Determinant Factor in Implementation of Early Initiation of Breastfeeding at Sentani Community Health Center Jayapura District Nasendi Rusmina1, Masni1, Noor Noer Bahry1 1Faculty of Public Health, Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan Km. 10, Tamalanrea Indah, Tamalanrea, Kota, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, 90245, Indonesia Online published on 30 April, 2019. Abstract Breastfeedings will always remain as the common way of providing babies with all the required nutrients in order to have healthy development and growth. In general, all mothers are able to breastfeed provided thay get the full support from the family and society in addition to accurate information. The aim of this study is to determine the overall influence of knowledge, attitude, education level, and maternal parity in practicing of early initiation of breastfeeding at Sentani community health centre (Puskesmas), Jayaputra district. The study was used observational research used cross sectional design. The study employed 36 respondents as sample selected used completely by random sampling. The data were obtained through observational checklist and questionnaire. The data were analyzed by means of univariate as well as bivariate used chi-quadrant test. The result found significant relationship between maternal knowledge and early initiation of breastfeeding implementation at Sentani Puskesmas, Jayapura district. Besides, study also found no significant relationship between attitude, education level and maternal parity in implementation of early initiation of breastfeeding. Top Keywords Attitudes, early initiation of breastfeeding, level education, parity. Top |