Abstract

Nutritional problems are one of the main causes of high morbidity and mortality rates in children. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 54% of infant and child deaths are caused by malnutrition. Nutritional problems in Indonesia result in more than 80% of child deaths. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between maternal culture and knowledge with complementary feeding for breast milk. Crossectional research method with quantitative method with a population of 147 mothers. The sample of this study was 30 mothers who had infant in Pampang village, Kayong District 2023 with proportional sampling techniques. The data analysis method uses a chi-square test with SPSS. The results showed that there was a significant correlation between culture and complementary feeding with a p-value = 0.031 and a significant correlation between maternal knowledge and complementary feeding with p-value of 0.026. Keywords: breast milk, culture, complementary feeding, knowledge

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