Correlation of Mothers’ Knowledge and Employment Status with Exclusive Breastfeeding in Sidotopo

Background: Low level of knowledge about exclusive breastfeeding and mother's employment status become factors causing flawed exclusive breastfeeding in Indonesia. The high number of working mothers makes babies unable to be exclusively breastfed. Objective: This study determined the relationsh...

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Main Author: Riza Ramli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Airlangga 2020-05-01
Series:Jurnal Promkes: The Indonesian Journal of Health Promotion and Health Education
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Online Access:https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/PROMKES/article/view/9611
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description Background: Low level of knowledge about exclusive breastfeeding and mother's employment status become factors causing flawed exclusive breastfeeding in Indonesia. The high number of working mothers makes babies unable to be exclusively breastfed. Objective: This study determined the relationship of knowledge and mother's employment status with exclusive breastfeeding in Sidotopo. Method: This study was a descriptive analytical study with a cross-sectional design. The sampling technique used purposive sampling with a total sample of 57 respondents. The primary data were collected through questionnaires and then analyzed by using chi-square test. Results: There were 52 mothers (91%) who did not exclusively breastfeed. Most of them (94.4%) had insufficient knowledge and did not exclusively breastfeed. The number of mothers who had good knowledge and exclusively breastfed was only 3 mothers (14.3%). Most mothers (73.7%) who did not work did not exclusively breastfed their babies (90.5%). Among 15 working mothers (26.3%), only 1 mother (6.7%) exclusively breastfed. Based on the bivariate analysis test, there was no relationship of mother's knowledge with exclusive breastfeeding (P value = 0.346 > 0.05). There was no relationship of mother's employment status with exclusive breastfeeding (P value= 0.604 <0.05). Conclusion: Environment and habits of providing complementary food to babies aged less than 6 months are difficult to avoid it, and thus babies cannot gain the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding.
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spelling doaj.art-acabcf119fc84e508550de1dbfc6200c2022-12-21T22:48:38ZengUniversitas AirlanggaJurnal Promkes: The Indonesian Journal of Health Promotion and Health Education2085-34752540-99722020-05-0181364610.20473/jpk.V8.I1.2020.36-469107Correlation of Mothers’ Knowledge and Employment Status with Exclusive Breastfeeding in SidotopoRiza Ramli0Universitas AirlanggaBackground: Low level of knowledge about exclusive breastfeeding and mother's employment status become factors causing flawed exclusive breastfeeding in Indonesia. The high number of working mothers makes babies unable to be exclusively breastfed. Objective: This study determined the relationship of knowledge and mother's employment status with exclusive breastfeeding in Sidotopo. Method: This study was a descriptive analytical study with a cross-sectional design. The sampling technique used purposive sampling with a total sample of 57 respondents. The primary data were collected through questionnaires and then analyzed by using chi-square test. Results: There were 52 mothers (91%) who did not exclusively breastfeed. Most of them (94.4%) had insufficient knowledge and did not exclusively breastfeed. The number of mothers who had good knowledge and exclusively breastfed was only 3 mothers (14.3%). Most mothers (73.7%) who did not work did not exclusively breastfed their babies (90.5%). Among 15 working mothers (26.3%), only 1 mother (6.7%) exclusively breastfed. Based on the bivariate analysis test, there was no relationship of mother's knowledge with exclusive breastfeeding (P value = 0.346 > 0.05). There was no relationship of mother's employment status with exclusive breastfeeding (P value= 0.604 <0.05). Conclusion: Environment and habits of providing complementary food to babies aged less than 6 months are difficult to avoid it, and thus babies cannot gain the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding.https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/PROMKES/article/view/9611exclusive breastfeeding, baby, work, knowledge
spellingShingle Riza Ramli
Correlation of Mothers’ Knowledge and Employment Status with Exclusive Breastfeeding in Sidotopo
Jurnal Promkes: The Indonesian Journal of Health Promotion and Health Education
exclusive breastfeeding, baby, work, knowledge
title Correlation of Mothers’ Knowledge and Employment Status with Exclusive Breastfeeding in Sidotopo
title_full Correlation of Mothers’ Knowledge and Employment Status with Exclusive Breastfeeding in Sidotopo
title_fullStr Correlation of Mothers’ Knowledge and Employment Status with Exclusive Breastfeeding in Sidotopo
title_full_unstemmed Correlation of Mothers’ Knowledge and Employment Status with Exclusive Breastfeeding in Sidotopo
title_short Correlation of Mothers’ Knowledge and Employment Status with Exclusive Breastfeeding in Sidotopo
title_sort correlation of mothers knowledge and employment status with exclusive breastfeeding in sidotopo
topic exclusive breastfeeding, baby, work, knowledge
url https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/PROMKES/article/view/9611
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