FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN TEKNIK MENYUSUI PADA IBU PRIMIPARA

Abstract

The purpose of this quantitative with cross sectionalstudy is to explore factors affecting the mother’s breastfeedingtechnique in the district of Alang-alang Lebar Palembang in2012. Eghty five respondents were taken using purposivesampling technique. The data was analyzed using chi-squaretest, showed that mother’s age (p=0.018), maternal education(p=0.017), maternal’s occupation (p=0.037), type of labors(p=0.03) and maternal knowledge (p=0.039) had significantrelationship with breastfeeding technique. Multiple logisticregression test showed most decisive factors that significantlyaffected the technique of breastfeeding mother’s was the age(OR=7,108).Key words: age, education, occupation, type of labor,knowledge, breastfeeding techniques