Relationship Knowledge, Nutrition Status, Dietery, Food Taboo With Breast Milk Production of Breastfeeding Mother

Saskiyanto Manggabarani (Dosen Gizi Fakultas kesehatan Masyarakat, Institut Kesehatan Helvetia, Medan)
Anto Jamma Hadi (Dosen Magister Kesehatan Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat, Institut Kesehatan Helvetia, Medan)
Irfan Said (Dosen Gizi Fakultas kesehatan Masyarakat, Institut Kesehatan Helvetia, Medan)
Selfi Bunga (Mahasiswa Peminatan Gizi Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Indonesia Timur, Makassar)

Jurnal Dunia Gizi
Vol 1, No 1 (2018): Edisi Juni

Breast milk is very important for a mother and her baby. The smooth production of breast milk given to the baby can have a positive impact on the baby's nutritional status. Objective; factors related to the smooth production of breast milk in breastfeeding mothers. This activity was held at Puskesmas Maradekaya Makassar City 2016. Materials and Methods; The type of research used was observational with Cross Sectional Study approach. The sample of this research is breastfeeding mother with purposive sampling sampling with amount of 97 breastfeeding mothers. Results; nutrition knowledge related with mothers breast milk production with p value (0.003), mother nutritional status is related with mothers breast milk production with p value (0,024), diet associated with mothers breast milk production with p value (0.013), food taboo related with mothers breast milk production with p value (0.001). Conclusion; knowledge of breast milk and nutrition, mother nutritional status, diet and food taboo related to the production of breast milk in breastfeeding mothers. It is expected that mothers increase knowledge about breastfeeding and nutrition in an active way, information provided through printed media (pamphlet) and listening from electronic media.