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The Effect of Providing E-Booklets about Exclusive Breastfeeding on Increasing the Knowledge and Attitudes of Postpartum Mothers in Pancur Batu Health Center Work Area (a,b,c,d) Universitas Negeri Medan Abstract Based on the 2022 Indonesian Health Profile, coverage of exclusive breastfeeding in North Sumatra province is below the national target (45.0%). The knowledge and attitudes of postpartum mothers are important factors that influence coverage of exclusive breastfeeding. The purposese of the study is to determine the effect of providing e-booklets about exclusive breastfeeding on increasing the knowledge and attitudes of postpartum mothers in Pancur Batu Health Center work area.This research is a quasi-experimental research design with pre-test and post-test with control group design. The population in this study was all pregnant postpartum women in the Pancur Batu Health Center working area in 2024. The sample size taken in this study was 40 people. The sampling technique is a purposive sampling technique, in which respondents are determined using inclusion and exclusion criteria. Bivariate analysis was carried out using the Mann-Whitney test to determine the effect of providing e-booklets about exclusive breastfeeding on increasing the knowledge and attitudes with p-value <0.05. The results showed that more respondents aged 20-25 years, namely 22 people (55.0%), more respondents had higher education, namely 28 people (55.0%), more respondents had parity <=2, namely 27 people (67.5%) and more respondents were unemployed, namely 21 people (52.5%). Bivariate analysis shows that there is an effect of giving E-booklets on increasing the knowledge (p-value=0.003) dan attitude (p-value) of postpartum mothers. It is recommended to health officers to use e-booklet to increase the knowledge and attitudes of postpartum mothers. Keywords: exclusive breastfeeding, e-booklet, knowledge, attitude Topic: Social Science and Humanities |
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