Behavior of Pregnant Women against Antenatal Care Visits in Tawaeli Public Health Center Area Palu City

Abstract

Complications of pregnancy and childbirth as the highest cause of maternal death can be prevented through antenatal care regularly. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 800 women die every day due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Based on data from the Central Sulawesi Provincial Health Office AKI in 2015 amounting to 208 per 100,000 live births the figure is still relatively high. The data from the Palu City Health Office in 2017 ANC service coverage from the 12 lowest health centers was in the Tawaeli Health Center, namely K1 94.0% and K2 85.7%. The purpose of this study was to determine the behavior of pregnant women on antenatal care visits in the working area of ​​Tawaeli Health Center, Tawaeli District, Palu City. This type of research is qualitative with the phenomenology approach. The research informants were 11 people who were determined by Purposive Sampling techniques. The results of this study indicate that knowledge is not good enough because pregnant women get less information about pregnancy and antenatal care examinations. negative attitude in conducting K1 visits and low K4 visits. Health facilities are sufficient. Family support is good but it has little effect on the regularity of pregnant women in conducting antenatal care visits. Midwives have less role in providing information to pregnant women about antenatal care examinations. It is expected that the Tawaeli Health Center can increase the role of midwives to provide information to pregnant women about pregnancy and antenatal care examinations.