Abstract

Background: The indicator of success of maternal health effort can be seen from Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR). An effort to accelerate the reduction of MMR is to ensure that every mother is able to access quality maternal health services. One of the efforts made by the government is to monitor and evaluate antenatal care programs that can be done through indicators of coverage of antenatal care services. Aim : To analyze factors related to maternity compliance in antenatal examination at Danowudu Health Center, Subdistrict of Ranowulu, City of Bitung. Method : This analytical survey used a cross sectional design. Total sampling was used for sample selection. Data collection was done by interview using checklist, while data analysis used chi-square test with significance level (α) <0.05. Results: There was significant relationship of age (p = 0.213), parity (p = 1.000), occupation (p = 1.000), education (p = 1.000), economy (p = 0.157), and distance (p = 0.743) to the compliance of pregnancy examination, while the minimum service factor of 10T was significantly correlated (p = 0.023). Conclusion : It is suggested to health officers to be more disciplined in applying minimum service standard of 10T and more actively giving information and motivation to pregnant women to do antenatal checking regularly.