PENGARUH KONSELING KONTRASEPSI TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN DAN PENGGUNAAN METODE KONTRASEPSI EFEKTIF PADA IBU POST PARTUM DI RUMAH SAKIT UMUM DAERAH ULIN BANJARMASIN

Background: Counseling is often ignored and not implemented. In actual fact, it can improve postpartum mothers' knowledge of contraception that can be used in the postpartum period. Objective of Research: To identify the effects of contraceptive counseling on knowledge and use of effective contraceptive method in postpartum mothers and other influential factors at RSUD Ulin Banjarmasin. Method: The design of this research was a experiment with pretest-posttest control group design. The data is taken to the postpartum mothers' in February 8�March 14, 2014. Grouping of samples with random allocation and sampling employed a consecutive sampling numbering 68 respondents of experimental group and 68 respondents of control group. Data were analyzed using univariate and bivariate test employing paired t-test, independent t-test and Chi-square with a significance level of p