The Relationship of Knowledge and Socio Culture of Mothers to Exclusive Breast Feeding in Aid Community Health Center Lebaho Ulaq Village

Jumria Talamma
Tini
Elisa Goretti Sinaga

Formosa Journal of Applied Sciences (FJAS)
Vol. 2 No. 11 (2023): November 2023

The best food for a baby's growth is breast milk.. Problems in breastfeeding are socio-cultural factors and knowledge. Transverse Sectional Research. 30 mothers with The age range of the sample's children was from 6-24 months utilizing the method of total sampling. The independent variables are tingkat kesadaran sosiokultural. Variabel yang terikat adalah exclusive breastfeeding. It used knowledge and socio-cultural questionnaire. The Kolmogorov Smirnov test on the variable knowledge of exclusive breastfeeding obtained a ρvalue of 0.001 <0.05 (ρ<α). Meanwhile, the Fisher's Exact test on socio-cultural variables on exclusive breastfeeding obtained a ρvalue of 0.000 <0.05 (ρ<α). When mother's knowledge’s high, motivated to give exclusive breastfeeding. The mother's social culture and degree of knowledge regarding exclusive breastfeeding are related.