Raising Awareness on The Impacts of Caesarean Section Birth Method to Children's Health: Nationwide Survey to Indonesian Married Woman

Aims This study seeks to determine the level of knowledge mothers have about CS and its health implications, such as gut dysbiosis, before and after a health promotion. Methods We analyze the awareness of Indonesian mothers through a cross-sectional survey before and after health promotion, utilizing digital health education through national parenting platforms, PrimaKu and TemanBumil. Findings A total of 769 participants completed both the pre-test and post-test. There is an increase of awareness (70% to 95%), total score (mean ± SD: 4.34 ± 0.99 to 4.83 ± 0.49; p -value 0.000), and correct answer for each question ( p -value < 0.05), respectively from pre-test and post-test. Instagram posts (77.07%), webinar (38.9%), Instagram live (35.94%), and Tiktok videos (34.02%) are the most preferred to least preferred forms of content, respectively. Conclusion Digital health campaigns using social media and webinars had a beneficial impact on raising awareness among Indonesian mothers about the impact of CS on children's health.