The Effectiveness of Health Education in Increasing Knowledge of Early Detection Danger Signs During Pregnancy

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10.2991/978-94-6463-186-9_8How to use a DOI?

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Health education; Danger signs; Pregnancy; Knowledge

Abstract

Background Several studies show pregnant women have less knowledge about health risks during pregnancy. It indicates that pregnant woman needs some effective health education methods. Objective. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of health education in increasing knowledge of the early detection of danger signs during pregnancy. Methods. The design of this study used a quasi-experimental method with a one-group pretest-posttest design. The population of this study was pregnant women who had an examination at the Independent Midwife Practice in Jakarta, with a sample size of 111 pregnant women. The data was analyzed using bivariate analysis using Wilcoxon Sign Test. Results. The results of this study showed that the health education intervention about the danger signs during pregnancy given to pregnant women could increase knowledge about the danger signs during pregnancy from 1.22 (before the intervention) to 2.14 (after the intervention), a p-value of 0.0001 was obtained, so it can be concluded that there is a relationship between health education in increasing knowledge of early detection of dangerous signs of pregnancy. Conclusions. Health education effectively increases pregnant women’s understanding of pregnancy’s dangerous symptoms.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Maryuni
AU  - Legina Anggraeni
AU  - R. A. Mella Yuria
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/06/14
TI  - The Effectiveness of Health Education in Increasing Knowledge of Early Detection Danger Signs During Pregnancy
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st World Conference on Health and Social Science (WCHSS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 58
EP  - 65
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-186-9_8
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-186-9_8
ID  - 2023
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