PERTUMBUHAN BAYI DAN PEMBERIAN ASI EKSKLUSIF OLEH IBU PENERIMA KONSELING MENYUSUI DAN MAKANAN TAMBAHAN TORBANGUN

Abstract

The aim of the study was to analyze the effects of torbangun flour-based functional supplementary food for breastfeeding mothers who received breastfeeding counseling on infant’s growth and exclusive breastfeeding practice The subjects were 20 pregnant women in their third trimester and were monitored until delivery and were given supplementary food for 30 days. Single blind randomized controlled trial was used to group subjects into intervention group (n=10) that was given supplementary food containing torbangun flour, and control group (n=10) with no torbangun flour. All subjects were given breastfeeding counseling two times before delivery and three times during supplementary food was given. The study showed that breastfeeding counseling significantly increased the knowledge and attitude of respondents on exclusive breastfeeding. In the intervention group, the average score of knowledge increased from 59.1-22.4 to 94.1-6.9 (p0.05), while the attitude increased from 65.8-11.4 to 94.1-8.8 (p0.05). In control group, the average score of knowledge increased from 75.0-11.8 to 94.4-7.2 (p0.05), while the attitude increased from 75.0-14.4 to 94.4-11.0 (p0.05). Supplementary food containing torbangun flour significantly caused shorter time in regaining infant’s birth weight. The average time was 5.1-1.4 days for intervention group, while the control group was 7.0±2.4 days (p0.05). The success rate of exclusive breastfeeding practice in the intervention group was 90%, while in the control group was 80%.