The Impact of Health Education on High-Risk Pregnant Women's Knowledge of Preventing Pregnancy Complications in the Bukit Mulya Community Health Center Mukomuko Regency 2025

Abstract

In 2020, an estimated 287,000 maternal deaths occurred, equivalent to one death every two minutes. A recent WHO study reported that hemorrhage, most often occurring during or after childbirth, was responsible for nearly a third (27%) of maternal deaths, with preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders contributing an additional 16%. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of health education on the knowledge of high-risk pregnant women regarding the prevention of pregnancy complications in the Bukit Mulya Community Health Center (Puskesmas) working area in Mukomuko Regency. This study used a quasi-experimental "one-group pretest-posttest" design, involving only one group without a control group. The pretest was administered to each respondent before the treatment. The researcher then administered the treatment to each respondent, and then administered the posttest to 33 respondents using a total sampling technique. Univariate analysis revealed that more than half of the respondents 19 (57.6%) in the Bukit Mulya Community Health Center working area in Mukomuko Regency) had poor knowledge before receiving health education, while more than half 17 (51.5%) had good knowledge after receiving health education. The bivariate analysis results, due to the data being normally distributed, yielded a paired samples test with a p-value of 0.000 < 0.05. Therefore, Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted, indicating a significant effect between health education and the knowledge of high-risk pregnant women regarding preventing pregnancy complications. This is to ensure that health workers can improve and maintain the provision of planned and continuous health education to high-risk pregnant women using engaging and easy-to-understand methods and media.