The Relationship between Pregnant Women's Knowledge and Participation in Pregnant Women's Classes

Authors

  • Desy Afrida Trijayanti Puskesmas Hikun Kabupaten Tabalong Kalimantan Selatan
  • Ayesha Hendriana Ngestiningrum Health Polytechnic of the Ministry of Health, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47794/johmis.v1i1.16

Keywords:

Knowledge, Pregnant women , Pregnant women’s classes

Abstract

The success of efforts to improve maternal health can be seen from the maternal mortality rate (MMR). In Indonesia itself, a program of pregnancy classes has been issued. Pregnancy classes are a place for pregnant women and families to learn together about maternal health, the aim is to improve mothers' knowledge and skills about pregnancy, childbirth, childbirth care and newborn care through the practice of using the KIA (Maternal and Child Health) book . The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between pregnant women's knowledge and participation in pregnancy classes in Wayau Village, Tanjung District, Tabalong Regency, South Kalimantan. This study uses descriptive correlative with a cross-sectional approach. The sampling technique used total sampling of 22 pregnant women who attended the pregnancy class in Wayau village. The statistical results obtained a Chi-Square value of 0.001 (P value <0.05) which means that there is a relationship between the knowledge of pregnant women and participation in the pregnancy class in Wayau village, Tanjung District, Tabalong Regency, South Kalimantan. The conclusion is There is a relationship between the knowledge of pregnant women and participation in pregnancy classes in Wayau Village, Tanjung District, Tabalong Regency, South Kalimantan.

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Published

2025-09-30

How to Cite

Trijayanti, D. A., & Hendriana Ngestiningrum , A. (2025). The Relationship between Pregnant Women’s Knowledge and Participation in Pregnant Women’s Classes. Journal of Health and Midwifery Soepraoen, 1(1), 12–17. https://doi.org/10.47794/johmis.v1i1.16

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