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The Effectiveness of Pragnancy e-Counseling (PeC) on Prenatal Health Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic

1 Faculty of Nursing Universitas Syiah Kuala Banda Aceh
2 Bagian Keperawatan Maternitas, Fakultas Ilmu Keperawatan, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh
3 Bagian Keperawatan Jiwa, Fakultas Ilmu Keperawatan, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda
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Abstract

The majority of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic are reluctant to receive prenatal care for fear of being exposed to the virus, so online counseling is an alternative. This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of Pregnancy e-Counseling (PeC) on prenatal health behavior during pregnancy during the COVID-19 period. This research is quasi-experimental research with a pre-post test and control group design. The sampling technique was a simple random sampling of 94 respondents divided by 47 pregnant women in the control group and 47 in the intervention group in 6 health centers in Aceh Besar. The PeC intervention began with a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) followed by online counseling guided by a counselor and the provision of specially designed videos about the health of pregnant women during COVID-19. The instrument used was the standard Prenatal Health Behavior Scale (PHBS) questionnaire. The results showed a significant difference between prenatal health behavior before and after PeC in the intervention group with the Wilcoxon Test (p=0.000) and at the post-test between the control and intervention Mann-Whitney Test (p=0.000). Conclusion PeC is a very effective method to improve maternal health behavior during pregnancy, especially during a pandemic. So, it is highly recommended that PeC can be applied as part of a pregnancy visit to improve prenatal health.

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The Effectiveness of Pragnancy e-Counseling (PeC) on Prenatal Health Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Keskom [Internet]. 2025 Mar. 30 [cited 2026 Aug. 9];11(1):15-21. Available from: http://jurnal.htp.ac.id/index.php/keskom/article/view/1386

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