The Relationship Among Knowledge, Mothers' Occupation, and Support of Health Workers to Exclusive Breastfeeding in Ngajum Public Health Centre, Malang
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- 10.2991/978-94-6463-072-5_10How to use a DOI?
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- mothers’ knowledge; mothers’ occupation; health workers’ support; exclusive breastfeeding
- Abstract
Exclusive breastfeeding is a nutritional intake that must be given to babies aged 0–6 months to help maximize their growth and development and also to prevent babies from getting sick. Mothers' knowledge, mothers’ occupation, and support of health workers are some factors identified affecting the pattern of exclusive breastfeeding. According to data from Malang Health Office in 2020, Ngajum Public Health Center reached the lowest position in exclusibe breastfeeding’s coverage. This study aimed to show the relationship among mothers’ knowledge, mothers' occupation, and health workers’ support to exclusive breastfeeding. The study was a cross sectional study using questionnaire to collect datas. The population were mothers with babies aged 7 to 12 months that were listed in Ngajum Public Health Centre’s data with sampling technique using cluster random sampling so that found 91 respondents participated. The bivariate analysis using Chi-square found that there was no significant relationship between mothers’ knowledge and exclusive breastfeeding (p = 0.837). Furthermore, there also was no significant relationship between mothers' occupation and exclusive breastfeeding (p = 0.274), while support of health workers on exclusive breastfeeding had also no significant relationship (p = 0.211).
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TY - CONF AU - Ageng Rahmawan AU - Moch Yunus AU - Anindya Hapsari PY - 2022 DA - 2022/12/23 TI - The Relationship Among Knowledge, Mothers' Occupation, and Support of Health Workers to Exclusive Breastfeeding in Ngajum Public Health Centre, Malang BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Sports Science and Health (ICSSH 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 79 EP - 87 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-072-5_10 DO - 10.2991/978-94-6463-072-5_10 ID - Rahmawan2022 ER -