ABSTRACT
Background. Maternal Mortality Rate is one indicator that is sensitive towards
the quality and accessibility of health care facilities. One effort to reduce that
number is by the event of antenatal care. Antenatal care is an activity towards the
mother during the pregnancy process or before birth. Good antenatal care and
the availability of a referral facility for high risk cases can decrease MMR.
Knowledge is the notice of someone through sensing towards an object through
the senses they have. Attitude is a reaction or response that is still closed from
someone towards a stimulus or a particular object.
Objective. The objective of this research was to understand the comparison
between pregnant women’s knowledge and attitude towards antenatal care before
and after health education at sangurara public health center palu.
Method. This study was quasi experiment design research (one group pre testpost
test). The sample were70 people in total who are qualified in accordance
with the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data were collected by
questionnaire and analyzed by Wilcoxon test
Result. The result analysis of univariate frequency distribution shows that the
characteristics of respondentsare; according to age is 20-24 years old (34,3%),
high school graduates (40%), Housewife (67,1%), gravidum 1 (25%), Knowledge
before the counseling is good (84,3%) and knowledge after counseling that is
good (100%), attitude before counseling that is positive (84,3%) and attitude after
counseling that is positive (97,1%). The result of bivariate test on knowledge
before and after counseling obtained median value of 81:92 with p(0,000)