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Journal : Abdimas Talenta : Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat

Managing stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: The application of deep breathing relaxation technique and diary feedback among students Yunita Zahra; Ika Sari Dewi; Amalia Meutia; Dina Nazriani; Suri Mutia Siregar; Omar K. Burhan
ABDIMAS TALENTA: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat Vol. 5 No. 2 (2020): ABDIMAS TALENTA : Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (405.517 KB) | DOI: 10.32734/abdimastalenta.v5i2.5063

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Having to stay at home and disconnected from their social world during the Covid-19 lockdown is stressful for many people, including students. The current paper reports the application of a deep breathing relaxation technique among students from the Faculty of Psychology Universitas Sumatera Utara, to regulate their stress levels at home. Twenty-five students participated in this intervention program. We trained them in a deep breathing relaxation technique and asked them to practice the technique twice a day, in the morning and the evening. We followed their progress for five consecutive days, in which participants filled a stress diary twice a day, in the morning and the evening. Based on the diary, a feedback by a psychologist was sent to each individual participant the next day. We assessed the effectiveness of the intervention program by comparing the students' perceived stress at the pre-intervention phase compared to their stress level at the post-intervention phase. The results showed a significant and meaningful impact of the intervention program, in which students reported lower perceived stress at the post-intervention compared to the pre-intervention phase.
Comprehensive Information Learning Training for Productive Age Mothers in the Cervical Cancer Prevention and Care Movement (GERCEP) in the Community Lufthiani; Siti Zahara Nasution; Evi Karota; Suri Mutia Siregar
ABDIMAS TALENTA: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat Vol. 8 No. 2 (2023): ABDIMAS TALENTA: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32734/abdimastalenta.v8i2.11327

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Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for women in developing countries. The incidence of cervical cancer will increase four times greater in family planning acceptors who use hormonal contraceptives with a duration of more than five years. The high incidence of cervical cancer requires counseling for the community to conduct early detection of the possibility of cervical cancer. Through training and mentoring activities with comprehensive learning in productive age mother groups in the cervical cancer prevention and care Movement (GERCEP) efforts in the community that can increase knowledge as well as early prevention of cervical cancer and health maintenance efforts for productive age mothers. The method of implementing community service activities is carried out by providing education, learning training in the form of quizzing to 50 productive age mother groups. Education is carried out by providing health counseling about cervical cancer and how to prevent it through PHBS. The results of the implementation of this community service activity show that the mother's knowledge about cervical cancer and its prevention is in the good category (100%), after learning training activities. The results of the paired t-test test before and after being given learning training obtained a p value of 0.000. The results of this activity are expected that mothers are able to increase knowledge and insight in efforts to prevent cervical cancer through clean and healthy living behaviors.