Effectiveness of Sequmil (School of Quran for Pregnant Women) Education Program as a Coping Strategy for Mental Health Disorders of Pregnant Women

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10.2991/978-94-6463-461-7_8How to use a DOI?

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Sequmil; Religious Coping; Mental Health Disorders

Abstract

Pregnant women are vulnerable to mental health problems due to changes at various stages that affect their mental health. The preliminary study was conducted on 36 respondents and showed that 29 (80.6%) respondents experienced mental health disorders in pregnancy. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of Sequmil as a religious coping strategy for pregnant women's mental health disorders. This research method is qualitative retrospective with case study approach. The research informants were 22 women. Data collection technique using in-depth interview, observation, and documentation. The in-depth interview analysis result: 1) Pregnant women have 3 readiness categories of pregnancy that are ready, forced, and not ready. They tend to experience mental health disorders during pregnancy, including sadness, worry, emotional instability, discomfort, lack of confidence in pregnant, feeling alone, and disappointment. 2) Pregnant women’s motivation joining sequmil that are seeking religious environment and strengthening spirituality, learning pregnancy and quranic science, interesting Sequmil’s curriculum, persuated by testimonies of alumnae, getting assistance during pregnancy. Their expectations of joining Sequmil that are getting calming and enjoyable pregnancy, better pregnant, better mood management, productive in pregnancy, programmed recitations and muraja’ah, get closer to quran. Their feelings during participating Sequmil that are calm, grateful and pleasure. 3) Pregnant women’s mental changes before and after sequmil that are more ridho and tawakkal, calmer, can manage emotions, less physical complaints. The religious coping they got from sequmil such as increasing interaction intensity to Qur'an make calmer, increasing worship activities make more surrendered, tadabbur quran and pregnancy assistance reduces their worries. Through sequmil, pregnant women increasing knowledge and spirituality, quranic habit (tilawah, tadabbur, tahfizh), positive activity, and positive community. Conclusion: Sequmil is an innovation midwifery care programe, which is effective in overcoming mental disorders of pregnant women trough its religious coping inside. Sequmil could be use for completing maternity care in the term of increasing mental health of pregnant women.

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AU  - Iiv Hayyu Chahyaya
AU  - Elly Naila Fauziah
AU  - Anna Malia
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/07/16
TI  - Effectiveness of Sequmil (School of Quran for Pregnant Women) Education Program as a Coping Strategy for Mental Health Disorders of Pregnant Women
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Lawang Sewu International Symposium on Health Sciences: Midwifery (LSISHS-M 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 66
EP  - 88
SN  - 2468-5739
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DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-461-7_8
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