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Background: Exclusive breastfeeding is breastfeeding without any other food
addition until the baby is 6 months. Breastfeeding rate in Indonesia especially in the
municipality of Yogyakarta is very low. There are several influencing factors such as
mother's knowledge, occupation, mother's condition, infant condition, family
support, support of health workers, and socio-culture.
Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the factors that influence the
success of exclusive breastfeeding at Ngampilan Yogyakarta Primary Health Center.
Research method: This research type applied quantitative method with descriptive
correlative design and used cross sectional time approach. The samples were 39
mothers who had infants aged 6-12 months with random sampling technique. The
instrument of this study was a questionnaire about the success of exclusive
breastfeeding and several factors related to the success of exclusive breastfeeding.
The analytical method used chi square.
Results: There was no correlation between maternal knowledge (p = 0.782), support
of health workers (p = 1.000), and socio-cultural (p = 0.225) with exclusive
breastfeeding success. There was a relation between occupation (p = 0.004), mother
condition (p = 0.002), infant condition (p = 0.019), and family support (p = 0.008)
with exclusive breastfeeding success. The most dominant factors affecting the
success of exclusive breastfeeding was infant condition (t = 3.987).
Conclusion: There was a relationship between occupation, mother condition, infant
condition and family support with exclusive breastfeeding success at Ngampilan
Yogyakarta Primary Health Center.
Suggestion: Respondents who have a 0-6 month old baby are expected to give
exclusive breastfeeding and can raise awareness of the importance of exclusive
breastfeeding, and have high patience during exclusive breastfeeding.
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