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Objective Stroke is a primary neurological disorder that exists in the world and causes both physical and mental disability. Based on WHO data, among 17 million new stroke cases, 7 million of them died from strokes. Indonesia's Sample Registration System (SRS) in 2014 showed that stroke was the main cause of death, which is 21.1% of all causes of death for all age groups. The purpose of this study is to obtain more comprehensive information regarding the development of mobile health application for primary prevention of stroke. Methods The design used is Literature review. Articles were collected through Cochrane, Science Direct, Pubmed, Elseiver, Proquest (Links are from the library of unhas.ac.id) Pubmed, WHO, CDC, Google Scholar. The keywords used were stroke, primary prevention, risk factor, smartphone. After collecting the article then article synthesis was made. Results Based on the reading results of the article, it shows that the incidence of stroke increased from year to year and became the main cause of disability and death. So it needs prevention from upstream sector, in this case primary prevention, through the development of mhealth applications using smartphones that can calculate the risk of strokes in 5 and 10 years. By using the application, it can provide information about the dangers of stroke, risk factors and how to overcome them. Conclusion The development of digital technology, application of stroke can effectively reduce the incidence of stroke.

Objective This study was aimed to describe the Makassar ethnic community's perception regarding pre-eclampsia in Gowa district. Methods This study used a descriptive phenomenological design; the respondents were the Makassar ethnic community in the SombaOpu and Bajeng Primary Health Care. The study began in May until July 2019 with 36 informants using non-probability sampling technique. Results People recognize as poisoning based on cultural perceptions adopted. For example, consuming shrimp, squid, crabs, moringa leaves, sitting in front of the door, and eating in bed. Conclusion Makassar ethnic perceptions about pre-eclampsia based on “taboo” or taboo during pregnancy.