ANALYSIS OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF LONG AND SHORT-TERM CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD ACCEPTORS IN CIKALONG DISTRICT TASIKMALAYA WEST JAVA

• Main Author: Sri Fitriani, Hani
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/74208
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

The use of long-acting contraceptive methods is still low in Indonesia. The government has launched long-acting contraceptive methods for women of childbearing age. This study aimed to analyze the comparison of knowledge, attitude, and practice and determine the factors that influence the use of contraceptive methods among women of childbearing age in one of the villages in Indonesia. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 399 respondents using a validated and reliable questionnaire. Data were analyzed descriptively, and associations were examined using bivariate and multivariate tests. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the knowledge, attitude, and practice of long- and short-acting contraceptive users towards contraceptive use. Long-term contraceptive users had better knowledge, attitudes, and practices than short-term users. Subjects with high knowledge tended to use long-term contraceptive methods compared to subjects with low knowledge (OR = 2.415, 95% CI = 1.4–4.1 p = 0.001). Subjects with education higher than elementary school were more likely to use long-acting contraceptive methods (OR = 7.3, 95% CI = 1.9–25.5, p = 0.003). Subjects who received information from print media (OR = 28.331 95% CI = 4.8–164 p = 0.000) and health workers (OR = 17.5 95% CI = 2.1–147 p = 0.009) were more likely to choose long-term contraceptive methods than subjects who received information from mass media. Subjects who received contraception from the health center (OR = 6.6, 95% CI = 1.6– 27, p = 0.009) tended to use long-term contraceptive methods more than those who obtained contraception from midwives. It can be concluded that there is a significant difference between the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of long-term and short-term contraceptive users. Longterm users have better knowledge, attitudes, and practices than short-term users. Based on multivariate testing, high knowledge, higher education, the number of children, sources of information from the print media, family and health workers, and health centers as a place to obtain contraception are factors in subjects choosing long-term contraceptive methods.