A lack of knowledge and an attitude can cause failure in exclusive breastfeeding (ASI). Counseling has a significant role in enhancing abilities and encouraging someone to behave. The study aimed to determine the effect of counseling on knowledge, attitudes, and practices of mothers about breastfeeding in the work area of the Bengkulu SawahLebar Health Center in 2017. This type of research is experimental research with quasi-experimental time series design with only one group control. The population is all pregnant women in the third trimester, amounting to 28 people. Samples were taken using the whole population technique. Counseling is done five times each month for five months using leaflets. Meanwhile, knowledge, attitudes and breastfeeding practices were collected using a questionnaire. Data analyses were univariate and bivariate using the paired ttest for data with normal distribution using SPSS 22 program. Research showed an increase in average knowledge from 84.46 to 92.14, attitude from 31.61 to 33.96 and practices of breastfeeding from 69.76 to 83.81. There is Effect of Counseling on Knowledge (p = 0,000), Attitude (p = 0,000) and breastfeeding practice (p = 0,000) Health workers should improve nutritional counseling by joining pregnancy class, participation through the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding at posyandu, and form a support group for breastfeeding to provide support to mothers in doing exclusively breastfeeding.
An imbalance between nutrient intake and the recommended nutritional adequacy causes the emergence of nutritional problems in adolescents. One of the causes of obesity in adolescents is an increased frequency of consumption of fast food that contains high calories, fat, sodium, and low fiber. The effect of obesity is degenerative diseasesThe research aims to determine the relationship of knowledge, pocket money, frequency of fast food consumption against obesity on the students in SMP N 1 Bengkulu. The design of this research was cross sectional study. The sample was conducted purposive sampling method with total sample is 267 respondents aged 12-14 years old. Knowledge data, pocket money, motivation, and characteristics of respondents were carried out by filling out questionnaires, while the data from the daily food habits were obtain through the FFQ (Food Frequency Questionnaires). Data analysis performed was univariate analysis, bivariate, and multivariate with chi-square test and logistic regression test. obtained by the variables associated with the incidence of obesity are the contribution of fast food. While the variables that are not related to the incidence of obesity are age, gender, knowledge, pocket money, parent's motivation, friend's motivation, and parent's job. The most variable contribution to obesity is fast food consumption (p = 0, 006). Conclusion is the fast food can increase body weight in SMP N 1 Bengkulu.
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