Kelas ibu hamil adalah tempat belajar untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan, sikap, dan keterampilan ibu dan keluarga sebagaimana yang tercantum di dalam buku Kesehatan Ibu dan Anak (Buku KIA) mengenai perawatan kehamilan, persalinan, nifas, penyakit atau komplikasi saat hamil, bersalin dan nifas, perawatan bayi baru lahir imunisasi, nutrisi, pertumbuhan perkembangan, perawatan dan pemeliharaan anak sakit sampai anak berusia 6 tahun. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk untuk menganalisis hubungan kehadiran ibu hamil trimester III terhadap pengetahuan persalinan dalam mengikuti kelas ibu hamil di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Sungai Nyamuk. Metode penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif desain penelitian analitik korelasi dengan rancangan pendekatan cross sectional. Sampel penelitian ini sebanyak 32 orang ibu hamil trimester III. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Sungai Nyamuk. Berdasarkan uji statistik menggunakan uji Chi-Square diperoleh nilai signifikan p value 0,187 < 0,05 artinya Ha ditolak dan Ho diterima. Dengan demikian, dapat disimpulkan tidak ada hubungan kehadiran ibu dalam mengikuti kelas ibu hamil terhadap pengetahuan persalinan di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Sungai Nyamuk.

Kata Kunci: Kehadiran, Kelas Ibu Hamil, Pengetahuan

Pregnant women's classes are an educational tool to improve the knowledge, attitudes, and skills of mothers and families, as described in the Maternal and Child Health Book (KIA Book) related to pregnancy care, childbirth, postpartum period, diseases or complications during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum, newborn care, immunization, nutrition, growth and development, and care and maintenance of sick children up to 6 years of age. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between the attendance of third trimester pregnant women on childbirth knowledge in attending pregnant women's classes in the Public Health Center Working Area of Sungai Nyamuk. This research method was a quantitative correlation analytic research design with a cross sectional approach design. The sample of this study was 32 third trimester pregnant women. This research was conducted in the Public Health Center Working Area of Sungai Nyamuk. Regarding statistical tests using the Chi-Square test, a significant p value of 0.187 < 0.05 was obtained, meaning that Ha was rejected and He was accepted. Thus, it can be concluded that there is no relationship between the presence of mothers in attending pregnant women's classes on childbirth knowledge in the Public Health Center working area of Sungai Nyamuk. Keywords: Attendance, Maternity Class, Knowledge