TY - JOUR
T1 - Intervention on pre-marriage course
T2 - Case of too young to be married
AU - Sulistyono, Agus
AU - Joewono, Hermanto Tri
AU - Djatmiko,
AU - Handayani,
AU - Esa,
AU - Iyana,
AU - Aditiawarman,
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Sulistyono et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
PY - 2020/1
Y1 - 2020/1
N2 - Background: Pre-marriage course is a short course before the wedding providing knowledge, understanding, and skills needed in marriage. The new course adds pre-marriage agreement on specific family planning and consents to refer the mother if she faces obstetric emergencies. This study analyzed the impact of pre-wedding course intervention in postponing the pregnancy. Methods: This was a retrospective study using medical records through home visit to the couples. Results: There were 29 couples in a one-year program at Office of Religious Affairs, Burneh Sub-district. There were 4 women (13.8%) aged <20 years old and 25 women (86.2%) aged 20-35 years old. After one year, there was 1 pregnant woman (25%) under 20 years and 6 pregnant women (24%) in other group. One women already gave birth, four women lost to follow-up. There were no complications and maternal death reported. Conclusion: This pre-marriage course had better results on reducing maternal death and postponing the pregnancy, especially for the adolescent couples.
AB - Background: Pre-marriage course is a short course before the wedding providing knowledge, understanding, and skills needed in marriage. The new course adds pre-marriage agreement on specific family planning and consents to refer the mother if she faces obstetric emergencies. This study analyzed the impact of pre-wedding course intervention in postponing the pregnancy. Methods: This was a retrospective study using medical records through home visit to the couples. Results: There were 29 couples in a one-year program at Office of Religious Affairs, Burneh Sub-district. There were 4 women (13.8%) aged <20 years old and 25 women (86.2%) aged 20-35 years old. After one year, there was 1 pregnant woman (25%) under 20 years and 6 pregnant women (24%) in other group. One women already gave birth, four women lost to follow-up. There were no complications and maternal death reported. Conclusion: This pre-marriage course had better results on reducing maternal death and postponing the pregnancy, especially for the adolescent couples.
KW - Adolescent couple
KW - Postponing the pregnancy
KW - Pre-marriage course
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85094957353
SN - 1307-9867
VL - 14
SP - 2139
EP - 2142
JO - EurAsian Journal of BioSciences
JF - EurAsian Journal of BioSciences
IS - 1
ER -