dc.description.abstract | Utilization of antenatal care is one of the efforts to reduce maternal mortality rate
and has become a target of the SDGs in the next few years. Services that use
health facilities and are aimed at pregnant women to face pregnancy and prepare
for childbirth. This study was conducted in the working area of the Tanjung Rejo
Public Health Center, Deli Serdang Regency in 2024. The type of research used
was cross sectional. Sampling was done using accidental sampling technique, the
research sample amounted to 96 people. Data collection methods were obtained
by filling out questionnaires through direct interviews with pregnant women, and
other supporting data through the Tanjung Rejo Public Health Center and the
Deli Serdang Health Office. Data were analyzed univariately, bivariately, and
multivariately using the Chi-Square test (p<0.05) and multiple logistic regression
(p<0.05). The results showed that there was a variable relationship between age,
education level, parity, knowledge, attitude, availability of resources,
accessibility, and health worker services on the utilization of antenatal care in the
Tanjung Rejo Public Health Center working area and the influence of the
variables of education level, parity, and attitude on the utilization of antenatal
care in the Tanjung Rejo Public Health Center working area. The advice given to
pregnant women in the Tanjung Rejo Public Health Center work area is that they
are expected to carry out pregnancy checks to the nearest health service to avoid
and reduce the risks that can occur to the mother and fetus during pregnancy and
the advice given to the Tanjung Rejo Public Health Center is expected to pay
more attention to the number of antenatal care visits in its working area so that
the number of K6 reaches 100% | en_US |