HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN, SIKAP, DAN KETERSEDIAAN SARANA PRASARANA DENGAN KINERJA BIDAN DALAM PELAKSANAAN KEGIATAN KELAS IBU HAMIL DI KABUPATEN SIDOARJO

Background: Midwives very much play role for the successfulness of government’s program as to improve the health development. Knowledge, attitude, and skill of a midwife become determining parts to reduce the maternal and infant mortalities. The objective of this research is to investigate the correlation of the knowledge, attitude, and facility and infrastructure availability to the midwives’ performance in the implementation of class activities for pregnant mothers in Sidoarjo regency. Subject and Method: This research used the observational analytical quantitative method with the cross-sectional approach. Its population was village midwives who conducted the class activities for pregnant mothers as many as 74 in Sidoarjo regency. The samples of research consisted of 62 village midwives and were taken by using the simple random sampling. The data of research were analyzed by using the bivariate analysis with the Pearson’s correlation and the multivariate analysis with the multiple linear regression analysis. Result: There is a positive and significant correlation between the knowledge and the midwives’ performance as indicated by the value of B = 2.43, CI95%: 1.88 to 2.98; p < 0.001. There is a positive and significant correlation between the midwives’ attitude and their performance as much as 0.38 units as shown by the value of B = 0.38, CI95%: 0.17 to 0.60; p=0.001. There is a positive and significant correlation between the facility and infrastructure availability and the midwives’ performance as signified by the value of B = 0.14, CI95%: 0.02 to 0.26; p=0.022. Conclusion: There is a statistically positive correlation of the knowledge, attitude, and facility and infrastructure availability to the midwives’ performance in the implementation of class activities for pregnant mothers. Keywords: Knowledge, attitude, facility, midwives’ performance, class for pregnant mothers