Hubungan Edukasi Teknik Menyusui Dengan Keefektifan Pemberian Asi Eksklusif di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Rantau

Abstract

Exclusive breastfeeding is very important for both mother and baby. Breast milk is a source of nutrition for infants and should be given 0-6 months without any additional food or drink. The failure of mothers to give exclusive breastfeeding to babies can be influenced by several factors such as lack of related knowledge so that it will have an impact on the attitudes and actions of mothers in breastfeeding. One of the efforts that can be done to increase mother's knowledge about effective infant feeding techniques is through health education. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between education on breastfeeding techniques and the effectiveness of exclusive breastfeeding in the working area of the Rantau health center. The type of research used was quasy experiment with posttest only control group design. The results of the independent t-test test obtained a p-value of 0.000 (0.000 <0.05), so it can be concluded that there is a relationship between breastfeeding technique education and the effectiveness of exclusive breastfeeding in the work area of the Rantau health center, Rantau district, Aceh Tamiang regency in 2022. By research this is expected to provide information that education on breastfeeding techniques is very important and useful because it can increase the effectiveness of exclusive breastfeeding to infants.