| dc.description.abstract | In the working area of Pijorkoling Health Center, eventhough pregnant
women class began in 2014, but pregnant women lvtowledge abofi ideal prenntal
care wos still poor, and some of them thought thot it was not necessary to examine
their pregnancy to the health care providers. The objective of the research was to
find out the influence of pregnant women class on their lcnowledge and attitude
toward examination and care of pregnancy. ,
The research used quantitative method with cross sectional design. The
population was l5l pregnont women in the working area of Pijorkoling Health
Center, Padangsidimpuan, and 132 of them (63 pregnant womenwho participated in
pregnant women class and 69 pregnant women who did not) were used as the
samples.The datawere analyzed by using independent t-test at a: 0-05.
The result of the research showed that the range of total score of lcnowle.dge
in women who participated in pregnant women class was 7-13 at the mean of
10.0811.82, while the range of total score of women who dtd not participate was I-9
at the mean of 4.97+1.94. There was the influence of pregnant wonxen class on
women's l*towledge about examination and care of pregnoncy (p< 0.0A1). The range
of total score of attitude in women who participated in pregnant women class was
4t-56 at the meon of 48.24t i.13, while the range of total score of women who did
not participate was 27-47 at the meon of j5.418.82. There was the influence of
pregnont women class on women's attitude toward examination and care of
pregnancy (p < 0.001).
It is recommended that the Padangsidimpuon City Health Ofrc" schedules
Pijorkoling Health Center to implement pregnant women class regularly, twice a
year. Pijorkoling Health Center should maintain the quality of pregnant women class
and provide counseling by summoning pregpant women to participate in pregnant
women class | en_US |
