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To overcome the maternal's health problem, preventive action based on the culture's perspective was chosen compared to the medical's perspective. Madurese still believe in the myth about food and action which affect their pregnancy. Based on the theory of A.L Kroeber, there is 3 form of culture to identify a community's culture. This study aim is to identify maternal care among Madurese through the form of cultural: 1) ideas; 2) activities and 3) artefact. This study was a descriptive research with the qualitative approach. This study conducted in the area of Puskesmas Trageh (Bangkalan) and Puskesmas Omben (Sampang) in Madura. The total main informant was 18 persons that consist of 3 pregnant women for each area and the key informants consist of 1 midwife coordinator, 1 local midwife, 1 shaman and 1 family member of each pregnant women. The maternal care towards the form of cultural ideas: 1) They should have a good intention towards other people; 2) increase their worships through reading Holy Qur'an; 3) avoid the distraction of the spirits by pray and use a talisman. The maternal care towards the form of cultural activities: 1) have a celebration to show the gratitude feeling towards God; 2) drink herbal medicine and do massage at stomach by the shaman; 3) avoid several foods based on myth. The maternal care towards the form of the cultural artefact uses the talisman to avoid misfortune. It showed phenomena that Madurese still do traditional maternal care which often contradictory to the modern medicine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dietary diversity and quantity are important for pregnant women, particularly anemic pregnant women. This study aimed to analyze the association between dietary quantity and diversity among anemic pregnant women. This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2017 at Madura Island, Indonesia, and involved 152 anemic pregnant women. Hemoglobin concentration was analyzed by the cyanmethemoglobin method. Dietary quantity was measured by the 2 × 24 h recall. Dietary diversity was determined by Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women of Reproductive Age (MDD-W). Spearman's rank association was performed to analyze the association between dietary diversity and quantity. The median of hemoglobin concentration was 10.1 g/dL, and 57.2% pregnant women had mild anemia. Most of the pregnant women had low adequacy levels of energy and macro- and micronutrients (except for iron). More than half (57.9%) of anemic pregnant women had reached minimum dietary diversity. Family size (p=0.048) and gestational age (p=0.004) had negative associations with dietary diversity. Dietary diversity had positive associations with energy (p=0.029), protein (p=0.003), vitamin A (p=0.001), vitamin C (p=0.004), and zinc (p=0.015) adequacy levels. Dietary diversity had no significant association with calcium (p=0.078) and iron adequacy level (p=0.206). High prevalence of mild and moderate anemia was found among pregnant women in their third trimester. Anemic pregnant women already consumed food with minimum dietary diversity but did not meet dietary quantity. Increasing dietary quantity is a priority for anemic pregnant women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]