| Sumario: | Pregnancy danger signs are signs experienced by the mother during pregnancy thatindicate complications in pregnancy that require immediate action. Knowledge is a collection of information from the results of someone's sense of an object through the five human senses. This study aimed to assess the effect of the application of pregnancy danger signs educational media on pregnant women's knowledge. This study, conducted in the BojoBaru Health Center Work Area in January 2021 - March 2021, used a quasiexperimental research design with a non-equivalent control group pre-test and post-test design. Respondents divided into the treatment group (26 pregnant women who obtained "Mattampu" educational application for pregnancy danger signs) and the control group(26 pregnant women who obtained MCH (Maternal and Child Health) book for two weeks). The Wilcoxon test, and Mann-Whitney test used to analyse the data. The results showed there was an effect of the educational media's application on the danger signs of pregnancy on the mother's level of knowledge (p = 0.000 <0.05). There was a significant difference in maternal knowledge level between the group given the application of pregnancy danger signs and the group given education with the MCH Handbook (p = 0.000 <0.05).
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