Antenatal care utilization model in public health center of Surabaya

Antenatal care is an important determinant of a safe labor, because through antenatal visits, the pregnancy risk can be identified. The purpose of the study is to explain the antenatal care utilization models that are formed from attitude factors, family support, health cadres support, community leaders support, women’s autonomy and self-efficacy with intention mediators. Quantitative research was carried out by cross-sectional approach. Public Health Center were collected in a proportional multi stage random sampling, with 13 Public Health Centers that representing the city of Surabaya. The population was all pregnant women who visit antenatal care at the Public Health Center. The samples size of 265 pregnant women were chosen by random sampling. Descriptive and inferential analysis, testing causal relationships through the method of Structural Equation Models (SEM). Statistical test results show: the antenatal care utilization model was formed from attitude factors, family support, health cadre support, community leaders support, women’s autonomy and self-efficacy with mediators intention to fit with empirical data.