The implications of husband's education on expectant's delivery planning in Salatiga

Sri Drisna Dewi (Departemen Perilaku Kesehatan, Lingkungan dan Kedokteran Sosial Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Citra Indriani (Departemen Biostatistik, Epidemiologi dan Kesehatan Populasi Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Shinta Prawita Sari (Departemen Obstetri dan Ginekologi Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Gadjah Mada)

Berita Kedokteran Masyarakat
Vol 32, No 10 (2016)

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine the implications of husband’s education on expectant’s delivery planning.Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 267 expectant on the third trisemester in Salatiga.Findings: The study found that 85.4% of respondents planned to deliver well. The results of the analysis indicated that there was a significant relationship between husband's education variable OR = 2.62 (95% CI: 1,20-5,58 p = 0,0061). The result of potential confounder test shows that husband knowledge has OR crude = 2,62 and OR M-H = 2,32 with change value of 12.21%. it is clear that husband's knowledge has an influence on the relationship of husband's education with maternity delivery planning.Conclusion: The higher husband’s education level, the better the maternity planning of pregnant women, the multiparous parity had a better maternity planning then primiparous parity and a high-risk factor status of pregnant women will plan better maternity than low-risk status. It is expected for pregnant women and her husband to be more active in seeking information about P4K.