The Comparison of Knowledge Level In Antenatal Care, Early Detection of Pregnancy Risks And Interpersonal Communication Of Midwives During Pre and Post ANC: Rini Training Module Development In Tangerang District, Banten, Indonesia

Antenatal care is an effort to reduce Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR). There were 43 maternal deaths in Tangerang district and 30% maternal deaths were caused by eclampsia, whereas it can be prevented if pregnant women get qualified antenatal care from midwives since 62.4% of antenatal care providers are midwives. Based on these data, midwives should increase their knowledge of antenatal care, early detection of pregnancy risks and interpersonal communication. ANC RINI Module was created to improve midwifes knowledge about antenatal care, early detection of pregnancy risks and interpersonal communication. The study aimed to compare the knowledge level on antenatal care, early detection of pregnancy risks and midwives’ interpersonal communication using ANC RINI training module. This research was quasi-experimental research with 12 midwives who met the inclusion criteria. The respondents took a preposttest by using questionnaire with multiple choice method which divided into 3 parts included 15 items for ANC, 24 items for early detection of pregnancy risk, and 10 items for interpersonal communication. Before taking post-test, the researcher implemented ANC RINI module to respondents. The statistical test used was paired t-test. The result showed that the knowledge of midwifes on antenatal care, pre-test score was 49.39 and the post-test score was 86.63. In terms of the knowledge level of early detection of pregnancy risks, the pre-test score was 44.33 and the post-test score was 88.0. The pre-test score of was 40.00 and post-test was 80.83. Each variable has a p-value of 0.01 (< 0,05) were considered as statistically significant. The ANC RINI Module usage can help on improving midwife’s knowledge.