Abstract
One effort to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health in achieving the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015, exclusive breastfeeding needs to be improved. WHO (2009)
stated that approximately 15% of the total cases of deaths in children under the age of five in
developing countries are caused by non-exclusive breastfeeding. The study was conducted in order
to understand the importance of the mother of his baby exclusive breastfeeding. This study was
descriptive cross-sectional design, the population is mothers who have babies 7 -12 months in
Karang Tengah District Bojong village, Cianjur, West Java in 2015 as many as 235 mothers and
total population sample of 235 people who meet the inclusion criteria, namely mother who have
children aged 7-24 months and are willing to become respondents, settled in Bojong village of
Karang Tengah District Cianjur, and be a participant in the region tersebut research indicates
that more respondents had low knowledge (70.6%) of Exclusive breastfeeding. Mothers age most
are in the 20-35 year group (77%), education Mother most in the low category is Not The End
Elementary School, Graduate from elementary school and junior high school Graduate (79%).
Mother most is Not Working (86%). Thus, efforts are needed to increase knowledge of mothers
on exclusive breastfeeding through education, training, focus group discussion (FGD) and others.
Keywords: Knowledge mother, breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding
ABSTRAK
Salah satu upaya mengurangi tingkat kematian anak dan meningkatkan kesehatan ibu
dalam pencapaian tujuan Millenium Development Goals
(MDGs) 2015, maka pemberian ASI
eksklusif perlu ditingkatkan. WHO (2009) menyatakan sekitar 15% dari total kasus kematian
anak di bawah usia lima tahun di negara berkembang disebabkan oleh pemberian ASI tidak
eksklusif. Penelitian dilakukan agar ibu paham akan pentingnya ASI Ekslusif terhadap bayinya.
Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif dengan disain crosssectional, populasi adalah ibu-ibu yang
memiliki bayi 7 –12 bulan di Desa Bojong Kecamatan Karang Tengah, Kabupaten Cianjur, Jawa
Barat 2015 sebanyak 235 ibu dan sampel penelitianadalah total populasi berjumlah 235 orang
yang memenuhi criteria inklusi yaitu ibu yang memiliki balita yang berusia 7-24 bulan dan
bersedia jadi responden, menetap di Desa Bojong Kecamatan Karang Tengah Kabupaten Cianjur,
dan menjadi peserta posyandu di wilayah tersebut.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa lebih
banyak responden memiliki pengetahuan yang rendah (70,6%) tentang pemberian ASI Eksklusif.
umur Ibu yang paling banyak berada di kelompok 20–35 Tahun (77 %), pendidikan Ibu paling
banyak dalam kategori rendah yaitu Tidak Tamat SD, Tamat SD, dan Tamat SMP (79%). Ibu
paling banyak adalah Tidak Bekerja (86%).Dengan demikian perlu adanya upaya peningkatan
pengetahuan ibu mengenai pemberian ASI eksklusif melalui penyuluhan, pelatihan, focus group
discussion (FGD) dan lain-lain.
Kata kunci: Pengetahuan ibu, ASI Ekslusif, Pemberian ASI eksklusif
Download: Fullpaper