Determinants Failure of Exclusive Breast Feeding on Health in the City Bengkulu
Abstract: The first 1,000 days
of life program is a program to improve the quality of children in the future
which one of these programs is the provision of exclusive breastfeeding. The decline
in infant mortality rates slowed between 2003 to 2012 from 35 to 32 per 1,000
live births, all babies need access to key interventions such as exclusive
breastfeeding. The success of these programs are driven by health workers, but
the researches that analyze information about exclusive breastfeeding program
on health workers, especially in Bengkulu had never been examined. The research
design used mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) on health workers in
Bengkulu in 2015 who have infants aged 6-24 months (66 people), which were
determined by purposive sampling. The results showed that 69.7% of the mothers
did not practice exclusive breastfeeding and 54.5% did not practice early
initiation of breastfeeding. Analysis of early initiation of breastfeeding
factor as the dominant factor for failure of exclusive breastfeeding. The
qualitative analysis showed confidence and perception of little milk production
are factor for unsuccessful early initiation of breastfeeding .
Keywords: Determinan ASI eksklusif,
Tenaga Kesehatan
Author: Desri Suryani, Demsa
Simbolon, Nur Elly, Bintang Agustina Pratiwi, Yandrizal Yandrizal
Journal Code: jpkesmasgg170079
