HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DAN STATUS PEKERJAAN IBU MENYUSUI TERHADAP PEMBERIAN ASI EKSKLUSIF DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS JALAN KUTAI KELAPA DUA TANGERANG

The Correlation of Knowledge and Occupational Status of Mothers on Exclusive Breastfeeding in The Work Area of Jalan Kutai Kelapa Dua Community Health Center Tangerang

Abstrak

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) exclusive breastfeeding is defined as giving only breast milk without giving other food or drinks to children from birth to 6 months of age, except medicine and vitamins. Based on data in Jalan Kutai Kelapa Dua Community Health Center, Tangerang in 2020 gives exclusive breastfeeding to children aged 0-6 months by 70.3% and will experience a decrease in 2021 by 68% while the Minimum Service Standards (SPM) in the health sector in the District The city stated that the target coverage for exclusive breastfeeding is at least 80%, data on exclusive breastfeeding coverage is still low. In this study, an cross sectional design and the sampling technique was total sampling. Breastfeeding mothers who had children aged 0-24 months, were willing to fill in informed consent and were at the location the research is being conducted are the subjects of this study. After collecting data by distributing questionnaires directly to 73 samples, a bivariate analysis was performed using the chi square test. The results showed that there was a correlation of knowledge of mothers on exclusive breastfeeding with a p-value of 0.013 (< 0.05). Bivariate analysis occupational status of mothers on exclusive breastfeeding resulted in a p-value of 0.770 (> 0.05) so no correlation was found. The conclusion of this study is that there is a correlation of knowledge of mothers on exclusive breastfeeding, but there is no correlation of occupational status of mothers on exclusive breastfeeding.