PENGARUH PENYULUHAN TERHADAP TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN IBU TENTANG STIMULASI PIJAT BAYI
ABSTRACT: Baby massage
stimulation is one of the early stimulation for the babies to optimalize their
growth. There will be multisensory stimulation on the process of the massage,
such as: visual on mothers’ eye contact, auditory on verbal communication,
sense of smell, physical touch, and bonding affection. Baby massage stimulation
is better done regularly, based on the correct order and technique, and
performed by the babies’ parents. Health promotion is the strategy to develop
people’s health level, through health counseling to mothers, we can identify
the mothers’ knowledge level on baby massage stimulation. This research is intended
to identify the effect of counseling to mothers’ knowledge level on baby
massage stimulation. Quasi experiment using one group of pretest-posttest was
used as the method of the research. The population of this research was 38
participants consist of mother having 1-12 months baby who come to Posyandu
Balita Rukun Asih Surakarta. Sampling applied was purposive sampling to fulfill
the criteria of inclusive and exclusive into 31 participants. The instrument
used is questionnaire on the knowledge level on baby massage stimulation. The
data were analyzed by using Univariat and Bivariat t-test on the level of
p=0,05. The analyzing result shows the mean rank of the group before receiving
counseling is 8,50 and to the group after receiving counseling is 12,16 with
the value score 0,000. The research finding leads to the conclusion that there
is an effect of counseling to mothers’ knowledge level on baby massage
stimulation.
Keywords: counseling,
knowledge level, baby massage stimulation
Penulis: Siskana Dewi Rosita,
Gipfel Remedina
Kode jurnal: jpkebidanandd170219
