Abstract:
Abstract
Objective : To investigate the relationship between
education level and occupation of pregnant women with
MCH handbook utilization at the Pekauman Public Health
Center of Banjarmasin in July–August 2018.
Methods : The method that was used is analytical
observational research with cross-sectional design. The
number of research sample is 50 people with systematic
random sampling techniques, and data were analyzed by
chi-square statistical tests.
Results : The majority of respondents were34 pregnant
women (68%) with low education level, and36 pregnant
women (72%) were unemployed. There were 36 pregnant
women (72%) with ineffective MCH handbook utilization.
The statistical result between education level of pregnant
women with MCH handbook utilization is p-value = 0.005
(p < 0.05) and between occupation of pregnant woman with
MCHhandbook utilization is p-value = 0.001 (p <0.05).
Conclusions : There a signifi cant relationship of education
leveland occupation of pregnant women with MCH
handbook utilization at the Pekauman Public Health Center
of Banjarmasin in July-August 2018.
