Booklet and Support from Husband to Exclusive Breastfeeding

Abstract

One of the most influential factors in exclusive breastfeeding is the husband's support. Giving booklet becomes one way to increase husband's knowledge, attitude, and support toward breastfeeding. The aims of this study were to identify the effect of giving booklet on husband's knowledge, attitude, and support to exclusive breastfeeding; and to search for the correlation between husbands' characteristic, knowledge, attitude, and their support. The research design was quasi-experiment with pre-test and post-test with control group that had been held in May-June 2018. Samples of this study were all husbands of trimester III pregnant women that had been selected with inclusion and exclusion criteria. The samples were 36 husbands. Data analysis used Independent t-test, and MANOVA. Measuring instrument was questionnaire. There was a difference in knowledge increased between two groups with p value=0.026. There was a difference in attitude increased between two groups with p value=0.015. There was a difference in support increased between two groups with p=0.018. There was effect of giving booklet on increasing husband's knowledge, attitude, and support to exclusive breastfeeding. There was no correlation between husband's education, income, number of children, and age with husband's knowledge, attitude, and support toward breastfeeding on pregnant woman.

Effect Analysis Focus Group Discussion to the Level of Knowledge and Attitude of the Bajo Community Working Area Wowonii Health Center

“…This is because there are still many respondents who do not understand about the things that cause dermatitis. The results of the research above are in line with research conducted by [16] , which states that health education increases knowledge and attitudes towards society. The results of this study are in line with research conducted by [16] who stated that the intervention in providing health promotion carried out in the community was associated with community support for the prevention of dermatitis.…”

“…The results of the research above are in line with research conducted by [16] , which states that health education increases knowledge and attitudes towards society. The results of this study are in line with research conducted by [16] who stated that the intervention in providing health promotion carried out in the community was associated with community support for the prevention of dermatitis. Giving intervention to the community regarding the prevention of dermatitis at the time of counseling will strengthen the motivation of the community.…”