Overview of Knowledge and Motivation of Pregnant Women Towards Prevention of Pregnancy Risk Hazards in the Kebon Handil Health Center Working Area, Jambi City

Abstract

Based on data from the Jambi City Health Office in 2021, the number of pregnancy risk detections in Kebon Handil was 54 (37.6%), in 2022 there were 40 people (18.2%) who were detected with pregnancy risk, and in 2023 from January to May the number of people detected with pregnancy risk was 62 people (5.6%) (Jambi City Health Office 2023). This research is a descriptive study with the research design used is a survey to determine the knowledge and motivation of pregnant women towards preventing pregnancy risk hazards. This research has been conducted in the working area of the Kebon Handil Health Center, Jambi City The population in this study were all pregnant women totaling 281 people with sampling techniques using random sampling, with a total sample of 56 people. Data collection concerning the independent variables of knowledge, motivation and education level will be collected at the same time as the dependent variable, namely the prevention of pregnancy risk hazards, in order to obtain complete data in a relatively fast time. The results of the study from 56 pregnant women who became respondents in this study, 60.7% had good knowledge about preventing pregnancy risk hazards and 39.3% had poor knowledge about preventing pregnancy risk hazards. Of the 56 pregnant women studied, a small portion of 46.4% had high motivation towards the prevention of pregnancy risk. It is suggested that the Health Office can be used as material in an effort to improve the quality of antenatal care that affects the motivation of pregnant women in obtaining information about preventing pregnancy risks, by carrying out adequate efforts in ANC to provide counseling for pregnant women at Puskesmas in Jambi City.