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…
Postpartum visits are one of the efforts that can be made to reduce maternal mortality. In Indonesia, the proportion of completeness of postpartum visits has not been evenly distributed between regions and research discussing the completeness of postpartum visits by region in the last decade is still limited. The purpose of this study was to analyze differences in the completeness of postpartum…
Postpartum haemorrhage was defined as blood loss of more than 500 ml in vaginal delivery or more than 1000 ml in cesarean section delivery. Several risk factors for postpartum hemorrhage are age, parity, birth spacing, multifetal pregnancies, body mass index, and method of delivery. The prevalence of postpartum hemorrhage in the world is around 1-6% and this figure is quite high. This study aim…
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…