Paket Pendidikan Kesehatan “Siaga” terhadap Kesiapan Ibu Pasca Abortus untuk Hamil Kembali

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of the "Siaga" health education package on the readiness of post-abortion mothers to become pregnant again. This research method is quantitative with a quasi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest approach with a control group. The results showed that most post-abortion mothers, both the intervention group and the control group, had secondary education, namely 65.9%. The majority did not work or were homemakers, as many as 27 people (54%). Most families have sufficient income, more than the UMR Bukittinggi, namely 31 people (62%). Most of them did not have children, namely 15 people (44.1%), and had a history of abortion at most once, namely nine mothers (36%) in the intervention group and as many as 12 people (48%) in the control group. Based on bivariate analysis, the mean difference in readiness in the intervention group was 13.92 (p=0.001; α p<0.05), while in the control group, it was only 0.62. In conclusion, the effect of providing health education packages on the readiness of post-abortion mothers to become pregnant again. There was a significant difference between the readiness of post-abortion mothers before and after being given the intervention, with the mean difference in the intervention group being more important than the difference in the control group.   Keywords: Abortion, Pregnancy Readiness, Health Education