EFEKTIFITAS PEMANFAATAN BUKU KIA TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN IBU NIFAS TENTANG TANDA BAHAYA MASA NIFAS

The postpartum period is a period ranging from six hours to 42 days after delivery. Postpartum care is needed in this period because of the critical period for both mother and baby, it is estimated that 60% of maternal deaths due to pregnancy occur after delivery, and 50% of deaths during the puerperium. The MCH Handbook is a tool for early detection of problems or problems with maternal and child health, the MCH handbook can be used as a means of communication, and to provide information about important information for mothers. One of the contents of the MCH Handbook is notes and information on how to care for postpartum mothers, signs of danger of childbirth. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the use of the MCH Handbook and the knowledge of postpartum mothers about the danger signs of childbirth at PMB Langgeng. Methods: analytic survey research using aapproach cross sectional.Sampling using a sampling technique with 20 postpartum mothers. Results: This study showed that the knowledge of postpartum mothers about the use of books was in the category of less than 11 (55.0%). Most of the postpartum mothers were less effective in utilizing the KIA book as many as 13 (65.0%). And the results of the bivariate analysis of the two factors that are connected get related results (p value 0.030). Conclusion: there is an effect of using the MCH Handbook on the knowledge of mothers about the dangers of postpartum.   Keywords:MCH Handbook, Post Partum