HEALTH EDUCATION ENHANCES THE UNDERSTANDING OF PREGNANT WOMEN TOWARDS THE PREVENTION OF EARLY COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING
Meivita Dewi Purnamasari (a*), Iftiar Alif Nuraeni (b), Erni Setiyowati (a), Koernia Nanda Pratama (a), Galih Noor Alivian (a)

a. Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jenderal Soedirman University
b. Student of Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jenderal Soedirman University

Abstract

Background: Starting to give complementary feeding at the right time is very beneficial for meeting the nutritional needs and development of infants. Giving complementary feeding depends on the mothers knowledge and attitude. Health education is a way to increase the understanding and readiness of mothers in efforts to prevent the provision of early complementary feeding in infants.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of health education with leaflets on the attitude of preventing early complementary feeding in third trimester pregnant women.
Methods: The study design was a quasi-experimental with two groups pre-post test design, with a sample of 66 third trimester pregnant women taken by consecutive sampling.
Result: The results showed that there were significant differences in maternal attitudes before and after the provision of health education related to the attitude of prevention of early complementary feeding (p value <0.001).
Conclusion: This study recommends the provision of health education about complementary feeding for mothers during exclusive breastfeeding as a step to prevent the provision of early complementary feeding and increase maternal readiness before the period of giving complementary feeding

Keywords: complementary feeding, baby, pregnant women, mothers attitude

Topic: Nutrition and Functional Food