Matra Nutrition Project “NUTRIMARINER: Matra Nutrition Education for Prospective Sea Crew”

FIKES UPNVJ - Proper meal planning is very important for crew members, considering that they work in challenging conditions such as irregular working hours (shifts), limited mobility, and limited access to nutritious food during the voyage. Without a proper meal strategy, the risk of health problems such as chronic fatigue, metabolic disorders, and decreased immunity will increase, which can interfere with work safety and productivity while at sea.

In order to raise awareness of the importance of health and proper nutritional intake in the maritime work environment, students of the Nutrition Study Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, UPN Veteran Jakarta held a webinar entitled "NUTRIMARINER: Matra Nutrition Education for Prospective Sea Crew". This activity was carried out online through the Zoom Meeting platform on Saturday, May 24, 2025 and was attended by 30 participants who were prospective sea crew members from various educational backgrounds. This activity is an educational activity that aims to equip prospective sea workers with an understanding of the importance of nutrition in supporting safety and performance in a high-risk work environment. In this activity, participants received various educational materials, starting from the basic concept of occupational safety and health (K3) in the marine area, special nutritional needs, healthy eating strategies for shift workers, and simulations of healthy menus and individual action plans.

The activity began at 08.35 which was opened by Dinda Rizmalia (2210714002) and Adila Putri Abdul Wahid (2210714011) as Master of Ceremony, continued with the reading of the program, reading of the rules of procedure, and singing the song Indonesia Raya, Mars Bela Negara, and Mars UPN "Veteran". The next event was a speech by Muhammad Abhista Hakim (2210714020) as the chairman of the committee, followed by a group photo session. Before entering the material presentation session, participants were invited to fill out a pretest first. There were 4 topics presented by the speakers. The first material was delivered by Hurul Aini Alyadi, a Public Health undergraduate student with a major in Occupational Safety and Health (K3) who has a deeper understanding and is relevant to the topic presented, namely K3 in marine areas. Then, the second material was delivered by Puspaningrum Dwi Hartanti (2210714021) with the topic of special nutritional needs in the marine environment.

Before continuing to the next presentation, the participants were invited to interact first through an ice breaking session guided by Phoebe Kineisha (2210714024) to restore concentration and refresh the atmosphere so that they remain enthusiastic and enthusiastic to listen to the next presentation. The third presentation was delivered by Devia Amanda Putri (2210714033) with the topic of healthy eating strategies for shift work systems. Continued with the fourth presentation, namely the last material delivered by Jingga Putri Naraya (2210714025) regarding healthy menu simulations and individual action plans. After that, it went into a question and answer session which was greeted enthusiastically by the participants, as well as the committee in answering each question.

Some questions submitted by participants were related to how to arrange the composition of the contents of my plate when on a diet and how to limit the consumption of canned food in a work environment where fresh food is rarely found.

The next event was the implementation of a healthy menu simulation guided by Nazwa Dwi Anindhita (2210714019) through the use of padlet and the isi piringku template which was then created by the participants by providing a picture of their menu according to the recommended composition on isi piringku. This session was actively followed by participants by presenting the results of the isi piringku creations that had been made. The next event was filling in the post-test, continued with a closing session by the Master of Ceremony, and ended with a group photo session.