Doctoral dissertation

Women in rural areas have not fully understood the reproductive organs, their functions and working system. Their knowledge is often influenced by the myth. The myth is believed as a truth, not just related to reproductive health but also the values of women in their role as wife and housewife.

The health of mothers who are delivering baby in Indonesia is categorized as low with the highest maternal mortality rate in ASEAN, which is 228 per 100,000 live births. The data from Ministry of Health in 2009 recorded at least 4,692 mothers died in 2008 due to pregnancy, childbirth and porturition, which actually can still be prevented. This statement was delivered by S.F. Budi Hastuti, SKp., M. Kes., in an open examination of Doctoral Program, Tuesday (25/10) in UGM Faculty of Medicine.