PENGARUH KARAKTERISTIK IBU DAN DUKUNGAN SUAMI TERHADAP PEMERIKSAAN KEHAMILAN DI KECAMATAN ANGKOLA TIMUR KABUPATEN TAPANULI SELATAN

Abstract

One of the efforts to observe the progress of pregnancy in order to ascertain good health of the mother
and the womb is by getting antenatal care. The result of the preliminary survey in working area of
Health Centre Pargarutan, East Angkola district showed that according to the data 2009, the coverage
of K4 was 73,5% and the data 2010, the coverage of K4 was only 78% (it is still far from the expected
coverage by Ministry of Health , that 90%). This research was aimed to analyze the influence of the
characteristics of the mother (parity, age, occupation, education) and husband’s support (informational,
assessment, instrumental and emotional) on antenatal care. The type of the research was cross-sectional
study. The research was carried out in Health Centre Pargarutan, East Angkola district. The population
in this research were all pregnant women in Health Centre Pargarutan, East Angkola district with KIA
book. The amount of the sample were 74 pregnant women with proportional sampling technique. Data
analysis used multiple logistic regression test with significance level of 95% ( ? < 0,05). The result of
the research showed that there were influences of parity, emotional support and instrumental support on
antenatal care. There was no influence of mother’s age, education, occupation, informational support and
assessment/appreciation support on antenatal care. The most dominant variable influenced on antenatal
care was emotional support. It is recommended that the policy-maker should conduct cooperation in order
to improve the routine socialization and counseling on the antenatal care with involve the pregnant
mother’s husbands to accompany them.