KNOWLEDGE DESCRIPTION OF THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANT WOMEN ON BONDING ATTACHMENT IN SEHAT MATERNITY CLINIC OF PANTAI CERMIN SUB DISTRICT 2012

Abstract

Bonding attachment prevents 22 % of infant deaths per year. The estimated number of deaths of
newborns is 89/ 770 per year, or 246 newborns per day.
This study aims to know the overview of pregnant women knowledge about bonding attachment,
maternal characteristics by age, education , resources, and parity in the Sehat maternity clinic of
Pantai cermin in 2012 .
This type of research is descriptive. Population of 37 respondents pregnant women with total
sampling technique. Collected data is primary data with questionnaires as measuring instrument.
The results obtained knowledge about maternal bonding attachment with 70.27 %, a majority of age
20-35 years of 72.41 % and less of age < 20 years with 80 %, the majority of secondary education of
63.63 % and less of primary education of 91.67 %, 72.41 % majority of resources from health care
workers and less of the mass media category of 62.5 %, and the majority of multiparous 77.78 % and
less of scundipara with 68.75 %.
Pregnant women knowledge about bonding attachment was still lacking. For this, it is expected that
health workers through the efforts of counseling and providing information will help mothers increase
their knowledge.