The Correlation of Knowledge of Commercial Sex Workers Attitudes with the Criminal Provocate Abortion Case

Abstract

Nowadays, risky Abortion became a global health problem, whereas it is often overlooked not only by the public but also by the health officer. This is explanatory research using the survey method with the cross-sectional approach. The sample in this study was 50 commercial sex workers. The Data analysed using a chi-square test. The results showed that respondents with a good level of knowledge had an approval attitude towards the criminal provocate abortion case as much as 31.3% and those who did not agree with this attitude as much as 68.8%. Respondents with a poor level of knowledge have a 77.8% agree and 22.2% disagree. Chi-square test results showed that there is a correlation between the knowledge and attitudes of commercial sex workers to the criminal provocate abortion case (p = .003). Therefore, the government is expected to increase counselling on the dangers of criminal provocate abortion, especially among the “night workers” so that criminal provocate abortion can be at least reduced or prevented as early as possible. Keywords: Knowledge; Attitude; Criminal Provocate Abortion