Abstract

Background: Maternal mortality rate in Indonesia is high, with approximately 305 deaths/100,000 live births. Maternal mortality often occurs because of labor complication. There is a need for improvement in the quality of women health. Health promotion on pregnant women is an effort to increase awareness and ability to control healthy life. Health cadres are expected to improve the quality of maternal health. This study aimed to determine factors associated with health cadre ability to promote the health of pregnant women in Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta.