Evaluation of the Moringa Tea Demonstration as a Healthy Beverage for Hypertension Prevention

Authors

  • Fatmawaty Mallapiang Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin, Makassar, Indonesia
  • Lilis Widiastuty Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin, Makassar, Indonesia
  • Sitti Nurdiah Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin, Makassar, Indonesia
  • Nayatul Mutmainnah Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin, Makassar, Indonesia
  • Nayla Azzahra Ramadani Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin, Makassar, Indonesia
  • Hesti Hesti Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin, Makassar, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24252/ucr.v2i2.70659

Keywords:

Hypertension, Moringa Leaf, Demonstration

Abstract

Hypertension is one of the health problems still commonly found among the community of Dusun Peo, Belabori Village, Parangloe District, Gowa Regency. This activity aims to evaluate the demonstration of making moringa leaf tea as an effort to improve skills and the use of local food in hypertension prevention. The target of the activity was the community of Dusun Peo, totaling 31 people. The activity included identifying health problems, demonstrating the making of moringa leaf tea, as well as monitoring and evaluation six months after the intervention through observation, interviews, and a skills checklist. The evaluation results show that 18 respondents (58.1%) gave a positive response to the demonstration of making moringa leaf tea. The community's skill level in making moringa leaf tea was in the very good category for 15 respondents (83.3%) and the good category for 3 respondents (16.7%). This activity was able to improve community skills and interest in utilizing moringa leaves as a local food-based healthy beverage for reducing hypertension.

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Published

2026-08-08

How to Cite

Mallapiang, F., Widiastuty, L., Nurdiah, S., Mutmainnah, N., Ramadani, N. A., & Hesti, H. (2026). Evaluation of the Moringa Tea Demonstration as a Healthy Beverage for Hypertension Prevention. Unified Health Critical Research, 2(2), 203–211. https://doi.org/10.24252/ucr.v2i2.70659

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