Analysis of Factors Related to Providing Formula Milk to Infants Aged 0-6 Months at the Pasar Rundeng Village Health Post, Rundeng District, Subulussalam City, Aceh Province in 2024

Abstract

Based on data from the World Health Organization (WHO), the presentation of Exclusive Breastfeeding in 2016 through The Global Breastfeeding Scorecard data obtained from 194 countries, only 40% of babies were exclusively breastfed and only 23 countries had an exclusive breastfeeding rate above 60 percent. In fact, WHO itself has a target of at least 50% Exclusive Breastfeeding by 2023. This study aims to determine the relationship between knowledge and attitudes of breastfeeding mothers towards providing Exclusive Breastfeeding in the work area of ​​the Rundeng Health Center, Subulussalam City, Aceh Province in 2024. This study uses a cross-sectional research method, the population in this study were all mothers who had children aged 6-24 months who were in the Rundeng Health Center Work Area, Subulussalam City, totaling 80 people. The sample in this study was 56 respondents with a purposive sampling technique. The research instrument used a questionnaire. The conclusion of this study is that there is a relationship between maternal knowledge regarding providing Exclusive Breastfeeding, there is a relationship between maternal attitudes towards providing Exclusive Breastfeeding, there is a relationship between age and providing Exclusive Breastfeeding. There is a most dominant factor in providing exclusive breastfeeding, namely age. It is expected that health services should provide information in increasing the provision of exclusive breastfeeding.

Keywords: Knowledge, Work, Information sources, Formula Milk