The high rate of maternal mortality is one indicator of national welfare in Indonesia. One contributing factor toward this problem is mothers’ lack of knowledge of reproductive health resulting from their lack of education. The use of a snakes and ladders game could be one way of improving mothers’ knowledge. This game was
previously implemented along with the distribution of an informational leaflet in the fishing community of Bagan Deli Village. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of this game intervention on the knowledge and attitudes of respondents in Pernantin village. This quasi-experimental study included a pre-test, an intervention, and a post-test. Respondents, consisting of 48 mothers of reproductive age (20–45 years old), were divided into two groups: the control group and the intervention group. According to a t-test, the intervention group, consisting of 24 respondents, showed an improvement in their knowledge (p<0.05), while no difference was found in their attitudes (p>0.05). This result proved that the snakes and ladders game and leaflets were effective as an intervention to improve the health knowledge of mothers in reproductive age. Based on these results, it is important to provide information on reproductive health to mothers of reproductive age in such villages or elsewhere. It is also important to develop other ways of creatively imparting knowledge that are easily understood by mothers.
Keywords: knowledge and attitude, mothers of reproductive age, intervention