Optimal puerperal care can reduce complications that occur during the puerperium. Information about childbirth care can be obtained through participation in prenatal classes. Through the prenatal class, mothers expected to gain knowledge to change the behavior of mothers regarding postnatal care. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of participation in prenatal class on postpartum behavior. This study was a quantitative study with a descriptive-analytic study through the cross-sectional approach. The sampling technique used purposive sampling. The sample used was 80 postpartum mothers. The data analysis technique used a statistical test using Chi-square tests. The results of the study showed that mothers who attended a prenatal class by 59 (73.8%) and postpartum behavior showed an excellent category of 71 (88.8%). There were significant relationships between class participation in a prenatal class and maternal behavior during postnatal, as indicated by the value of p-value = 0.001. The activeness of mothers participating in a prenatal class can improve maternal behavior in postpartum care to be better and optimal.

ABSTRAKPertengahan tahun 2020 tercatat jumlah penduduk Indonesia sebesar 271,7 juta jiwa dengan tiap angka kelahiran 18 per 1000 populasi dan angka TFR 2,3. Hasil data yang diperoleh dari SDKI 2017 penggunaan KB mencakup lebih dari  60% dengan mayoritas akseptor KB PIL dimana tingkat  efektifitasnya mencapai 46%. Metode yang dilakukan BKKBN dalam mengendalikan ledakan penduduk di masa pandemik dunia Covid-19 ialah dengan penggunaan kontrasepsi. Tujuan penelitian ialah untuk mengetahui hubungan kepatuhan kunjungan KB ditinjau dari pengetahuan,sikap dan perilaku di Dusun Tanggung Desa Bubakan Kabupaten Pacitan tahun 2021.Jenis penelitian yang digunakan oleh peneliti menggunakan deskriptif analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Sampel yang terlibat dalam penelitian ini adalah Ibu kelompok PKK dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 25 orang. Metode pengumpulan dengan menggunakan kuesioner online yang dibagikan melalui whatsapp group. Hasil olah data untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan dengan perilaku kunjungan KB menggunakan metode Uji Fisher Exact Test dengan hasil p value 0,032 ( kurang dari 0,05) yaitu ha diterima yang berarti ada pengaruh antara pengetahuan dengan kepatuhan dan untuk mengetahui hubungan sikap dengan kepatuhan kunjungan KB dengan metode Uji Fisher Exact Test didapatkan hasil p value 0,023 (kurang dari 0,05) yang berarti bahwa ha diterima yaitu ada hubungan antara sikap dengan perilaku kepatuhan. Kata Kunci : pengetahuan; sikap; kepatuhan; keluarga berencana; covid-19

Introduction: The transition from childhood to adolescence or puberty is a time when hormonal development can affect the physical and psychological development of an early adolescence. The change can be a traumatic experience, if there is no early preparation. Knowledge is very necessary and can be a major factor in shaping one's actions or behavior, because at this time the importance of knowledge about adolescent physical changes, because at this time there is a lot of pressure with physical, biological changes and pressure on environmental changes, while elementary school children are still rarely exposed to reproductive health knowledge. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between reproductive health knowledge and behavior in elementary school children. The method used is observational analytics with a sample number of 75 musing total sampling smapling techniques, analysis tests used using chi squere. The results showed that the low knowledge of respondents with poor reproductive health behavior was around 26.7%. High knowledge of respondents with good reproductive health behavior is around 21.3%. Poor reproductive health behavior with low knowledge is 18.7%, while for good reproductive health behavior with good knowledge is around 33.3%. The results of the chi-square test obtained a value of p = 0.001, it can be interpreted that H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted, there is a relationship between knowledge and reproductive health behavior in children of SD Blabak 1. Conclusion: There is a relationship between knowledge and reproductive behavior in elementary school children 1 Blabak Kediri.