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Integration of the Maternal Death Prevention Program based on the Health Belief
Model Framework
and birth which poses risks for mothers and solving recommendations are carried out
babies (Gemari, 2009). The Health Office of separately in each component of the concept.
Banyumas Regency also organizes programs However, there has been no attempt to combine
to reduce maternal mortality through the recommendations for solving the problem
intervention of the EMAS Program (Expanding that need to be done to overcome the causes
Maternal and Neonatal Survival) which is then of health problems with the cause of someone
carried out in several working groups such as to take action / behavior in HBM theory. This
emergency work groups, referral work groups, study aims to identify the causes of maternal
IT working groups, community empowerment deaths that occurred in 2016 in Banyumas
work groups. The implementation of this Ragency using the framework of the concept
working group is regulated in the Banyumas of health belief models to predict trends in
Regent Decree so that the activities carried out maternal behavior during pregnancy. From
in the working group receive legal protection the conceptual framework, it can be compiled
and full support from regional leaders. about the design of problem solving using the
The incidence of maternal death is same conceptual framework.
related to the behavior of seeking out maternal Method
health facilities during pregnancy, childbirth, This research is a case study research using
and breastfeeding. Research conducted a qualitative approach. Yin (2014) mentions case
by Rahmayani et al (2016) shows that low study research as an empirical investigation that
knowledge and beliefs cause pregnant women examines contemporary phenomena or cases in
not to seek treatment at a health facility depth in real world contexts (Hollweck, 2016).
(Rahmayani, Bahar and Nirmala, 2016). This The research involved the role of the District
study uses the Health Belief Model theory to Health Office and health facilities. So the case
determine the behavior of pregnant women study in this study is presented with a single
that can trigger maternal deaths in Banyumas case study study design embedded because
Regency. Health Belief Model (HBM) is a theory it includes more than one unit of analysis.
that is often used to predict why someone tends Simpson et al (2016) research involves service
to take precautions or control their health users, service providers, and recovery service
conditions. The Health Belief Model consists coordinators as a research analysis unit to find
of the main concepts of perceived vulnerability, out mental health care planning that focuses
severity, benefits and obstacles in behavior, on recovery and coordination (Simpson et al.,
cues in action, and self-efficacy. Nevertheless, 2016). Research conducted by Ogbuabor et al
the Health Belief Model theory can explain (2018) uses a case study method to assess the
one’s perceptions and attitudes towards health influence of the context and capacity of health
problems and the negative results of certain facility institutions in Nigeria and find that
actions. There is potential ambiguity that can this method can assess the effectiveness of free
occur in the application of this HBM theory maternal and child health programs (Ogbuabor
(Yoshitake et al., 2019). Research conducted and Onwujekwe, 2018)South-east Nigeria.
by Mutanda and Odigmewu (2017) shows that METHODS: We conducted a qualitative case
the practice of seeking treatment in pregnant study at the state level and in two health districts
women in three critical stages of labor has the (Isi-Uzo and Enugu Metropolis.
potential to reduce under-five mortality. The The study was conducted in the
planned public health program should focus Banyumas Regency. The primary data used
on the influence of treatment seeking behavior in the analysis of this study was the result of
among women and remove barriers to effective in-depth interviews with the Health Office
maternal health seeking behavior (Chadoka- of Banyumas Regency, the Public Health
Mutanda and Odimegwu, 2017). Center (Puskesmas), and hospitals in the
During this time, various focus of Banyumas Regency working area. Primary
Health Belief Model research answers how a data collection was carried out in January 2017.
person’s behavior in seeking treatment and Key informants in this study consisted of five
what are the causes. Whereas the problem people including the head of the mother and
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child health section (KIA) of the Health Office Central Java with high maternal mortality rates.
of Banyumas Regency, the doctor of public
health center, the obstetrician and medical “The maternal mortality rate (MMR)
specialists in the hospital. Interviews with key is still high in Banyumas Regency
informants were conducted to answer research and has not been achieved because
questions such as the causes of maternal deaths in Central Java there are 35 Regencies
with 7th rank out of 35 districts.
in Banyumas District, the behavior of pregnant
So it is considered high. But if you
women in seeking health services, as well as say that the MMR is high, we must
the government’s efforts to reduce maternal look at the ratio of the population.
mortality. The results of the interviews were Our population is more than the
then analyzed using a descriptive approach population in other Regencies, for
through the process of data reduction, data example, Purbalingga and Banyumas
presentation, and drawing conclusions that Regency.” (R1)
are expected to answer research questions.
