Assistance to postpartum mothers using the Home Care method on Personal Hygiene and Breast Care in Kebun Hamlet and Congaban Hamlet, Samiran Village, Proppo Subdistrict, Pamekasan Regency

Abstract

Postpartum infections are one of the leading causes of maternal
mortality in developing countries. Personal hygiene in postpartum
mothers is very important so that they are not vulnerable to
infection. This service activity has a direction to improve skills in
maintaining personal hygiene and performing breast self-care in
postpartum women with the target of activities being a group of
postpartum women in the garden hamlet and congaban hamlet of
Samiran village, Proppo sub-district, Pamekasan district. The
method used is by providing assistance to postpartum women
door to door about personal hygiene and breast care. The results
obtained are that after home care assistance, postpartum women
understand the causes, signs and symptoms and prevention of
postpartum infections through good personal hygiene and proper
breast care. From counseling activities on personal hygiene and
breast care in postpartum mothers, it is very useful, especially for
mothers who have children for the first time (primipara). The
delivery of material and demonstrating breast care is very
influential in improving midwifery care services for postpartum
women. Counseling on personal hygiene and breast care by health
workers is very useful to increase the knowledge and skills of
postpartum women in performing personal hygiene and breast
care independently after childbirth.