The Effect of Breastfeeding Management Training on the Understanding of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Third Trimester Pregnant Women

Abstract

Exclusive breast milk is the main food for infants aged 0-6 months. Malang City is one of the cities in East Java which still has less than optimal coverage of exclusive breastfeeding than the set target. One of the factors that cause mothers not to give exclusive breastfeeding is because the mother works. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of breastfeeding management training on understanding of exclusive breastfeeding in third trimester pregnant women. The research design used a quasi-experimental using one group pre-test – post-test design. The sample was third trimester pregnant women who work and get health services in Pandanwangi Public Health Center Malang which met the inclusion criteria of 35 people by total sampling technique. Breastfeeding Management Training was conducted in three meetings. Most of the pretest results (60%) were in the sufficient category, and almost all of the posttest results (97%) were good. The results of hypothesis testing with the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, the Z value obtained -5.166 with a p value (Asymp. Sig 2 tailed) of 0.000 (<0.05), proving that there was an effect of breastfeeding management training on understanding of exclusive breastfeeding in third trimester pregnant women at Pandanwangi Public Health Center, Malang City