ABSTRACT
As a midwife, it is essential to provide information on pregnant women's health problems, including exercise for pregnant women. Providing the information aims that pregnant women will continue to do light movements at home (sports) and the COVID-19 pandemic.This pandemic problem currently happening around the world results in limited outdoor activities for pregnant women. Therefore, we created an application,"Tanya Bidan," addressed to pregnant women. By downloading this Android application, they can see material or videos such as balanced nutrition material for pregnant women, exercise material for pregnant women, the material on breastfeeding techniques for postpartum mothers, and material on implant contraceptive methods on couples of childbearing age. Methods: This type of research was quasi-experimental (one group pre-test and post-test design). This study's sample was 72 pregnant women whose gestation age was 24-42 weeks in the Padongko Community Health Center's work area, conducted from June-February 2021. Pre-test and post-test using a questionnaire on pregnant women's exercise knowledge were used to collect the data. The Wilcoxon test was applied for data analyses.Result: Statistically, the pretest data gained a mean value of 1.01, with a minimum value of 1 and a maximum of 2. At the post-test, the mean value was 2.46, with a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 3. Based on the Wilcoxon test, the a-symp sigh (2 tailed) had a value of 0.000 <0.05.It showsan increase in exercise knowledge during the pre-test and post-test with the "Tanya Bidan" application.Conclusion:The usage of "Tanya Bidan" can effectively increase the knowledge of pregnant women's exercise in the COVID-19 era. © 2021 Turkish Physiotherapy Association. All rights reserved.