Jurnal Kebidanan Kestra

Rabu, 18 Maret 2020 09:31 | Sudah dibaca 746 kali

Exclusive breastfeeding means babies who are only breastfed from 0-6 months of age, without providing additional food or drinks. Infants aged 0-6 months are very vulnerable because the baby's digestive system is not functioning properly so that the baby has not been able to digest food or drinks other than breast milk. Breastfeeding for 6 months actually encourages optimal baby growth. However, currently exclusive breastfeeding in Indonesia is declining, one of which is in Medan, precisely in the Darussalam Health Center, Medan has not reached the target. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors associated with the achievement of an exclusive breastfeeding promotion program in Darussalam Medan Health Center. This type of research is descriptive with the Cross Sectional design approach. The population of this study were all mothers who had 0-6 months babies as many as 59 people. The sampling technique in this study is total sampling. study sample amounted to 59 people. The results of this study use the chi square test with a 95% confidence level. The results refer that there was a relationship of knowledge, and attitudes with the low achievement of the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding programs with each p-value of α (0.197> 0.05), (0.197> 0.05). The conclusion is that there is a correlation between mother's knowledge and mother's attitude with the achievement of an exclusive breastfeeding promotion program.

Kata Kunci: Achievement of an exclusive breastfeeding promotion program, Employment, Knowledge, Attitudes and Performance of health workers

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