RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF WITH ACCEPTOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SELECTION OF SHORT-TERM CONTRACEPTION METHODS

Abstract

Family planning (KB) is an effort to regulate the birth of children, the ideal distance and age to give birth, regulate pregnancy, through promotion, protection and assistance in accordance with reproductive rights to create a quality family. There are two methods of family planning, namely long-term contraceptive methods and long-term contraceptive methods. short. analytic survey using quantitative research methods with a descriptive cross sectional research design. The cross sectional research is intended that the data collection and analysis between the independent variables or independent variables, namely knowledge and beliefs, with the dependent variable or the dependent variable, namely the participation of acceptors in the selection of long term contraceptive methods in Ranjeng Village, Cisitu District, Sumedang Regency. Bi-variate analysis used the Chi-Square Test to determine the relationship between the variables studied. This study shows that there is a significant relationship between knowledge and short-term contraception with a p-value of 0,009 and no significant relationship between trust and short-term contraception with a p-value of 0,092. From the results of the study, it can be concluded that the knowledge variable has a relationship while the trust variable has no relationship with the selection of short- term contraceptive methods. It is hoped that female students can become input and evaluation materials related to the relationship of knowledge and trust with the selection of short-term contraceptives.