The Effect of Giving Information to Baby

Abstract

Breast milk contains a variety of nutrients needed in the process of growth and development of infants. The nutritional value contained in breast milk is very high so it does not require any composition again from outside. Breast milk should be given in accordance with the will of the baby and mother. This study aimed to determine the effect of the information on the baby's mother to knowledge, attitudes, norms / culture, beliefs and actions of breastfeeding in Kendari. This study uses "quasy Experiment", ie pre-test and post-test with control group design. A sample of 80 women who were divided into four groups with the class of modification module while control class with KIA books, the group uses only modification module and the control group with KIA book. Questionnaire data collection of interviews and anthropometric measurements. Data were analyzed with the Wilcoxon test and Kruskal. The results showed that the change in practice breastfeeding and complementary feeding into a good deal on one group than the other group. Improvement score of knowledge, attitudes, norms, beliefs, breastfeeding, and solids in group 1 was higher than group 2, group 3 and group 4. The study concluded there are influence of giving information about breast milk against changes in knowledge (p = 0.000), attitude (p = 0.000), the norm (p = 0.000), confidence (p = 0.000), breastfeeding (p = 0.000). There is a difference of knowledge (p = 0.000), attitude (p = 0.001), confidence (p = 0.001), breastfeeding (p = 0.027) between groups, where the effectiveness of class baby`s mothers with a module modification is higher than the class of baby`s mothers with KIA book in changing the practice of breastfeeding.