HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN TENTANG METODE KONTRASEPSI DENGAN SIKAP TERHADAP PEMILIHAN METODE KONTRASEPSI PADA AKSEPTOR KONTRASEPSI WANITA

Family planning is the first program established by the Indonesian government as one of the methods to suppress population growth in Indonesia since 1970. Badan Kependudukan dan Keluarga Berencana Nasional (BKKBN) established a sustainable development program namely Kependudukan, Keluarga Berencana dan Pembangunan Keluarga (KKBPK) which is equivalent to the international level program Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Participants of Riau province are using active contraception from 2017-2018 always ranks 8th lowest out of 34 provinces in Indonesia with the most methods in the form of non- long-term contraception methods (non-MKJP). One of the reason is low of society knowledge related to contraceptive methods. Knowledge and attitude are  foundation in forming a behavior that is suitable with conditions for contraceptive acceptor.The purpose of this research was to know the relationship of knowledge about contraceptive methods with attitudes about the selection of contraceptive methods in women’s contraceptive acceptors in primary health center region of Pekanbaru city.The method of this research used analytic observational study design, with a cross sectional study design. This research was conducted at 12 primary health centers region of Pekanbaru city. The sampling technique is done by stratified random sampling with a sample size of 400 people and statistically tested using the Spearman correlation test. The result of spearman 's rho correlation analysis indicate there is a significant relationship between knowledge and attitude (pvalue = 0.027) with a correlation coefficient value of 0.097.