UNAIR NEWS 鈥聽Trisna Nurya Majid, Imas Elva Khoiriyah, Eka Swastika Putri, Kiki Damasari Millenia, and Estit Raca Alda Nur Wakhid are five students from聽听() participating as a team in Student Creativity Program – Community Service (PKM-PM).聽They are one of the teams that managed to qualify for funding in 2021.
The PKM program carried out by Trisna and the team was titled 鈥淧regnancy Care Community,聽Integrated Psychological Approach Based Empowerment as Effort to Reduce Maternal Mortality Rate in the New Normal Era, Kertajaya Village, Surabaya.鈥澛燭hrough the PKM program, Trisna and her team want to empower the locals to overcome the problem of maternal mortality (MMR) in Kertajaya Urban Community using the聽Integrated Psychological Approach.
鈥淚n this PKM-PM program, our team partners with PKK (Family Welfare Movement) of Kertajaya,鈥 she said.
Furthermore, Trisna said that the program they developed was inspired by the high maternal mortality rate in Kertajaya urban community, Surabaya. Moreover, the Covid-19 pandemic has the potential to increase MMR because some services for pregnant women are stopped or postponed. Thus, community empowerment activities are needed to adapt to current conditions.
鈥淲e also see the partners鈥 potential to carry out a sustainable Pregnancy Care Community聽program聽, and they are expected to produce cadres as good and competent health counselors in maintaining the good health of pregnant women in Kertajaya, Surabaya,鈥 Trisna explained on Thursday, July 29, 2021.
The implementation of PKM, continued Trisna, was carried out with a聽blended聽system聽or a combination of online and offline.聽When activities are carried out offline, Trisna and the team pay close attention to health protocols.聽The activities carried out are dissemination and partner training in four meetings.
According to Trisna, their program supports the achievement of the third sustainable development goal听(SDG) related to good health and welfare, where the MMR problem is one of the health problems that must be resolved.
鈥淢aintaining maternal health during pregnancy is not only the responsibility of pregnant women, but also the responsibility of husbands, families, communities, health workers, and the government,鈥 added Trisna.
Finally, Trisna and the team hoped that the program they developed could be implemented sustainably by partners.聽So, it can be one of the continuous efforts to reduce MMR in the聽new normal聽era,聽especially in Kertajaya urban community, Surabaya.听(*)
Author: Dita Aulia Rahma
Editor: Binti Q. Masruroh
