THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF POSTPARTUM MOTHER ABOUT PROPER BREASTFEEDING TECHNIQUES WITH BREAST MILK DAM PROBLEM IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER OF JUMPANDANG BARU MAKASSAR CITY

Abstract

Breast milk dam caused by spending on breast milk that does not smoothly because the baby suckle often isn’t enough, the attitude of mothers in feeding time restrictions and improper breastfeeding techniques. The mother’s knowledge about how breastfeeding right is indispensable to achieve the success of breastfeeding. Apart from knowledge, also required a positive attitude from the mother itself as well as the support of the family and close people. This research aims to know the relationship between knowledge and attitude of postpartum mother about proper breastfeeding techniques with breast milk dam problem in the public health center of Jumpandang Baru Makassar city. Research method with a cross-sectional approach through the division of the questioner. Design research techniques using simple random sampling. Statistical analysis used was chi-square statistic with a confidence level of α = 0.05. The subject of research is postpartum mother in the public health center of Jumpandang Baru Makassar city as much as 86 respondents. The result of the research note that the significance of knowledge value p = 0.000 (p<0.05) and attitude value p = 0.000 (p<0.05). Thus it can be concluded that there is a relationship between knowledge and attitude of postpartum mother with breast milk dam problem in the public health center of Jumpandang Baru Makassar city. Therefore, it is expected to health workers to give more support to postpartum mother with giving information about breastfeeding techniques so that problems in breastfeeding can be prevented.
Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Breast Milk Dam