International Journal of Health Science and Technology
Vol 1, No 1 (2019): July

The higher reading interest of pregnant mother improves the utilization of MCH book

Intan Mutiara Putri (Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas ‘Aisyiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Apriliana Apriliana (Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas ‘Aisyiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Suyani Suyani (Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas ‘Aisyiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Istri Utami (Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas ‘Aisyiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jul 2019

Abstract

The utilization of MCH book could be defined to be an activity when a mother and her close relatives actively participate in reading, learning, comprehending the contents of MCH book, and implementing it in daily routine. This research aims to discover the correlation between the reading interest of pregnant mothers and the use of MCH book. This study has been approved by the research ethics committee of Yogyakarta ‘Aisyiyah University. This cross-sectional research was performed at the Community Health Centre of Mlati II Sleman Yogyakarta. Seventy-four pregnant mothers who owned MCH book were derived from incidental sampling technic. The retrieval of primary data used questioner method. The result of chi-square test states that pregnant mothers with higher reading interest will be utilizing the MCH book four times more effective compared to those with lower interest in reading (p-value: 0,005 and 95% CI: 1,488-10,902).

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijhst

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Engineering Health Professions Nursing Public Health

Description

International Journal of Health Science and Technology published since July 2019 with ISSN Online: 2685-8673 by LPPM Universitas Aisyiyah Yogyakarta. IJHST Published third a year in January, July and November. This journal contains research papers as results of research which have already been ...