Open AccessPeningkatan Kesadaran Masyarakat dalam Penggunaan Alat Kontrasepsi di Kelurahan Kenali Asam Bawah
Author(s) -
Safitri Safitri
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jurnal abdimas kesehatan (jak)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2655-9218
pISSN - 2655-9226
DOI - 10.36565/jak.v2i1.87
Subject(s) - medicine , pill , reproductive health , safer sex , gynecology , safer , family planning , family medicine , population , nursing , research methodology , condom , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , computer security , computer science , syphilis
Contraception is dened as the intentional prevention of conception through the use of various devices, sexual practices, chemicals, drugs, or surgical procedures. Contraceptive is device or act whose purpose is to prevent a woman from becoming pregnant. The choice of contraception in Kelurahan Kenali Asam Bawah is dominated by short-term contraception methods (injections and pills by 88%). In addition, there are still couples of childbearing age who do not use contraception by 22.2% on the grounds of not knowing 17.5%, 61.7% uncomfortable, religiously prohibited 16.7% and expensive 4.1%. Health education by trained health workers can increase knowledge and encourage fertile age couples to make decisions in using appropriate and effective contraception. Target outcomes expected are: there is an increased knowledge between before and after counseling, as well as awareness to use contraception. The method used is counseling. The results of dedication are an increase in knowledge of women of childbearing age and awareness to use safer contraceptives, so that community coverage related to long-term contraception is increased.