TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN IBU TENTANG PENTINGNYA PERSALINAN DITOLONG TENAGA KESEHATAN DI DUSUN PALELENG DESA KASERALAU KECAMATAN BATULAPPA KABUPATEN PINRANG TAHUN 2018

Abstract

Labor is a very complex thing because there is happiness happening before the birth of
children but there are risks that may threaten the safety of mother and baby. Maternal
Mortality Rate (MMR) in Indonesia is still quite high. Based on Indonesia Demographic and
Health Survey (SDKI) in 2015, coverage of labor by health personnel is about 90.88%, which
means that there are still 10% labor that is not helped. While data of RISKESDES year 2015
indicate that delivery done at home still high enough that is equal to 29,6%. At Dusun
Paleleng Kaseralau Village Batulappa Subdistrict Pinrang District in the year 2017 in
August there are 8 childbirths or (34.8%) whose delivery is not helped by health workers
from a total of 23 Pairs of Age of Fertile or (100%). Based on the result of activity of
knowledge level on prenatal test assisted by health personnel there are 16 people (100%),
who know with 7 people (43.8%) while those who do not know 9 people (56.2%), after the
extension then the result of knowledge level on post test of labor assisted by health personnel
there are 16 people (100%), who know with the number of 16 people (100%).