PROFESSIONAL HEALTH JOURNAL
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2026)

The Effectiveness of Health Literacy on Knowledge of Healthy Dietary Patterns Among Pregnant Women at TPMB Bd. Eny Islamiati, S.Tr.Keb Bululawang

Feby Priska Devany (ITSK RS dr Soepraoen)
Rani Safitri (ITSK RS dr Soepraoen)
Anik Purwati (ITSR RS dr Soepraoen)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 May 2026

Abstract

Background: Pregnant women’s knowledge regarding healthy dietary patterns is often still low, which may affect maternal and fetal health. Health literacy is one of the promotive efforts that can improve pregnant women’s understanding of nutritional needs during pregnancy. Methods: This study used a pre-experimental design with a one-group pretest-posttest approach. The sample consisted of 32 pregnant women at TPMB Bd. Eny Islamiati, S.Tr.Keb Bululawang. Data were collected using a knowledge questionnaire before and after the health literacy intervention. Data analysis was performed using the Paired Sample t-test with a significance level of 0.05. Results: Before the intervention, most respondents had poor knowledge (84.4%). After the intervention, knowledge improved, with most respondents having sufficient (65.6%) and good (34.4%) knowledge, and no respondents remaining in the poor category. Normality test results showed that the data were normally distributed (p>0.05). The Paired Sample t-test showed a significance value of 0.000 (p<0.05), indicating a significant difference between pretest and posttest. Conclusion: Health literacy is effective in improving knowledge of healthy dietary patterns among pregnant women at TPMB Bd. Eny Islamiati Bululawang.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

PHJ

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Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing

Description

Professional health journal is an open access journal with a wide range (Scope) of fields of nursing including basic research in nursing, management nursing, emergencies, and critical nursing, medical-surgical nursing, mental health nursing, maternity nursing, maternity nursing, child nursing, ...