Social Support for Exclusive Breastfeeding Using Mixed Methods
Journal Title: International Journal of Health Sciences and Research - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 9
Abstract
Background: In relation to the exclusive breadfeeding have been declared more than 25 years ago and its benefits have been well documented in the worldwide but the breastfeeding rate globally is still far from the expected target. Objectives: This study aimed to analyse the behavior of the exclusive breastfeeding based on the aspect of social support in AIMI of South Sulawesi Community. Material and Methods: The research used the Mixed Methods design with the model of Concurrent Triangulation Design. The research population comprised all the mother members of AIMI of South Sulawesi who had babies 6-24 months. The samples included the mother group who exclusively breastfeed (65 mothers) and those who did not exclusively breastfeed (25 mothers). The sampling technique is simple random sampling. The total informants comprised 35 people who came from the mothers, lactation counselors, the core managers of AIMI South Sulawesi, and the key informants. Result: The research results indicated that there was a correlation between the husbands’ support (84%, p=0.000), the parents’ support (81.9%, p=0.010), the healthcare’s support (85.2%, p=0.002), the AIMIs’ support (82.2%, p=0.006) and the exclusive breastfeeding. The result of the multivariate analysis indicated that the support of the AIMI was the dominant factor in relation to the exclusive breastfeeding. Conclusion: The informants had good knowledge about the exclusive breastfeed, majority of the mothers who had the parity experience of one time previously did not exclusively breastfeed their babies but had succeeded the exclusively breastfeed their babies later. The informants who received the evaluation support had stronger intention to exclusively breastfeed. Thus the majority of the informants have had a strong intention to breastfeed.
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Andi Meinar Dwi Rantisari
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