Perbedaan Dukungan Nenek dalam Keluarga Extended Family pada Pemberian ASI Eksklusif dan Tidak Eksklusif di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Arjasa Kabupaten Jember
ABSTRACT: The rate of
exclusive breastfeeding in Jember still low, it’s about 69.27% from the target
is 80%. One factors of that is the lackness of family support, especially
grandmother. Grandmother maintain to give early complementary foods to baby
because of cultural reasons. The aim of this study was to analyze the
differences of grandmother support in extended family on exclusive and
non-exclusive breastfeeding in working area of Arjasa public health center.
This research used an observational analytic design with Retrospective
approach. The subjects was 66 mothers with babies aged 7-12 months which
divided in two groups, 22 of mothers who breastfeed exclusively dan 44 mothers
who breastfeed not exclusively that collected by multistage random sampling.
Instrument used questionnaire. The analysis based on statistical Mann-Whitney
showed p value = 0.001 (p value < α=0.05). It means there are the
differences of grandmother support in extended family on exclusive and
non-exclusive breastfeeding. Grandmothers can affect the mothers to decided
breastfeed exclusively. Informational support is the most important support to
mothers. Health workers need to improve mothers’s knowledge and involve
grandmothers as effort giving exclusive breastfeeding, so the rate of exclusive
breastfeeding can be increased.
Keywords: grandmother support,
exclusive, non-exclusive, breastfeeding
Penulis: Dina Amalia, Ratna
Sari Hardiani, Lantin Sulistyorini
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd180031
