Factors Influencing Interest In Using Contraception Implants Among Women At Seremuk Public Health Center, Sorong Selatan Regency

Abstract

Family Planning improves the welfare of mothers and children and creates happy and prosperous small families through birth control and controlling population growth in Indonesia. The global prevalence of contraception in 2022 using any type of contraceptive method is estimated at 65% and modern methods at 58.7%. Users of contraceptive implants in Southwest Papua Province in 2021 were 1,440, in 2022 there were 1,431, in 2023 there were 1,242 implant users. The aim of this study is to analyze the factors that influence the interest in using contraceptive implants in women of childbearing age in the Community Health Center of Seremuk work area. The method used in this study is a quantitative method. The research design used in this study is observational using a cross-sectional study design. The location of this research will be carried out at Seremuk Community Health Center. The population in this study was the number of women of childbearing age in the last 6 months, amounting to 187 people. With sample 67 people. The results of this study are that there is a relationship between attitudes and interest in using implant contraception, meaning that Ho is accepted and Ha is rejected. The results of the statistical analysis obtained a value of ρ = 0.004 <p standard 0.05. There is a relationship between subjective norms and interest in using implant contraception, meaning that Ho is accepted and Ha is rejected. The results of the statistical analysis obtained a value of ρ = 0.019 <p standard 0.05. There is a relationship between intentions and interest in using implant contraception, meaning that Ho is accepted and Ha is rejected. The results of the statistical analysis obtained a value of ρ = 0.026 <p standard 0.05 The conclusion of this study is that a person's interest is sometimes influenced by attitudes, thus giving rise to subjective norms that are good to do and have an impact on the intention to do it. It is recommended that future researchers examine other variables related to women's interest in using contraceptive implants.