can be reduced.

Background: An earthquake has  an impact on mental health problems. Lombok earthquake victims undergo an anxiety, neurotic, psychotic symptoms, and Post Traumatic Syndrome Disease. Anxiety have an impact on the mind, body and it cause of physical illness. One of the nursing interventions that can be given to deal with anxiety includes spiritual counseling, which is given so that disaster victims accept their conditions, it is not making disaster a burden and reducing anxiety.Purpose: To determine the effect of Spiritual counseling on anxiety level  in (Lombok) Indonesian earthquake victims.Methods: Quantitative study with a pre-experimental approach using one group pre-post-test design on 25 earthquake victims in Lombok. The instrument was used the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale  questionnaire and the standard operational procedures for spiritual counseling. Data were analyzed using univariate analysis and t dependent test.Results: The anxiety score before spiritual counseling was 19.60 ± 3.26, while the anxiety score after spiritual counseling was 10.04 ± 4.13. Statistical tests showed a significant difference between anxiety levels before and after spiritual counseling for earthquake victims in Lombok (p <0.05).Conclusion: Earthquake victims in order to improve their spiritual quality by joining religious activities routinely to calm the mind and reduce anxiety or trauma, it is caused by earthquakes.

ABSTRAKGempa bumi secara konsisten terbukti berhubungan dengan masalah kesehatan mental seperti cemas, depresi dan gangguan stres pasca-trauma segera setelah bencana. Kondisi tersebut akan semakin memburuk bila tidak dideteksi sejak dini dan ditangani dengan baik, sehingga membutuhkan pelayanan kesehatan mental (trauma healing). Kecemasan yang berlebihan dapat mempunyai dampak yang merugikan pada pikiran serta tubuh bahkan dapat menimbulkan penyakit fisik. Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat kecemasan korban Gempa Lombok. Metode: Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian yang bersifat deskriptif dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Tehnik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan yakni dengan Purposive Sampling dengan jumlah sampel 40 orang. Instrumen yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kuesioner Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS). Analisis data yang digunakan adalah univariat dengan data disajikan dalam bentuk narasi, tabel distribusi frekuensi dan persentase. Hasil: Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 15 responden mengalami kecemasan ringan (37,5%) dan 25 responden mengalami kecemasan sedang (62,5%). Diskusi: Selain dampak fisik, kejadian gempa juga menimbulkan masalah kesehatan jiwa, salah satunya rasa cemas yang masih dirasakan responden meskipun 8 bulan setelah gempa. Sebagian responden mengelaman kecemasan dalam berbagai kategori sedang dengan skor berbeda. Hal tersebut terjadi dipengaruhi oleh jenis kelamin, usia, tingkat pendidikan dan pengalaman saat terjadi gempa. Kesimpulan: Sebagian besar responden pada penelitian ini masih mengalami kecemasan sedang.Kata Kunci: Gempa bumi, kecemasanThe Level of Anxiety of Lombok Earthquake Survivors ABSTRACTEarthquakes are consistently proven to be related to mental health issues such as anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorders immediately after disaster. This condition will deteriorate if not detected early and well handled, so it requires mental health services (trauma healing). Excessive anxiety can have a detrimental impact on the mind as well as the body can even cause physical illness. Objectives: The study aims to determine the level of anxiety of Lombok earthquake survivors. Methods: This research is a descriptive study with a cross sectional approach. Sampling techniques used by purposive Sampling with a sample number of 40 people. The instruments used in this study are the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS) questionnaire. Data analysis used is univariate with data presented in narrative form, frequency distribution table and percentage. Results: The results showed that 15 respondents experienced mild anxiety (37.5%) and 25 respondents experienced moderate anxiety (62.5%). Discussion: In addition to physical impact, earthquake incidence also raises mental health problem, one of which is anxiety that was felt by respondents even 8 months after the earthquake. Respondents partly experienced anxiety in the medium category with different score. This can be influenced by gender, age, level of education and experience in the event of an earthquake. Conclusion: most of the respondents in this study is still experiencing moderate anxiety.Keywords: Earthquakes; anxiety

Background: Adolescents who are in transition period have high risk behavior of juvenile delinquency. Communication between parents and adolescents effectively and openly could help adolescents to avoid delinquency behavior.Objective: This study aims to examine the relationship between family communication patterns and juvenile delinquency in Junior High School.Methods: This  research employed a cross-sectional design with correlation description approach. There were 243 students selected using simple random sampling from the 7th and 8th grade students of Junior High School. A questionnaire of juvenile delinquency and family communication pattern were used in this study.  Data were analyzed using Chi Square test.Result: The research  showed that the majority juvenile delinquency category was low (65%) and  the majority of communication pattern was in functional category  (73.3%). There was a significant relationship between family communication pattern and juvenile delinquency (p<0.05).Conclusion: Communication pattern within family have significant association with juvenile deliquency.

Diare masih menjadi penyebab utama kematian terbesar di dunia dan merupakan masalah pediatric sosial yang banyak terjadi di negara berkembang termasuk Indonesia. Diare dapat menimbulkan komplikasi diantaranya dehidrasi, renjatan hipovolemik, hipokalemia, kejang dan malnutrisi. Penyebab utama kematian akibat diare pada anak adalah dehidrasi akibat kekurangan cairan elektrolit. Penanganan penyakit diare yang cepat dan tepat menjadi kunci agar bayi dan balita tidak mengalami kondisi dehidrasi yang parah dan menyebabkan kematian. Pengetahuan ini penting dimiliki oleh ibu dan keluarga, karena balita masih tidak bisa melakukan segala sesuatu dengan sendiri. Peningkatan pengetahuan dapat dilakukan melalui edukasi atau penyuluhan kesehatan. Di Lingkungan Tempit, sebagian ibu belum memahami tentang cara membuat oralit guna mencegah terjadinya dehidrasi. Oleh karena itu, perlu dilakukan pengabdian kepada masyarakat di Lingkungan Tempit, Ampenan Kota Mataram yang difokuskan pada edukasi keluarga tentang pentingnya cairan dan cara membuat oralit untuk anak yang mengalami diare. Kegiatan edukasi pada keluarga terdiri dari identifikasi jumlah keluarga yang memiliki balita, kegiatan penyuluhan kesehatan dan evaluasi. Jumlah keluarga yang mengikuti kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat sebanyak 20 orang. Evaluasi kegiatan menunjukkan keluarga telah memahami cara membuat larutan gula garam dan oralit dengan tepat dan benar. Edukasi pada ibu, keluarga dan masyarakat tentang pentingnya cairan dan rehidrasi dengan membuat larutan gula garam dan oralit penting dilakukan secara kontinue, agar dapat menurunkan angka kesakitan dan kematian pada bayi dan balita yang mengalami diare.