The Increase of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Husbands toward the Prenatal Care of their Wives Using the Illustrations Having the Local Cultural Nuance

Siti Nurmawan Sinaga; Albiner Siagian; Nurmaini Nurmaini; Badaruddin Badaruddin

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2022.8092

Authors

Siti Nurmawan Sinaga Public Health Doctoral Program, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia
Albiner Siagian Department of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia
Nurmaini Nurmaini Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia
Badaruddin Badaruddin Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Politics, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2022.8092

Keywords:

Husband involvement, Health education, Illustrations, Urban setting, Maternal and child health

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The role of husbands in maternal health during pregnancy is crucial and is related to the high maternal mortality rate in Indonesia. In spite of that, the effort to involve husbands in the maternal health program is still low.

AIM: This paper aims to explain the results of the effort to produce learning assisting tools in a form of an illustration having local cultural nuance that can be used to do intervention of health education to increase the participation of husbands in maternal health.

METHODS: The research was conducted in Silaen Village, Silaen District in Toba Regency, North Sumatera Province. To make the teaching materials, interviews and focus group discussions were conducted for the village community figures, the village midwives, the pregnant women, and their husbands. After illustrations were made, the trial was conducted to 10 pairs of husbands and pregnant wives.

RESULTS: The illustrations made accommodating the role of husbands in maternal health can increase the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of husbands, including the KAP of their wives. The biggest increase happening in the attitude component (p < 0.05).

CONCLUSION: The educational method using an illustration adopting local culture is important to become one of the education teaching alternatives in the effort to improve husband’s KAP.

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