PENGARUH PERSIAPAN PRANIKAH, LINGKUNGAN PRE DAN POSTNATAL TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN DAN PERKEMBANGAN BALITA DI KABUPATEN SOLOK

Introduction: The first five years of a child's life (toddler) is the fastest growing and developing period in the human brain, this period is a very sensitive but also critical period for the child's brain in receiving various inputs / learning / influences from the surrounding environment, and nutritional intake. It is at this time that children have the opportunity to develop aspects in themselves, both physically, cognitively and socio-emotionally. The growth of toddlers is assessed from the anthropomentri of the toddler. The indicator that researchers use refers to regulation of the minister of health No.2 of 2020 on child anthropometric standards. The purpose of the study was to analyze the relationship of prenatal preparation, prenatal environment, delivery environment, and post-Christmas with the growth and development of children in mothers who have children under five in Kanagarian Taruang-taruang Working Area Lasi River Health Center Solok in 2020. Method: This research is a type of analytical research and has been conducted in The Kanagarian Taruang-taruang Working Area of Puskesmas Lasi Solok in July - September 2020. The population of this study was mothers who had children who were 5 years old and the sample was toddlers who came to posyandu and who were in the working area of Puskesmas Lasi and met the criteria of inclusion (consecutive sampling) of 45 people. Data processing through editing, coding, data entry, cleaning, and tabulating stages. The processed data is then analyzed using univariate and bivariate (chi square). Result: Out of 45 respondents, 18 toddlers (40%) were found who have nutritional status with abnormal weight/age indicator, 11 toddlers (24.2%) with abnormal nutritional status of height/age, weight/height 16 people (35.6%) abnormal, did not do pre-marital preparation 23 people (51.1%), did not get a good antenatal environment as many as 17 people (37.8%), did not get a good delivery environment as many as 17 people (37.8%), did not get a good postnatal environment as many as 22 people (48.9%), and the development of dubious toddlers according to the age of toddlers as much as 9 people (20%). Conclusion: There was a meaningful relationship between the postnatal environment and the growth of toddlers based on weight/age indicators, whereas, pre-marital preparation variables, antenatal environment, and delivery environment have no meaningful relationship with the growth and development of the child.

The Role of Guidance Programs in the Awareness of Planning for Marriage and Family Constructing "A Descriptive Analytical Study of Marital Preparation Programs and their Beneficiaries in Jeddah"

Marriage is a "life-long project" and projects require planning. This study aimed at knowing the role of Marriage Preparation Programs (MPP) in the awareness of marriage planning through: their content, their used means, and the time allocated for lectures and activities. In addition, the study aimed at knowing the point of view of the beneficiaries of these programs about what has been presented and some of their socio-demographic characteristics. The current study is a descriptive study that used two tools to collect field data: a questionnaire to describe and analyze the programs' content and personal interviews with the beneficiaries of these programs. Four MPP- provided by three centers in Jeddah - and seventy-two cases: 32 females and 40 males were chosen through purposive sampling. The major findings of this study can be generalized as followed: I. Marriage goals, sex education, and dialogue between spouses are the most provided subjects by MPP. II. Lectures are the mostly used means to deliver MPPs' content. III. Differences exist between MPPs in terms of allocated time. IV. The most important subjects to be covered by MPP, from the beneficiaries' point of view, are: spouses' rights and duties, dialogue between spouses, the goal of marriage, dealing with anger, sex education, organizing the family budget, and the transference to the marital house. Generally speaking, MPP role in the awareness of marriage planning and family constructing was found to be limited. The study recommended the following: make the results of this research available for MPP providers; do more research in the field of MPP; provide MPP only for the beneficiaries who intend to marry; and design different types of marriage/family education programs for: non-married, married spouses, fathers and mothers, divorced, and widowed beneficiaries.