Instructor Information

Course Coordinator             : Dr. dr. Prima Dhewi Ratrikaningtyas, M.Biotech

Office                                          : Gedung IKM Room 008, Jl. Farmako 1, Sekip Utara, Yogyakarta
Office Hours                            : 08.0-12.00 on Monday to Friday
Office Telephone                   : 62-274-548-156 or 5656076
E-mail                                         : primadhewi@ugm.ac.id

Course Description

Maternal and child morbidity, disability, and mortality continue to be a major public health problem in Indonesia, affecting millions of women, families, and communities annually. This course will help student understand: the current situation of maternal and child morbidity, disability, and mortality, some high impact interventions for improving maternal and child health status and key issues involved in policy, programming and strategy to improve health services and save lives. It is hoped that the issues, policy, program and strategy considerations address in this course will guide to students who are going to be educator, program and technical advisors working to reduce the number of maternal and child deaths in our country.

Prerequisite

Registered as Post Graduate Program or approved by Course Coordinator

Textbook & Course Materials

Required Text

1. Black, R. E.  Laxminarayan, R.  Temmerman, M.  & Walker N. (2016), Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health. Series of Diseases Control Priority. Third Edition. Washington, DC: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: The World Bank.
2. John Ehiri et al (2009). Maternal and Child Health Global Challenges, Programs, and Policies. New York: Springer
3. Kotch, J. (Ed.). (2013). Maternal and child health: Programs, problems, and policy in public health. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
4. Lawn J. McCarthy BJ, and Ross, SR. The Healthy Newborn: A Reference Manual for Program Managers. Atlanta, GA: CDC, CCHI, and Care, 2004.

Recommended Texts & Other Readings

Copies of the lecture notes (pdf) may be obtained at the Web Course (Elok or Gamel).

Course Requirements

The course requirements are intended to help students understand and apply the course material. Students should upload assignment to eLOK by the deadlines posted. Student should have the following:

1. •  Laptop
2. •  Stable internet connection
3. •  Access to Web site/Other

Course Structure

Course Format

Course activity covers lecture, tutorial and independent study by student (assignment). Due to pandemic, the lectures will be delivered through virtual class, using online meeting modality (Zoom, Google Meet, WebEx, etc.).

Lectures and Discussions

All of the lectures can be found under content on the eLOK site. All of discussions, including homework discussions, can be found under discussions on the eLOK

Lecture Topics

All of the lectures can be found under content on the ELOK site. All of discussions, including homework discussions, can be found under discussions on the ELOK. All of quizzes, including exams, can be found under quizzes on the ELOK site.

Mandate for turning in assignments

1. Every assignment must be typed in Microsoft Word. Hand written assignments will not be accepted.
2. Page layout margins must be ‘Normal’ i.e., 1’’ on all sides.
3. The font style must be Times New Roman and the font size should be 11 pt.
4. The spacing between lines in a paragraph must be 1.5.
5. Each question number on the assignment must be in BOLD and there must be at least a double space between each question.
6. Every page of the assignment must have the student’s full name and page number.
7. Assignment must be saved with the student’s full name and the assignment number before turning it in on eLOK.

Online Resources

All lecture and laboratory materials are distributed in Web class. These resources are available in Elok.   

Part 2: Student Learning Outcomes

Learning Objectives

This course covers: –the magnitude of maternal and child morbidity, disability, and mortality, it’s progress, and obstacles to reaching the national and global health goals; –reorient the participant to key technical and programmatic concepts in the provision of health care that is essential to the improvement of maternal and child health status; and –appraising population and family health policies and programs as part of core of public health program in Indonesia.

Learning Outcomes

In the end of the course, the student should be able to: understand and evaluate the policies and programs correlated to decreasing of maternal mortality rate and child mortality rate especially infant mortality, improving the nutritional status especially issues of stunting and exclusive breastfeeding. Students also could be emphasize to evaluate the policies and programs of maternal and child health correlated to SDGs and National Mid-Term Development Plan (RPJMN).