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Exclusive breastfeeding village program increased the role of health cadres

Fauziyatun Nisa and Nyoman Anita Damayanti and Fritria Dwi Anggraini (2020) Exclusive breastfeeding village program increased the role of health cadres. The Journal of Public Health Research, 9 (1822). pp. 137-139. ISSN 2279-9036

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Abstract

Background: Exclusive Breastfeeding Village Program was launched by Government in 2016 to increase public awareness on the need to feed babies exclusively with breast milk. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the exclusive breast-feeding village program in increasing the role of health cadres to promote breastfeeding practices. Design and Methods: The design of this study was pre exper-imental with one group pre-post design with 102 cadres chosen by simple random sampling techniques. A Wilcoxon signed rank test with a significance level α=0.05 was used to measure the effec-tiveness of the program. Results: The results showed that the value of P<0.05, it means that exclusive breastfeeding village program increased the role of health cadres and this is expected to be reflected in the improve-ment of the health of mothers and babies. The program has a strategic role to increase the knowledge and skills of support groups, make mothers understand the benefits of proper breast-feeding, and encourage eating good foods in order to maintain adequate nutrition. Conclusions: The breastfeeding village program has the abili-ty to improve the knowledge and skills of health cadres

Item Type:

Article

Uncontrolled Keywords:

breastfeeding

Subjects:

R Medicine

Divisions:

10. Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat

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