Open AccessPENGETAHUAN GIZI, KELUHAN KESEHATAN, KONDISI PSIKOLOGIS, DAN POLA PEMBERIAN ASI IBU POSTPARTUM
Author(s) -
Armina Puji Utari,
Katrin Roosita,
Muhammad Rizal Martua Damanik
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
jurnal gizi dan pangan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2407-0920
pISSN - 1978-1059
DOI - 10.25182/jgp.2013.8.3.187-194
Subject(s) - breastfeeding , medicine , childbirth , postpartum period , family medicine , obstetrics , pediatrics , pregnancy , genetics , biology
This study was aimed to assess nutritional knowledge, health complaints, psychological conditions, and their association with breastfeeding pattern on postpartum mother. A cross sectional study with interview method was conducted in five villages in Dramaga Subdistrict, Bogor District, during the period of April to May 2013. Subjects included in this study were 30 postpartum mothers who met inclusion criteria. Subjects were mothers of 10—40 days old newborn baby and it was not the first childbirth, willing to be subject through informed consent agreement, and was able to communicate. The majority of postpartum mothers had fair nutritional knowledge (60.0%), low health complaints (66.7%), and depression (56.7%). The nutritional knowledge of exclusive breastfeeding tended to correlate with exclusive breastfeeding practice (r=0.126; p=0.508). Meanwhile, lower health complaints tended to correlate with better breastfeeding practices (r=0.063; p=0.74).