Health Improvement after Childbirth with Traditional Snack Consumption Serilaila1,*, Simanjuntak Betty Yosephin2, Hartini Lela3, Mahpolah4 1Department of Midwifery, Ministry of Health Polytechnic, Banjarmasin, Indonesia 2Department of Nutrition, Ministry of Health Polytechnic, Bengkulu, Indonesia 3Department of Midwifery, Ministry of Health Polytechnic, Bengkulu, Indonesia 4Department of Nutrition, Ministry of Health Polytechnic, Banjarmasin, Indonesia *Corresponding Author: Serilaila, Department of Midwifery, Ministry of Health Polytechnic, Banjarmasin, Indonesia, E-mail: serilaila11@yahoo.co.id
Online published on 8 March, 2019. Abstract Background After giving birth, most mothers complain of pain, so they are not fit. Traditional ingredients is usually consumed by postpartum mothers to restore health, but no research has been carried out to find the effectiveness. The study aimed to determine the effect of consuming traditional food called kekerit on fitness by using rats before applied further to human beings. Method The study was conducted using randomized pre-post test control group design on female, white rats that were made pregnant and waited until delivery. The sample was 18 rats consisting of 9 treatment groups and nine control groups. The study was conducted at the Laboratory of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bogor Agricultural University of Indonesia by assessing fitness through swimming three times on days 1, 5 and 11, and then the data were analyzed by employing t-test. Results The mean swimming pool of intervention rats 101.00 ± 6.65 seconds compared to controls 68.65 ± 6.58 seconds on the first day and there was a significant difference in the fitness of rats with p= 0.039. Conclusion Upon successful completion test on rats, the health of postpartum mothers may be accelerated to recover after consuming kekerit, but further research is needed to examine the feasibility. Top Keywords Fitness, Strength, Post-Partum, traditional snack. Top |