Utilization of MCH (Mother and Child Health) Handbook as a Media for Educating Pregnant Women during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Keywords:
MCH Handbook, Knowledge of Pregnant Women, Media EducatingAbstract
The MCH handbook is a communication tool and information media needed for pregnant women and health workers, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Banyumas Regency at the end of 2018 promoted the MCH Book Reading movement with the slogan "one sheet a day, healthy mother healthy child" for pregnant women and their families as a form of government attention to the health of pregnant women. During the COVID-19 pandemic, classes for pregnant women are temporarily suspended. This research is a correlation study. The research approach uses cross-sectional. The sample in this study is 73 pregnant women in the working area of Kalibagor Public Health Center, Banyumas Regency. All pregnant women already have an MCH handbook. The results showed that there was a relationship between the frequency of reading and the level of knowledge of pregnant women (p-value <0.05), there is a relationship between the duration of reading and the level of knowledge of pregnant women (p-value <0.05). In Conclusion, there is a relationship between the use of MCH books and the level of knowledge of pregnant women. Pregnant women who are willing to read MCH books with frequent frequency and sufficient duration will increase the knowledge of pregnant women.
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