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Nutritional status and health are crucial factors in maintaining a healthy pregnancy, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between CGOL (Chlorophyll, Ginger, Orange, and Lemongrass) consumption and confirmed COVID-19 cases in pregnant women. The research, conducted in East Java with 250 purposively sampled respondents, employed a correlational cross-sectional design. Data were collected through questionnaires, Likert scales, and documentation. Analysis of research data using descriptive analysis and Spearman-Rho analyses. The study revealed that CGOL consumption in pregnant women was 28% less than optimal, 21.2% moderate and 50.8% optimal. Confirmed COVID-19 cases in pregnant women are 10%, and 90% are not confirmed. There was a significant relationship between CGOL consumption and confirmation of COVID-19 in pregnant women (p=0.0001). These findings emphasize the importance of integrating CGOL-based nutritional guidelines into prenatal care programs, particularly during pandemics, to enhance pregnant women's and their babies' health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Exclusive breastfeeding is an Indonesian government program in reducing mortality and morbidity of infants. Exclusive breastfeeding percentage in Indonesia have not met the target. There was a decrease of 18.7% in exclusive breastfeeding in Sreseh, Madura. National percentage of breastfeeding is 80%; East Java percentage of breastfeeding is 61.9%; Sampang Regency percentage of breastfeeding is 46.8%, and in Sreseh, Madura is 42.4%. This study aimed to explain the exclusive breastfeeding based on the health promotion model theory. The study used descriptive-analytic with a cross-sectional approach. The total population was 221 people selected by simple random sampling resulted in 85 respondents as samples. Inclusion criteria were mothers who have babies aged 6-12 months. The instrument used was the questionnaire then analyzed using validity and reliability tests. The chi-square test with a significance level a <0.05 was applied for the bivariate test. The dependent variables in this study were the benefits of action, self-efficacy, interpersonal factors, and situational factors. The finding showed a correlation between the benefits of action (p=0.000), self-efficacy (p=0.000), interpersonal influence (p=0.000), and situational influence (p=0.000) with exclusive breastfeeding. The benefits of action, self-efficacy, interpersonal influences, and situational influences in the Health Promotion Model have a correlation with exclusive breastfeeding. Self-efficacy is the most dominant factor compared to other factors related to exclusive breastfeeding. Therefore, self-efficacy needs to be improved in mothers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Madurese are a group of people who live on the island of Madura located in the province of East Java, Indonesia. They have a very strong culture, including when it comes to exclusive breastfeeding for newborns. The coverage of exclusive breastfeeding in this area is 40%. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of community empowerment in the Madura tribe with exclusive breastfeeding using a cross-sectional design. The population consisted of mothers who had infants aged 6 - 8 months old. The samples totaled 132 respondents taken based on the inclusion criteria. The independent variable was community empowerment. The dependent variable was exclusive breastfeeding. The data was collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using the Spearman rank correlation with a level of significance of 0.05. The results were p = 0.000 (p = <0.05), which means that there is a relationship between community empowerment and exclusive breastfeeding, r = 0.994, which means that the relationship between community empowerment and exclusive breastfeeding is strong. The conclusion of this study is that the role of community empowerment, especially the involvement of religious figures and community leaders, is needed in an effort to improve the exclusive breastfeeding in the Madura tribe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]