Low Birth Weight (LBW) is a leading cause of infant mortality and is associated with various long-term complications, such as growth and developmental disorders. Maternal characteristics and behaviors during pregnancy are believed to influence the incidence of LBW. This study aims to explore this relationship. A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted involving 55 mothers who delivered b…
Maternal nutritional status affects both the mother and the fetus. Several factors affect the nutritional status of mothers during pregnancy including weight gain, upper arm circumference and hemoglobin levels of mothers who are less or at risk can result in the risk of low birth weight babies and the risk of stunting. This study was to analyze the relationship between the nutritional status of…
Perinatal mortality can be used as a reference to assess health status in a country. In Indonesia, there is no research that discusses the incidence of perinatal mortality which is calculated based on regional division. The purpose of this study was to analyze the incidence of perinatal mortality by region in Indonesia. The sample in this study was 13,310 women of childbearing age from the 2017…
Preeklampsia adalah timbulnya hipertensi disertai dengan proteinuria pada umur kehamilan lebih dari 20 minggu atau segera setelah persalinan. Insiden preeklampsia sangat dipengaruhi oleh paritas, ras, etnis, predisposisi lingkungan dan genetik. Salah satu predisposisi genetik yang berperan memicu preeklampsia adalah kelainan gen endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) yang mengatur aktivasi ni…
Latar belakang :Mellenium Development Goals (MDS‟s) atau kebutuhan manusia melalui komitmen bersama 189 negara anggota Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa (PBB), dalam melaksanakan 8 sasaran atau tujuan pembangunan sasaran pembangunan milenium merupakan upaya pemenuhan hak-hak dasar. Adapun salah satu diantaranya adalah sasaran ke 4 yaitu “menurunkan angka kematian anak balita”tingginya angka kema…
Pernikahan dini merupakan fenomena yang terjadi di Indonesia yang merupakan negara berkembang dengan persentase pernikahan dini yang tinggi di dunia. Kehamilan dini dapat meningkatkan risiko kelahiran prematur, berat badan lahir rendah (BBLR), kematian bayi, dan gizi buruk. Penyebab BBLR adalah masalah multifaktorial seperti usia kehamilan, tingkat pendidikan, pendapatan, kehamilan ganda, infek…