Samoby (Safe Mom And Baby): An Android-based Application Increasing The Success Of Childbirth Planning And Complication Prevention Program

Introduction The childbirth planning and complication prevention programme in the Sukorame Health Center area has faced challenges in implementation. Many pregnant women have not displayed the childbirth planning and complication prevention program stickers on their doors or windows, preventing the local community recognizing that a pregnant women lives in the area. The stickers are often incomplete. To maximize the success of the program an Android-based application called Samoby (Save Mom and Baby) was introduced. This study aimed to determine the effect of the Samoby (mom and baby safe) application on improving the childbirth planning and complication prevention program in the Sukorame Health Center area, Kediri City. Method This study used a pre-experimental design using a one-group pre-test and post-test approach, without a comparison group. Data were collected through questionnaires and observation sheets . The population was 50 pregnant women from the Sukorame Health Center area, Kediri, determined by a simple random sampling technique. Data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon Match Pairs Test, obtaining a p-value of 0.001. Result The study demonstrated that the android-based application had proven to be more effective in increasing the success of the childbirth planning and complication prevention program. The Samoby application allowed midwives could monitor the the completion and display of program stickers, leading to better compliance.. Conclusion Samoby, an Android-based application, could increase the success of the childbirth planning and complication prevention program by 38% in the Sukorame Health Center Area, Kediri. However, t its use is limited to pregnant women with Android smartphones. The app could be further enhanced by adding new, more comprehensive features. Therefore, further research should explore the impact of Samoby with larger sample sizes and a control group.