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Raising Awareness on The Impacts of Caesarean Section Birth Method to Children's Health: Nationwide Survey to Indonesian Married Woman
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Abstract
Aims
This study seeks to determine the level of knowledge mothers have about CS and its health implications, such as gut dysbiosis, before and after a health promotion.
Methods
We analyze the awareness of Indonesian mothers through a cross-sectional survey before and after health promotion, utilizing digital health education through national parenting platforms, PrimaKu and TemanBumil.
Findings
A total of 769 participants completed both the pre-test and post-test. There is an increase of awareness (70% to 95%), total score (mean ± SD: 4.34 ± 0.99 to 4.83 ± 0.49; p-value 0.000), and correct answer for each question (p-value < 0.05), respectively from pre-test and post-test. Instagram posts (77.07%), webinar (38.9%), Instagram live (35.94%), and Tiktok videos (34.02%) are the most preferred to least preferred forms of content, respectively.
Conclusion
Digital health campaigns using social media and webinars had a beneficial impact on raising awareness among Indonesian mothers about the impact of CS on children's health.
