HUBUNGAN IBU HAMIL PEROKOK PASIF DENGAN KEJADIAN BAYI BERAT LAHIR RENDAH DI RUMAH BERSALIN IBU SRI PANUNTUN KLATEN
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Abstract
Background: Smoking affects blood circulation and makes mothers and babies exposed
to hazardous chemicals. Every time a mother smokes, her baby gets less oxygen.
Nicotine in cigarettes decreases blood flow to the placenta. At the same time carbon
monoxide (CO) lowers the amount of oxygen carried by blood. In addition, there are toxic
chemicals that usually interfere the development of infants (Rahmalia, 2009). A
preliminary study conducted by the author at the Maternity House of Sri Panuntun, Pedan
Klaten District, there were 30 babies born in August to September 2017, revealed that
there were 6 babies suffered from low birth weight, while 24 babies have normal birth
weight.
The purpose: Describing the relationship of pregnant women passive smokers with the
incidence of Low Birth Weight was the aim of this study.
The subjects : The population in this study was all mothers who gave birth at Maternity
Mother Sri Panuntun Klaten in January-March 2018 accounted for 55 respondents.
The results: The result of this research by using Pearson Chi-Square correlation test
obtained p = 0.000.
The conclusion: There was a positive correlation between pregnant women who are
passive smokers with the incidence of low birth weight babies.
Keywords: Pregnant women, Passive smokers, Low birth weight babies.