FACTORS RELATED TO THE MOTHER ANC VISIT IN THE WORKING AREA OF PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER GOMO SOUTH NIAS REGENCY

Penulis : Darma Afni Hasibuan, SST

Abstrak : Background. ANC is very important to detect early complications during pregnancy so that there is no risk at the time of delivery. Low visit pregnant women be cause of maternal and infant mortality higher. Purpose of research. to determine the factors associated with maternal ANC visit in the working area of public health center UPTD Gomo. Design of research. Analytical method with cross sectional approach. Population. Throughout the third trimester pregnant women with a number of 53 people and a way of sampling /the total sampling. Instrument. Used was a questionnaire. Result of research. The majority of research results is not exhaustive ANC 32 people (60.4%), complete minority 21 people (39.6%), lack of knowledge of 31 people (58.5%), insufficient knowledge 8 people (15.1%), resources from non-health 31 people (58.5%), distance 31 people (58.5%) is close to 7 people (13.2%), support a husband who does not support the 28 people (52.8%) fully supports 12 people (22.6%). Conclusion. No relationship with the ANC knowledge with p value 0,000, there is a relationship with the ANC resources with p value 0.002, no distance relationship with the ANC with p value 0,001, There husband support relationship with ANC with p value 0.041. Suggestion. Health workers should do more health education and went to the mother in the home, especially about care during pregnancy.

Key words : Knowledge, Resources, Distance, Husband support, ANC