Hubungan Pengetahuan Ibu Tentang Manajemen Laktasi Dengan Pemberian ASI Eksklusif Pada Bayi Usia 6-9 Bulan Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Talang Randai Kabupaten Bengkulu Selatan

Gia Peprianti (Akademi Kebidanan Manna, Bengkulu Selatan)
Gusni Rahmarianti (Akademi Kebidanan Manna, Bengkulu Selatan)
Marsimin Marsimin (Akademi Kebidanan Manna, Bengkulu Selatan)

Jurnal Vokasi Kesehatan
Vol 1 No 1 (2022)

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between knowledge about lactation management and exclusive breastfeeding for infants aged 6-9 months in the working area of Talang Randai Public Health Center, Bengkulu Selatan Regency. The method in this study is an analytic study with a cross sectional design. The population of this study were all mothers who had children aged 6-9 months in February 2022, totaling 51 people. Data analysis was performed by chi-square test. The results showed that most respondents with less knowledge (41.2%), did not give exclusive breastfeeding (58.8%) and the chi-square test showed X2 count (14.7) > X2 table (5.591) and the value of (0.001)<ρ(0, 05). There is a relationship between knowledge of lactation management and exclusive breastfeeding in the working area of the Talang Randai Health Center, South Bengkulu Regency.