Malaria in pregnancy can be caused by various types of Plasmodium malaria and Plasmodium falciparum is a plasmodium that has a bad impact that can increase maternal morbidity and mortality and has a bad impact on babies in the womb. In pregnant women, malaria can cause complications of anemia, cerebral malaria, pulmonary edema, kidney failure and can cause death. In the fetus it causes abortion, premature delivery, low birth weight, and fetal death. This research method uses descriptive with cross sectional research design. The study sample was 53 pregnant women who underwent Antenatal Care examinations at the Koya Barat Health Center in 2021. The sampling method used the Accidental Sampling technique. The results showed that the majority of respondents aged 20-35 years were 48 people (90.6%). Most of respondents' education is SMA 28 (52.8%). Good knowledge of 16 respondents (30.2%) and poor knowledge of 37 respondents (69.8%). Positive attitude of respondents as many as 19 respondents (35.8%) and negative attitudes of 34 respondents (64.2%). The behavior of the respondents is sufficient as many as 36 respondents (67.9%) and the behavior of the respondents is less as many as 17 respondents (32.1%). Conclusion There is a significant relationship between knowledge of pregnant women and the behavior of preventing malaria complications in pregnancy with a p-value of 0.045. There is no significant relationship between attitude and prevention of malaria complications in pregnancy with a p value of 0.502 at the Koya Barat Health Center. Efforts to prevent malaria must continue to be carried out in risk groups, namely pregnant women, in order to reduce the number of malaria cases and reduce maternal and infant mortality.
Background: Malaria is an infectious disease caused by Plasmodium, which is a one-celled living creature that belongs to the group of protozoa, malaria is transmitted through the bite of a female anopheles mosquito containing plasmodium in it, plasmodium carried through mosquito bites will live and multiply in human blood cells. Pregnant women belong to the group that is prone to malaria due to the decrease in various pathological conditions in pregnant women and the fetuses they contain. The implementation of malaria control towards elimination is carried out gradually from one island or several islands until all islands are covered in order to realize a healthy living community and free from malaria transmission until 2030. The use of insecticidal mosquito nets is one of the preventive efforts towards malaria elimination. Public knowledge, especially pregnant women, about the use and benefits of insecticidal mosquito nets is an obstacle. Objective: Knowing pe. Methods : The design of this study is an experimental research with a type of quasy experiment with the approach of One Group Pre Test / Post Test Design. The population in this study was pregnant inu who visited the Sentani Health Center with sampling techniques using Non Probability Sampling selected by Perposive Sampling consisting of 30 respondents. The variable measured in this study is the knowledge of pregnant women. This study used the Wilcoxon signed rank test (a<0.05). Result: The results showed that pregnant women's knowledge about the use of berymunu berisktiside after being carried out was higher than before. with a value of p=0.005. Thus it can be concluded that the accepted hypothesis means that there is an influence of the knowledge of pregnant women on the use of insecticidal mosquito nets. Conclusion : there is an influence of pregnant women's knowledge on the development of the use of synsecticide mosquito nets. keywords : Knowledge, Insecticidal Mosquito Nets
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