Effectiveness of Counseling on Long-Term Contraceptive Methods through Leaflets during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia is currently entering a new normal period or the implementation of the New Habit Adaptation protocol. This condition has reduced the number of family planning participation so that it is feared that it could cause a baby boom or an increase in the number of pregnancies and births. For this reason, serious efforts need to be made in order to increase the number of family planning participation again. During this Covid-19 pandemic, as much as possible should avoid crowds so that cases of Covid-19 transmission do not occur. One of the efforts that can be done is through counseling with leaflet media. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of health education using media leaflets about long-term contraceptive methods during the new normal for women of childbearing age. The study was conducted in Leran Village with a total population of 1, 506 then obtained the number of samples as many as 316 respondents. Sampling technique using probability sampling with proportional random sampling technique. This type of research is a quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest one group design. Data analysisused the Wilcoxon test to see the effectiveness anddetermine the difference before and after giving counseling.The result of this research is that there is an effect after it is donecounseling with leaflet media on women of childbearing age knowledge in Leran Village. It is hoped that the role of health workers and health cadres will always carry out promotions and education about the benefits of family planning, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic.