The Characteristics of Premarital Couple Related to Couple’s Knowledge of Healthy Pregnancy Preparation

A well-planned pregnancy procedure will benefit the fetus's health and the mother's physical and psychological adaption to pregnancy. Unwanted pregnancies and on-time pregnancies in a woman might be classified as situations of unmet need. Along with pregnancy, this influence on the mother's unpreparedness to conceive can even lead to the decision to undergo an unsafe abortion. This study aimed to elicit data on the features of premarital couples' preparation for a safe pregnancy and their association with knowledge about pregnancy preparation. The study used a cross-sectional design and purposive sampling to examine 57 premarital couples and then utilizing the chi-square to analyze data. The study's findings indicate that respondents will marry at a high risk of pregnancy. There are still some couples who lack adequate knowledge about pregnancy preparation and have not received adequate counseling. There is a significant relationship between the bride and groom's ages and their level of knowledge about preparing for a healthy pregnancy (p-value 0.000), level of education and level of knowledge (p-value 0.000), perspective and level of knowledge (p-value 0.000), and history of exposure to information and level of knowledge (p-value 0.000). Increased marriage age, greater education level, and provision of relevant information will assist married couples in supporting increased knowledge that is more adequate for pregnancy preparation.

The Influence of Calendar of Health As A Prevention of Stunting In Pre-Marriage Couples

To reduce the incidence of stunting, prevention is needed starting from the pre-conception period, one of the preventive efforts with health education using a health calendar. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the health calendar as an effort to prevent stunting in premarital couples. This study used a pre-experiment. This study used a pre-experimental design with one group pretest and posttest design. The population in this study were pre-marital couples aged <35 years and had never been married before as many as 16 premarital couples using the total population sampling technique, statistical test using Wilcoxon. There is an effect of the health calendar media on knowledge and attitudes in premarital couples (p-value = 0.001 and 0.003).The results that there is a need for health education using health calendar to increase knowledge and attitudes so that it is expected to change behavior to prevent stunting

Knowledge of Premarital Couples Regarding Premarital Screening Thalassemia

Thalassemia is one of blood diseases that genetically inherited suffered by people worldwide, also in Indonesia. The number of people with thalassemia increases every year. Thalassemia could not be cured, however it can be prevented by early detection in premarital screening. The aim of this study was to describe knowledge of premarital couples regarding premarital screening thalassemia. This study was a quantitative research with a descriptive survey to premarital couples in KUA Tembalang, Semarang. The samples were determined purposively. The questionnaire of knowledge and attitude towards thalassemia and pre-marital screening was distributed to respondents, then analyzed descriptively. The result presented in the frequency and percentage. There were 71 couples participated in this study. The result showed that 75.4% of premarital couples have never heard about thalassemia. Only 46.5% of premarital couples have a good knowledge toward thalassemia. Moreover, 40.8% respondents know the right definition about screening. However, more premarital couples did not know that thalassemia could be prevented by premarital screening that they were. It is concluded that couples' knowledge about thalassemia and premarital screening thalassemia was still low. So, knowledge and understanding to thalassemia and early detection – premarital screening are important to ascertain individual status of thalassemia.