The Effect of Exclusive Breastfeeding on Illness Frequency of The Baby

Amalia, Rizki (2020) The Effect of Exclusive Breastfeeding on Illness Frequency of The Baby. STRADA Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan, 9 (2). pp. 1676-1679. ISSN 2614-350X

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Abstract

Exclusive breastfeeding is the most suitable nutrient for babies for 0-6 months. In reality, exclusive breastfeeding is still far from the expected target. Meanwhile, it was still found that many numbers of ill babies visit. This study aims to find out the illness frequency difference between the 2 year ill babies who got exclusive breastfeeding and babies who did not get exclusive breastfeeding. This research was a retrospective analytical study. The population in this study was 2 year old babies in Wonokromo Health Center area which had 51 babies. The sample was taken by simple random sampling technique to 46 babies. The independent variable was breastfeeding, while the dependent variable was the illness frequency of 2 year ill babies in Wonokromo health center area. Data collection used questionnaire. To analyze the difference, it used the Mean Whitney Test with a significance level of 5%. The result showed that the characteristic of respondents aged ≤ 20 years was 17.39%, 21-30 years was 60.87%, 31-40 years was 19.57%, and 41-50 years was 2.17%. Based on the educational background, those who had primary education were 8.69%, those who had junior high school education were 26.09%, those who had senior high school education were 60.87%, and those who had college education were 4.35%. While based on the employment, as a trader was 26.09%, as a housewife was 45.65%, as an entrepreneur 13.04%, as a government employee was 6.52%, as a private employee was 8.67%. Those who gave exclusive breastfeeding were 32.61%, those who did not give exclusive breastfeeding 67.39%. The average number of illness frequency of 2 year ill babies was 5 times. After being analyzed, it was obtained that p = 0.030 Ho Ho was rejected and H1 was accepted. Based on the description above, it can be concluded that there is difference between the 2 year ill babies who got exclusive breastfeeding and babies who did not get exclusive breastfeeding. It means that exclusive breastfeeding can affect the illness frequency of baby. Therefore, it is recommended that breastfeeding mothers should give exclusive breastfeeding to their babies.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Exclusive breastfeeding, Illness Frequency, Baby
Subjects: R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ206-235 Nutrition and feeding of children and adolescents
Divisions: Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery > Program Study of Diploma III Midwifery
Depositing User: Mr. . Aji
Date Deposited: 26 Mar 2021 02:25
Last Modified: 26 Mar 2021 02:32
URI: http://repository.unusa.ac.id/id/eprint/6445

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