The relationship between knowledge and husband's support for the selection of contraceptive methods at the midwife private practice of S in Bandung Regency

Abstract

Introduction: The selection of contraceptive devices or Family Planning (FP) is an action that helps married couples balance between needs and population growth using contraceptive methods. Contraception is an effort to prevent conception or the meeting of egg and sperm cells. Husband's knowledge and support in this case means the husband's involvement in determining which contraception will be used because contraceptive methods cannot be imposed; the couple must jointly choose the best method, cooperate in its use, finance the contraception, and be aware of warning signs. The husband's involvement can influence the wife's behavior as the husband plays an important role as the head of the family. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of husband's knowledge and support on the choice of contraceptive devices Methods: This research is quantitative with a cross-sectional approach. Variable measurements were only conducted during a certain period and the research was carried out in the working area of PMB Midwife S in Mekarrahayu Kopo, Bandung Regency. The sampling technique used was total sampling with 55 respondents. The research instrument used the chi-square test. Results: The results showed that the majority of husbands had sufficient knowledge, with 26 respondents (47.3%), and all husbands (100%) supported the use of contraceptive devices. Univariate analysis results for the knowledge variable showed a p-value of 0.500 (>0.05) and for the support variable, a p-value of 0.000 (<0.05). Conclusion: Bivariate analysis results, using the chi-square test, showed a p-value of 0.017 (<0.05), indicating that there is an influence of husband's knowledge and support on the selection of contraceptive devices.

Keywords: contraceptive devices, husband's knowledge, husband's support