ANALYSIS OF FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE MOTHER'S INTEREST IN EXCLUSIVE ASKING IN TENGGER VILLAGE KIDUL KAGAMAT DISTRICT, KEDIRI DISTRICT

Abstract

Benefits of breast milk for babies such as breast milk as a source of nutrition, exclusive breastfeeding increases intelligence, breast milk has beneficial psychological effects. Breast milk is an ideal source of nutrition with a balanced composition tailored to the needs of growing babies (Puspitasari, 2014). The design of this research is quantitative research with cross sectional approach with the focus of the research directed to be analyzing the factors that influence the interest of mothers of children under five in exclusive breastfeeding in Tengger Kidul Village, Pagu District, Kediri District with a sample of 60 respondents taken by Simple Random Sampling technique. The findings found that most respondents had less knowledge as many as 33 respondents (55%). Most respondents have low category husband support of 24 respondents (40%). In addition, the majority of respondents had the role of health workers in the moderate category of 25 respondents (41.7%). While the majority of respondents have moderate interest as much as 28 respondents (46.7%). The results of the study used Linear Regression the influence of the influence of husband's knowledge and support on the interest of mothers of toddlers in exclusive breastfeeding in Tengger Kidul Village, Pagu District, Kediri Regency. And there is no influence of the role of health workers on the interest of mothers of children under five in exclusive breastfeeding in Tengger Kidul Village, Pagu District, Kediri Regency. It is expected that skilled respondents provide exclusive breastfeeding to infants aged 0-6 months and only provide MP-ASI and formula milk to support the growth and development of infants.