THE RELATIONSHIP OF KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE WITH UTILIZATION OF BIRTH WAITING HOUSE IN THE WORK AREA TEMBILAHAN HULU HEALTH CENTER

Abstract

ABSTRACT

A birth waiting house is a place or room located near a health care facility that can be used as a temporary residence for pregnant women and their companions for a few days before the time of delivery arrives and a few days after childbirth, This waiting house aims to bring closer access to woman pregnant, maternity, post partum and newborn health services so that there is an increase in the number of childbirths in health care facilities as well as lower cases of complications, The purpose of the research is to know the relationship of knowledge and attitude with the Utilization of Birth Waiting House in the Working Area of Tembilahan Hulu Health Center, Types of analytical descriptive research with cross sectional study approach methods, The population in this study was pregnant women in the Working Area of Tembilahan Hulu Health Center and the sample count was 43 people, Sampling techniques with proportional sampling, Analyze the data using the chi square statistic test, The results showed that 37,2% of respondents used a birth waiting house, 58,1% of respondents were low knowledge, 60,5% were negative attitude, After statistical testing there is a relationship between knowledge and the utilization of birth waiting house with (p value 0,000<0,05) and there is a relationship between attitude and the utilization of birth waiting house with (p value 0,000<0,05), Based on the results of the research, it can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between knowledge and attitude and the utilization of birth waiting house, It is hoped that health workers can provide socialization about birth waiting house so as to improve maternal and family knowledge and increase the coverage of birth waiting house in the region,

Keywords : Knowledge, Attitude, Birth Waiting House