Attitude, Practices, and Compliance on Prenatal Visit Among Pregnant Women In Rural Health Center

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the attitude, practices, and compliance of pregnant women on a prenatal visit among rural health centers.  The study used the descriptive-correlational research design and gathered data using a quantitative approach through a survey questionnaire.  Descriptive statistics, Pearson r moment correlation coefficient analysis, and regression analysis used to organize study results.  It was found that pregnant women were pregnant at age 25 years old and below, more than half of them were married, and almost half are single mothers. One-third of the participants have earned a college degree, are permanent/regular employees, with a monthly income of Php 10,000 and below.  Almost all of them are Phil-health members.  Pregnant women have high regard to prenatal care, highly practiced and observed monitoring and compliance of essential prenatal care during prenatal visits.  In the end, pregnant women fully complied with the essential prenatal care services.  The better the practices of women received during the prenatal visit, the better is their level of compliance with prenatal visits. Therefore, pregnant women are compliant with prenatal visits, and the increasing number of their pregnancies also created a positive attitude and their high practices for prenatal visits. Keywords: Pregnant women, attitude, practices, compliance, a prenatal visit