Increasing Knowledge Through Family Planning Education E-Books for Married Women Among Pill and Injection Acceptors in Lebak District, Indonesia

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has an impact on many aspects including access to contraceptive services. The highest number of pill and injection family planning acceptors in Indonesia, and this method has the highest dropout rate for contraception in Indonesia. Strengthening access to information is necessary to prevent dropout which has an impact on unplanned pregnancies. Purpose: This research was to find out how effective the provision of information using e-books in contraception knowledge is. Method: This research used a quasiexperimental design. The intervention provided was family planning information using an e-book. The sample of the study was married women who used pills and injections for family planning. The sample size of this study was 45 intervention groups and 49 control groups. Data analysis used in this study is multiple logistic regression. Result: Characteristics of respondents in the intervention group and the control group did not differ (P value> 0.05). The results showed that providing information using family planning education e-books was able to increase knowledge after being controlled by variables of age, occupation, and length of the marriage. Increasing age and length of the marriage, as well as the work type of husband, will increase access to information. It will affect the increase in women's knowledge about contraceptive methods. Conclusion: During the COVID-19 pandemic, which limits access to contraceptive services to health facilities, it can be diverted to online services, including the provision of family planning information so respondents' knowledge and motivation to use family planning is maintained. However, this requires the assistance of health workers or family planning officers as a source of information who can strengthen knowledge and control so women can continue to use contraception as needed