Preferences among Pregnant Women in Choosing a Private Midwife Practice as Service Provider for Antenatal Care (ANC)

Antenatal Care (ANC) is essential in achieving a healthy pregnancy. During the pandemic, pregnant women tended to carry out ANC in private midwife practice. The reasons for pregnant women choosing private midwife practice might differ for each individual. This study aims to describe the preference o...

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Main Authors: Rully Fatriani, Risneni Risneni
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Language:Indonesian
Published: Politeknik Kesehatan Tanjung Karang 2023-08-01
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Online Access:https://ejurnal.poltekkes-tjk.ac.id/index.php/JK/article/view/3973
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description Antenatal Care (ANC) is essential in achieving a healthy pregnancy. During the pandemic, pregnant women tended to carry out ANC in private midwife practice. The reasons for pregnant women choosing private midwife practice might differ for each individual. This study aims to describe the preference of pregnant women in choosing private midwife practice as a service provider for ANC. This research is a quantitative observational descriptive. The population was pregnant women who performed ANC at a private midwifery practice in Bandar Lampung City from June to July 2023. Eighty-eight samples obtained by accidental sampling met the inclusion criteria and expressed consent to participate. The instrument used was a questionnaire, and data was analyzed using univariate. It was found that preferences of pregnant women in choosing private midwife practice as ANC provider were more experienced midwives (27.3%), previous pregnancy history (22.7%), friendly midwives (18.2%), distance (13.6%), recommended by husband or relatives (9.1%), more affordable costs (4.5%), comfort and complete facilities (4.5%). To increase the number of ANC visits, midwives must pay attention to increasing competency in midwifery care, improving their personality, and providing the facilities pregnant women need.
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spelling doaj-art-9346f7c2bc8c4800ab2a3eca71ba7bc02025-01-22T14:03:35ZindPoliteknik Kesehatan Tanjung KarangJurnal Kesehatan2086-77512548-56952023-08-0114227728610.26630/jk.v14i2.39733333Preferences among Pregnant Women in Choosing a Private Midwife Practice as Service Provider for Antenatal Care (ANC)Rully Fatriani0Risneni Risneni1Jurusan Kebidanan, Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Panca Bhakti, Bandar Lampung, IndonesiaJurusan Kebidanan, Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Tanjung Karang, Bandar Lampung, IndonesiaAntenatal Care (ANC) is essential in achieving a healthy pregnancy. During the pandemic, pregnant women tended to carry out ANC in private midwife practice. The reasons for pregnant women choosing private midwife practice might differ for each individual. This study aims to describe the preference of pregnant women in choosing private midwife practice as a service provider for ANC. This research is a quantitative observational descriptive. The population was pregnant women who performed ANC at a private midwifery practice in Bandar Lampung City from June to July 2023. Eighty-eight samples obtained by accidental sampling met the inclusion criteria and expressed consent to participate. The instrument used was a questionnaire, and data was analyzed using univariate. It was found that preferences of pregnant women in choosing private midwife practice as ANC provider were more experienced midwives (27.3%), previous pregnancy history (22.7%), friendly midwives (18.2%), distance (13.6%), recommended by husband or relatives (9.1%), more affordable costs (4.5%), comfort and complete facilities (4.5%). To increase the number of ANC visits, midwives must pay attention to increasing competency in midwifery care, improving their personality, and providing the facilities pregnant women need.https://ejurnal.poltekkes-tjk.ac.id/index.php/JK/article/view/3973health facilities; midwifery care; midwifery service.
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health facilities; midwifery care; midwifery service.
title Preferences among Pregnant Women in Choosing a Private Midwife Practice as Service Provider for Antenatal Care (ANC)
title_full Preferences among Pregnant Women in Choosing a Private Midwife Practice as Service Provider for Antenatal Care (ANC)
title_fullStr Preferences among Pregnant Women in Choosing a Private Midwife Practice as Service Provider for Antenatal Care (ANC)
title_full_unstemmed Preferences among Pregnant Women in Choosing a Private Midwife Practice as Service Provider for Antenatal Care (ANC)
title_short Preferences among Pregnant Women in Choosing a Private Midwife Practice as Service Provider for Antenatal Care (ANC)
title_sort preferences among pregnant women in choosing a private midwife practice as service provider for antenatal care anc
topic health facilities; midwifery care; midwifery service.
url https://ejurnal.poltekkes-tjk.ac.id/index.php/JK/article/view/3973
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