CORRELATION BETWEEN HEALTH EDUCATION OF LACTATION MANAGEMENT EXPOSED AND EXLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING PRACTICE

Abstract

Exlusive breastfeeding (EBF) practice is beneficial for baby, mother and family. Health education about lactation management is a health promotion that can improve EBF among mothers who breastfed. This research is a descriptive analytic research method using quantitative approach with cross sectional study design. This research aims was to find the asociation between health education of lactation management exposed and breastfeeding practice. Out of 50 participant mothers in the Working area of Guntur health center were included in this study. The chi-square test was used using SPSS version 16.0 to find the association between the variables. The demographic characteristic of the participants were less than 20 years, between 20 and 35 years old, and more than 35 years ( 22%, 245 and 54%, respectively). Mostof the participants were educated from junior high school (44%) and worked in private sectors (60%). Out of the 31 participants who were exposed by health education, 9 were exlusive breastfeeding. And those out of 19 participants who were not exposed by health education of lactation management, 5 were exlusive breast feeding. The bivariate analysis using chi-square showed that there was no assosiation between health education of management lactation exposed and exclusive breastfeeding (X2(1), p = 0,836). This study showed that there were mothers who gets health education but did not give exclusive breastfeeding for her baby. Modification of health education of EBF is needed to improve exclusive breastfeeding practice by involving the family member and engaging in groups.