THE EFFECT OF EARLY MOBILIZATION HEALTH EDUCATION ON THE LEVEL OF POSTPARTUM MOTHERS’S KNOWLEDGE POST SECTIO CAESAREA

Abstract

Background: Sectio caesarea is birth fetus, placenta and membrane amniotic fluid through the incision made on the stomach wall and uterus. The recovery process carried out after section caesarea operation is early mobilization. One of the factors that influence early mobilization is knowledge. Process recovery carried out after operation sectio caesarea that is early mobilization. One wrong factor affecting early mobilization is knowledge. Knowledge about early mobilization will increase the motivation of  mothers post sectio caesarea to carry out early mobilization. Health education is a communication activity that aims to improve public health and prevent or reduce health problems. This study aims to prove the effect of health education on increasing postpartum mothers' knowledge about early mobilization post cesarean section.Methods: This research method is a pre-experimental research with a design study one group pre test-post test design. Sample a total of 44 respondents. The techniques used in this analysis are univariate and bivariate. Normality test using the shapiro wilk method. Results are based on the results of the Wilcoxon test analysis.Results: There is an influence of early mobilization health education about on the level of postpartum mothers’s knowledge post sectio caesarean with a p-value = 0.000 <0.05.Conclusion: This study successfully proved that health education has an influence on increasing the knowledge of postpartum mothers about early mobilization after a caesarean section