Description of Knowledge and Premarital Attitudes About Nutrition for Prevention of Infertility in the City of Semarang

Abstract

Background: Infertility is the inability to get pregnant, maintain pregnancy and the inability to bring pregnancy to live birth. Infertility data in 37 Semarang City Health Centers in February to March 2018 reached 433 patients in high-risk pregnant women with secondary infertility of more than 5 years. Infertility can be caused by reproductive disorders and also lack of nutrients that can reduce reproductive hormones. So that premarital couples need to be informed regarding the knowledge and attitudes about nutrition to prevent infertility. This study was conducted in Semarang City as many as 40 respondents in the status as premarital. Quantitative research using observations was used to conduct this research. The results were presented descriptively. That 4 respondents have less premarital knowledge (10%) and 36 respondents (90%) good knowledge. And 19 respondents do not show the attitude in supporting the infertility preventive. And the premarital attitude that does not support is 19 people (47.5%) and as many as 21 respondents (52.5%) support about nutrition to prevent infertility. Governments need to provide Counseling, Information and Education for Premarital couple through a premarital for premarital as a facilitation yin providing prevention so that infertility does not occur.