PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP CALON PENGANTIN PEREMPUAN TENTANG PERSIAPAN KESEHATAN PRANIKAH DI KECAMATAN GUNUNGSARI LOMBOK BARAT 2018

Abstract

The preparation of pregnancy is indispensable in order to give birth to an intelligent and healthy baby, if the mother does not prepare for her pregnancy, several pregnancy problems will appear which are commonly called pregnancy complications. Complications in pregnancy can be caused by inadequate preparation for pregnancy such as never have health status checks, blood tests and urine tests. The Indonesian Ministry of Health in 2014 have launched a sexual and reproductive health program for brides who serve women from adolescence to pre-pregnancy in order to prepare a healthy pregnant women. The purpose of this study was to identify the knowledge and attitudes of the future bride about pre-marital health preparation in Gunungsari district West Lombok. This was a cross sectional study with proportional random sampling, the subjects in this study were future brides in 8 Poskesdes Gunungsari by taking respondents randomly in each group with a number according to the proportion of 152 people. The results showed that the age of the respondents was 20-35 years old, most of the future brides had high school education and almost all of the future brides were housewives. More than half of the brides' knowledge about pre-marital health preparation is quite good, also more than half of them are hadpassablyattitude category. Contribution of research results are its necessary to evaluate and improve local government policies related to efforts to increase the knowledge of future brides about pre-marital health preparation in coordination with the community health centers and the local Office of Religious Affairs through health education and pre-marriage requirements.