Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding Duration on Infants in Girimaya Community Health Center Pangkalpinang City Devriany Ade1, Novidiyanto1, Bohari2,* 1Nutrition, Health Polytechnic of the Ministry of Health Pangkalpinang, Pangkalpinang City, Bangka Belitung Province of Indonesia 2Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Tadulako University, Palu City, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia *Corresponding Author: Bohari, Street Soekarno Hatta KM. 9. Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, email: bohmks@gmail.com, Phone: (62) 85253587076
Online published on 23 December, 2019. Abstract The practice of early initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding was low in Indonesia. The aim of the study was to analyze sociodemographic factors and post-natal factors of mothers for the duration of exclusive breastfeeding. This type of research was observational with a prospective cohort design. The population was all mothers giving birth in the range from March to April 2017 and recorded in the cohort report at the Girimaya Health Center as many as 37 people. Data analysis used the Logrank Test. The results of the study were the characteristics of respondents, generally aged 20–35 years (75.7%), higher education (59.5%), not working (67.6%), parity ≤ 2 (64.9%), not implementing early initiation of breastfeeding to her baby (67.6%). Macro nutrient intake in mothers, including lack of energy (70.3%), carbohydrates (51.4%), protein (70.3%) and fat (70.3%). Micronutrient intake was lacking, namely calcium (100%), phosphorus (70.3%), iron (100%), vitamin B (73.0%), vitamin C (70.3%). The duration of breastfeeding for infants was up to 2 months of 62.2% and babies not given exclusive breastfeeding of 86.5%. Independent variables that did not have an influence on the duration of exclusive breastfeeding were maternal age (p = 0.281), education (p = 0.985), exclusive breastfeeding (p = 0.688), parity (p = 0.628), early initiation of breastfeeding (p = 0.087), macro and micro nutrient intake (p > 0.05). The duration of exclusive breastfeeding for infants had not reached 6 months and only lasts for 2 months and no independent variables had been found that influenced the duration of exclusive breastfeeding. Top Keywords Exclusive breastfeeding, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Macro and micro nutrient intake. Top |