Improving the Knowledge of Elderly Cadres in Providing Adequate Phytoestrogen Intake to Reduce the Progression of Osteoporosis

¹ Biochemistry Department of Medicine School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, 55183 Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
² Agribusiness Department, 55183 Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: yoni_astuti@yahoo.com

Abstract

Aging is an inevitable physiological process in life. In women, the aging process will be greatly affected by decreased production of the estrogen hormone so that the metabolism mediated will also experience higher disturbances than in men. Osteoporosis in women is much faster, so to cope with it can be slowed down with a rich intake of phytohormone estrogen. Several studies have proven that many plants have phytoestrogenic properties around us but not many people know about it. The aim of this study is to raise public awareness of bone health through the preparation skills of phytoestrogen-rich food intake. The methods used were lectures, discussions, demonstrations. The results showed an improvement in understanding and skills of 0.6 points. The Conclusion, lecturing and discussion were able to raise awareness despite still very low. However, there is great hope that this knowledge will be passed on through practice to make use of the plant resources available in the surroundings. The future study should modify the method to treat the elderly respondent, also need more time to understand the knowledge better.