| dc.description.abstract | Ihe choice of delivery assistant is the determination of choosing delivery
assistant for mothers who gave birth. The process of childbirth can be assisted by
health pLrsonels namely doctors, midwives and non-health personel such as
traditionol b irth attendant.
The objecttve of the research was to analyze the factors (age, pority,
education, lotiwledge,
-culture, perception, suggestion from health personels and
fomtlies, and exposire to informotion) influenced the choice of delivery ossistant- The
-research
used a quantitative survey with cross sectional design. The population were
264 childbirth mothers in 2013 in the working area of (IPT (Technical Service Unit)
of Saitnihuto Heolth Center (Puskesmas), and all of them were used as the sample-
The data were collected by conducting intervietvs with questionnaires and onalyzed
by using univariate analysis, btvariote onolysis with Chi Square test and multivariate
onolysis with poisson regression at the significonce level of 5%'
The results of the reseorch showed thot there were 79 respondents (29-9%')
who chose health personels as delivery assistant, and 185 respondents (70-l%o) chose
the tradtttonal bi.rth attendants as deltvery assistant. There was the influence of
education ond futowledge on the choice in delivery ossistont. The variable which had
the most dominant influenced wos the varioble of educotion with the cofficient value
of B: 1.170.
It is recommended that UPT Saitnihutq Heolth Center collaborate with the
local government by providing counselling in order to improve community's
lmowlidge about the choice of delivery assistant so that they can use health service
facility, particularly in choosing health personels as delivery assistants | en_US |
