Exclusive breastfeeding village program increased the role of health cadres

Background: Exclusive Breastfeeding Village Program was launched by Government in 2016 to increase public awareness on the need to feed babies exclusively with breast milk. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the exclusive breastfeeding village program in increasing the role of...

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Main Authors: Fauziyatun Nisa, Nyoman Anita Damayanti, Fritria Dwi Anggraini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-07-01
Series:Journal of Public Health Research
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Online Access:https://jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/1822
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author Fauziyatun Nisa
Nyoman Anita Damayanti
Fritria Dwi Anggraini
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description Background: Exclusive Breastfeeding Village Program was launched by Government in 2016 to increase public awareness on the need to feed babies exclusively with breast milk. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the exclusive breastfeeding village program in increasing the role of health cadres to promote breastfeeding practices. Design and Methods: The design of this study was pre experimental with one group pre-post design with 102 cadres chosen by simple random sampling techniques. A Wilcoxon signed rank test with a significance level α=0.05 was used to measure the effectiveness of the program. Results: The results showed that the value of P<0.05, it means that exclusive breastfeeding village program increased the role of health cadres and this is expected to be reflected in the improvement of the health of mothers and babies. The program has a strategic role to increase the knowledge and skills of support groups, make mothers understand the benefits of proper breastfeeding, and encourage eating good foods in order to maintain adequate nutrition. Conclusions: The breastfeeding village program has the ability to improve the knowledge and skills of health cadres.
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spelling doaj.art-24b4164e914c4ae9a45e5f0d3b76f3942023-01-02T23:27:16ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Public Health Research2279-90282279-90362020-07-019210.4081/jphr.2020.1822Exclusive breastfeeding village program increased the role of health cadresFauziyatun Nisa0Nyoman Anita Damayanti1Fritria Dwi Anggraini2Doctoral Program of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Mulyorejo, Surabaya; Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama, Surabaya, East JavaDepartment of Health Policy and Administration Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Mulyorejo, SurabayaFaculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama, Surabaya, East JavaBackground: Exclusive Breastfeeding Village Program was launched by Government in 2016 to increase public awareness on the need to feed babies exclusively with breast milk. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the exclusive breastfeeding village program in increasing the role of health cadres to promote breastfeeding practices. Design and Methods: The design of this study was pre experimental with one group pre-post design with 102 cadres chosen by simple random sampling techniques. A Wilcoxon signed rank test with a significance level α=0.05 was used to measure the effectiveness of the program. Results: The results showed that the value of P<0.05, it means that exclusive breastfeeding village program increased the role of health cadres and this is expected to be reflected in the improvement of the health of mothers and babies. The program has a strategic role to increase the knowledge and skills of support groups, make mothers understand the benefits of proper breastfeeding, and encourage eating good foods in order to maintain adequate nutrition. Conclusions: The breastfeeding village program has the ability to improve the knowledge and skills of health cadres.https://jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/1822Exclusive breastfeedingvillage programrole of health cadres
spellingShingle Fauziyatun Nisa
Nyoman Anita Damayanti
Fritria Dwi Anggraini
Exclusive breastfeeding village program increased the role of health cadres
Journal of Public Health Research
Exclusive breastfeeding
village program
role of health cadres
title Exclusive breastfeeding village program increased the role of health cadres
title_full Exclusive breastfeeding village program increased the role of health cadres
title_fullStr Exclusive breastfeeding village program increased the role of health cadres
title_full_unstemmed Exclusive breastfeeding village program increased the role of health cadres
title_short Exclusive breastfeeding village program increased the role of health cadres
title_sort exclusive breastfeeding village program increased the role of health cadres
topic Exclusive breastfeeding
village program
role of health cadres
url https://jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/1822
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