Whereas the secondary data used is in the form “If it’s still high, that’s true, and if
of district health report documents compiled in calculated from Central Java, we will
the Health Profile of Banyumas Regency. The rank 7th. This year, 87 per 100,000
live births, this ratio has decreased.
data in this document is used to see trends in
But in 2016, all MMR cases in 35
maternal mortality in Banyumas Regency. districts began to drop. So we are
Result and Discussion indeed in the top 10 in Central Java
Based on the results of interviews because in 2016 all of other regencies
conducted with the head of the section of dropped. ”(R1)
maternal and child health (KIA) of the Health
Office of Banyumas Regency, it can be seen Based on the results of interviews and
that even though the maternal mortality rate document studies, there are several things
at the end of the year has decreased. Banyumas that cause inadequate antenatal care. First, the
Regency still ranks 7th out of 35 regencies in low level of knowledge and lack of awareness
Figure 1. HBM Conceptual Framework for Causes of Maternal Death in Banyumas District
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2015). Research by Larsen, et al. (2016) showed service human resources for handling
that pregnant women who live close to health births is still less skilled as well.” (R4)
care facilities are twice as likely to do antenatal
care compared to pregnant women who live In emergency cases, private health
far from health facilities. The existence of first- facilities are often the first choice for families
rate health facilities in rural areas can make who can afford to pay for health services
a major contribution to reducing maternal there. Private health facilities were chosen
and infant mortality (Larsen et al., 2016). because of the greater availability of doctors,
Research Memirie, et al. (2016) showed that timely services, and types of health services
the utilization of first-level health facilities can available. The number of women health
reduce the disparity in utilization of maternal service providers is also higher so that they
health services (Memirie et al., 2016). are more accepted in handling pregnancy
A program to improve access to health and postpartum. Meanwhile, families with
facilities and the provision of adequate health limited economic conditions are forced to use
facilities in rural areas needs to be carried out to public facilities, where the quality of services
bring communities closer to health facilities so is much lower (Qureshi, et al. 2016). Research
that their utilization can be increased. Research conducted by Roberts et al., (2015) shows that
conducted by Atuoye, et al. (2015) states that the attitude of health care providers influences
the construction of road infrastructure will clinical antenatal visits. By developing patient
facilitate community access to health services. relationships and health care providers, it
During this time, not all pregnant women can reduce maternal complication during
feel the benefits gained when doing antenatal pregnancy (Roberts et al., 2015).
services. In fact, if pregnant women understand An intervention program to improve
and understand the benefits of antenatal care, the quality of antenatal care and the attitudes
risk factors for maternal and infant mortality and skills of antenatal care officers is needed
can be suppressed as early as possible (Atuoye to overcome obstacles in terms of resources
et al., 2015). and service quality. Research conducted by
Fourth, the perceived vulnerability and Mannava, et al. (2015) showed that the attitudes
severity that can be found to be one of the and behavior of providers in providing health
triggers for someone to take an action. In this services affect the welfare, satisfaction and
case, the new pregnant woman will check her behavior of seeking health services for patients
health to a health care facility after she feels (Mannava et al., 2015). So far, there are no
a headache or bleeding during pregnancy. standard parameters for measuring the quality
Qureshi, et al. (2016) in his study showed that of antenatal care, so it is difficult to know
in Pakistan pregnant women usually conduct whether adequate antenatal care is provided to
health checks to health care facilities if they feel pregnant women. Therefore, a service quality
signs of danger of pregnancy complications, measurement standard program is needed
such as heavy bleeding or headaches. The to find out whether the quality of antenatal
reluctance of pregnant women to conduct care services is in accordance with established
health checks is due to the inadequate quality standards.
of health facilities and the attitudes and skills This effort has been carried out in
of health workers. The quality of health services Banyumas Regency through clinical governance
is lacking and the ability of human resources to and referral efforts at primary and advanced
handle births is still less skilled, both in primary health facilities.
services and in government hospitals. This is
also the reason pregnant women do not check “... we make clinical governance
efforts and referrals that exist in
for pregnancy (Qureshi et al., 2016).
health centers and hospitals. This
clinical governance has many items
“... Second, health human resources
that we use, it is for the competence
are still few in remote areas ...” (R2)
of health workers. Here, we have to
“In addition, the ability of primary
look at all health workers related to
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saving mothers, for example doctors, no longer a stranger in the health sector because
nurses, and midwives. They must be the mortality rates of mothers and children
integrated for their services so they (infants and toddlers) still occur even though
do not work individually. Then, there the graph tends to change every year. Various
is also clinical governance in the form
programs and policies have been designed and
of clinical performance monitoring
tools and referral performance
implemented to reduce maternal and child
monitoring tools ... “(R2). mortality. Figure 2 shows the draft settlement
that can be done to increase the coverage of
At present the National Health Insurance antenatal services to reduce maternal mortality
(JKN) program in the form of Social Insurance compiled based on an analysis of causes of
Administration Organization (BPJS) has maternal death using the Health Belief Model
been implemented to overcome the problem of conceptual framework.
financing health facilities. However, the reality The government has a big role to play in
on the ground shows that there are still many saving mothers and babies. An increase in the
obstacles that require great attention from the legal umbrella of childbirth assurance policies
government. So that the role of the government is needed to bind the relevant policy actors
as policy makers and decision makers is needed in the district / city area (Helmizar, 2014).
in strengthening the national health insurance Collaboration between stakeholders and related
policy system to help the community ease the parties is needed so that the problem solving
burden of health service financing. Based on plan can be implemented and continuously
research conducted by Akeju, et al (2016), the carried out in the program to reduce maternal
cost of health services is still difficult to reach mortality in Banyumas Regency.
by the community so that it is necessary to This research has several weaknesses.
innovate a health financing mechanism that An intervention program in research has
may be more beneficial for women to reduce been carried out. However, further research
the burden of health care costs (Akeju et al., is still needed to find out the results of the
2016). implementation of the overall intervention
Maternal and child health problems are whether it can reduce maternal mortality
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