Abstract
Complications of pregnancy and childbirth as the highest cause of maternal death can be prevented through antenatal care regularly. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 800 women die every day due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Based on data from the Central Sulawesi Provincial Health Office AKI in 2015 amounting to 208 per 100,000 live births the figure is still relatively high. The data from the Palu City Health Office in 2017 ANC service coverage from the 12 lowest health centers was in the Tawaeli Health Center, namely K1 94.0% and K2 85.7%. The purpose of this study was to determine the behavior of pregnant women on antenatal care visits in the working area of Tawaeli Health Center, Tawaeli District, Palu City. This type of research is qualitative with the phenomenology approach. The research informants were 11 people who were determined by Purposive Sampling techniques. The results of this study indicate that knowledge is not good enough because pregnant women get less information about pregnancy and antenatal care examinations. negative attitude in conducting K1 visits and low K4 visits. Health facilities are sufficient. Family support is good but it has little effect on the regularity of pregnant women in conducting antenatal care visits. Midwives have less role in providing information to pregnant women about antenatal care examinations. It is expected that the Tawaeli Health Center can increase the role of midwives to provide information to pregnant women about pregnancy and antenatal care examinations.
Highlights
The maternal mortality rate (MMR) is one indicator to see the health status of a country
Enabling factors Health facility In-depth interviews conducted by researchers to pregnant women about ”where do you usually get a pregnancy checkup?” the results were obtained that most pregnant women did checks at the community health center or integrated health post. ”How is the distance between the location of the mother’s house and the community health center?”, The results showed that most pregnant women stated that access to the location to the community health center could be affordable
The researchers asked about ”did midwives ever provide counseling about antenatal care services?” The results showed that most of the informants said that there was no counseling conducted by midwives. ”Do midwives explain the benefits of antenatal care examinations?” The results of the study found that most informants stated that midwives did not explain to pregnant women the benefits of antenatal care examinations
Summary
The maternal mortality rate (MMR) is one indicator to see the health status of a country. Complications of pregnancy and childbirth as the highest cause of maternal death can be prevented by regular antenatal care checks. Antenatal care or antenatal care carried out by trained and professional health personnel can prevent and detect complications in the fetus and pregnant women early so there are no unwanted things in the future [5]. While the highest antenatal care coverage data at Kamonji Community Health Center are K1 (106.3) and K4 (101.8). The data of the Tawaeli Community Health Center Antenatal Care service is still far from the minimum service standard of the Palu City Health Office K1 and K4 at 100%. Based on the background above, the author feels interested in digging deeper into the behavior of pregnant women on antenatal care visits in the working area of the Tawaeli Community Health Center, Tawaeli District, Palu City
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