The Implementation of Maternal Health Education Policy in Low and High Maternal Mortality Areas

Some policies about maternal health education (MHE) to increase the safe childbirth behaviors have been implemented in Indonesia. However, in some areas there are many unsafe childbirth behaviors and maternal mortality case is still high. Research-informed policy was done to analyze the implementation of maternal health education policy in low and high maternal mortality area. The data collected through self report, focus group discussion , and observation the implementation of MHE in Community Health Center. The data is analyzed and presented descriptively. The research finding show that in low maternal mortality area the communication policy is done fairly accompanied by horizontal communication and feedback, availability of adequate resources, positive disposition of institution leader and policy executor is available and bureaucracy structure is quite flexible. In high maternal mortality area, the policy communication, positive disposition, resources availability, bureaucracy structure flexibility is less. The research conclusion that implementation of MHE policy in low maternal mortality area is more available than in high area. Leader institution disposition and availability of policy executor are the main triggers of the communication, resources availability, and bureaucracy structure flexibility that are more available.