The effect of given information, knowledge and community participation of family planning village programs in East Java Province-Indonesia

The achievement of the targets of the Population and Family Planning development sector is not yet reached, it is characterized by the Population Growth Rate of 1.36%, Total Fertility Rate (TFR) 2.4, the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) all methods 64%. One of the implementation from the Population and Family Planning and Family Development (PFPFD) program through KB (Family Planning) villages is still weak in terms of knowledge and community participation. So it is necessary to increase the knowledge and participation of the community in the KB village. This study was an observational descriptive study with a cross sectional design. The population in this study were Fertile Age Couples (FAC) aged from 15 to 49 years old, with 100 people in total consisting of 50 FACs from Tuban Regency and 50 FACs from Malang City with sistematic random sampling method from a list of all FAC in the KB Village. This study was conducted on March 2017 and August 2017. The results showed that the provision of information had an effect on knowledge with p-value (0.00), knowledge had an effect on the achievement of KB villages with p-value (0.045). But the provision of information does not directly affect the achievement of the KB village. Whereas the staff visit did not affect the knowledge and achievements of the KB village. Respondent characteristics influence the knowledge and achievement of KB villages with p-value (0.00). The conclusion of this study is that the provision of information influences people’s knowledge, and knowledge influences the achievement of the KB family in terms of the number of children. If someone has obtained information about family planning including family planning villages, it will increase their knowledge about the ideal number of children, thus influencing the achievement of the KB family in terms of the number of children desired is enough children.