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Hubungan Pemberian ASI Eksklusif terhadap Pertumbuhan Bayi 6 - 11 Bulan Bulan Di Puskesmas Girimaya Pangkalpinang
Background: Breast milk is the ideal natural food for babies, especially in the first months. Based on data from the UNICEF and WHO, exclusive breastfeeding in the world is still relatively low. Infants under 6 months exclusively breastfed worldwide are less than 40%. PSG Result of 2016 states that exclusive breastfeeding coverage was 29.5% for national level while in the province of Bangka Belitung was only 27%. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of exclusive breastfeeding on the growth chart on the KMS. Design: This study was an observational study with a cross sectional design. The subjects in this study were all infants aged 6 - 11 months in the working area of the Girimaya Public Health Center in Pangkalpinang which were 172 people. The minimum sample in this study was 105 infants selected using Stratified Random Sampling technique. The Data collection in this study uses secondary data in the form of KMS to assess the growth of infants and primary data collected by using a questionnaire to assess the exclusive breastfeeding. Data analysis was performed using the Chi-Square test with fisher exact test. Results: This study indicate that more infants were not given exclusive breastfeeding which was equal to 59% and infants who grow normally are 78.1%. The results of bivariate analysis shown that there was a relationship between exclusive breastfeeding and the growth of infants aged 6-12 months in the work area of Girimaya Public Health Center. Conclusions: For health cadres, midwives and nutrition counseling sections of public health center to always provide information for breastfeeding mothers about the importance of providing exclusive breasfeeding to support child growth development.
KEY WORDS: exclusive breastfeeding, growth, KMS
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