MATERNITY CLASS INFLUENCE IN CHANGING MOTHER BEHAVIOR ON PRELACTEAL FOOD DELIVERY AT NEONATES AGE 1 - 3 DAYS IN PANCURBATU DELI SERDANG REGENCY PUSKESMAS WORKING AREA

Abstract

In order to reduce morbidity and mortality rates, UNICEF and WHO recommend that children should only breastfed for at least six months. Solid food to be consumed after 6 months, and breastfeeding continues until the child is two years old. The target of exclusive breastfeeding in 2014 is 80%. Nationally, the exclusive breastfeeding coverage of 52.3% has not reached the target, with West Nusa Tenggara Province reached the target with 84.7%. One of the factors of exclusive breastfeeding success is the implementation of early breastfeeding initiation. The coverage of breastfeeding pattern for infants aged 0 months was 39.8% of exclusive breastfeeding, 5.1% of predominant breastfeeding and 55.1% of partial breastfeeding. The percentage of exclusive breastfeeding decreases with increasing on age group. As stated by 2013 Riskesdas, the Province of North Sumatra is the province with the highest prelacteal feeding coverage in infants which is 62.7% and the lowest is East Nusa Tenggara province of 22.2%. This study aims to determine the effect of maternal class on prelacteal feeding. The research design used is Quasi Experimental method with one group design before and after intervention. The population is pregnant women with gestational age of 28-36 weeks who received service at Posyandu in Pancur Batu Puskesmas working area, Deli Serdang Regency on March to August 2017. The sample is normal pregnant women in Pancur Batu Community Health Center, Deli Serdang regency. The sampling was taken by purposive sampling. The result of the research shows that the average increase of respondent behavior before and after done by pregnant mother class are; knowledge 26,44; attitude 8,4237; action 55,47458 with P value 0,000. Maternity Class influence changes in mother's behavior. It is expected to health workers especially midwives to actively continue in providing counseling to pregnant women and to provide support to the family about prelacteal food.