The Effect of Nutrition Counseling on Complementary Feeding Practice of Mothers Having Infant Aged 6-12 Month
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25077/jom.4.1.66-77.2019
Author(s)
Yulia Arifin
(STIKes Mercubaktijaya Padang)
Masrul Masrul (Andalas University)
Hirowati Ali (Andalas University)
Abstract
The design of the study was quasi-experimental with the design of the control group pretest-posttest. The sample of this study was 46 experiment group and 46 control group. Sampling was done by Purposive Sampling technique. Data analysis using the chi-square test
The results of the study were the absence of nutritional counseling on knowledge of mothers with p-value 0.361, there was an effect of nutritional counseling on changes in maternal attitudes with p-value of 0,000 and there was also the effect of nutritional counseling on complementary feeding practice with p-value 0.004.
The presence of the influence of nutritional counseling on attitudes and practices of complementary feeding. Health workers are expected to be able to spend time giving counseling about complementary feeding practice regularly so that the goal of counseling at the public health center can be achieved.
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Undergraduate Program of Midwifery
Faculty of Medicine - Universitas Andalas - Indonesia
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