Effects of Access to Information on Health Literacy in Pregnant Women

AIM: This study aims to analyze the effect of access to information, the ability to understand, assess and practice the health literacy of pregnant women. METHODS: This study uses cross-sectional design for the population of pregnant women and uses a lameshow formula to find a sample of 399. Data collection uses questionnaires and the results are processed using the t-test to find the significance of correlation and test the effect of R2 to find out the effect magnitude. RESULTS: Correlation test results showed 3 of 4 variables correlated with health literacy with a value >1.96 yaitu understand (X1.2) (R2 = 0.65), assessment (X1.3) (R2 = 0.80), and application (X1.4) (R2 = 0.57). The ability to judge variable is proven to explain the practice of health literacy by 80%, and the rest is determined by other variables. CONCLUSIONS: Health literacy has been recognized as one of the determinants of health and has become one of the goals of public health development for prevention and efforts to overcome risks in pregnancy.