Relationship Of Knowledge, Occupation And Cultural Aspects To The Exclusive Breastfeeding In Infants Aged 0-6 Months In Kuok Community Health Centers Kampar Regency In 2015
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2016-01-13
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The data of basic health research (Riskesdas) in 2013 show that mothers gave exclusive
breastfeeding in Indonesia only 30.2%. In 2014 , the achievement of exclusive breastfeeding in
Kampar regency only 76.4 %. Kuok Community Health Centers is one of the health centers with the
achievement of the lowest breastfeeding, only 49.31 %. The purpose of this research was to identify
relationship of knowledge, occupation and cultural aspects of the exclusive breastfeeding in infants
aged 0-6 months in Kuok Health Centers Kampar regency in 2015. This research used cross
sectional study design with 83 subjects that chosen by simple random sampling technique. The
research population was all mothers with babies aged 0- 6 months in Kuok Health Centers Kampar
Regency in 2015. The data was collected by questionnaires. Statistic analysis used univariate and
bivariate analysis. Chi-square test showed that there are significant relationship between knowledge
(p value 0,00 <α 0,05), occupation (p value 0,001 <α 0,05), cultural aspects (p value 0,00 <α 0.05)
to giving of exclusive breastfeeding. The suggestion to Kuok Health Centers to improve the
percentage of exclusive breastfeeding, that is to give exclusive breastfeeding counseling for
pregnant and breastfeeding mothers.
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Knowledge, Occupation, Cultural Aspect, exclusive breastfeeding