Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Exclusive Breastfeeding (Ebf) among Postnatal Mothers Attending Balakong Health Clinic, Selangor

Amat Rakim, Siti Norina (2022) Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Exclusive Breastfeeding (Ebf) among Postnatal Mothers Attending Balakong Health Clinic, Selangor. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Background: Mothers should exclusively breastfeed (EBF) their babies for the first six months without any fluids or food except medications as recommended by the World Health Organization and the Malaysian Ministry of Health. EBF gives advantages to the baby such as providing ideal nutrition and reducing the risk of allergies. The mother also can get benefits such as a reduced risk of breast and ovarian cancer, close pregnancies, and anemia. Mothers’ knowledge of EBF and their attitudes toward EBF were more likely to influence EBF practice. Objective: To determine the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice of EBF among postnatal mothers attending Balakong Health Clinic, Selangor. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out among postnatal mothers attending Balakong Health Clinic, Selangor. The estimation of 135 postnatal mothers will be selected using convenience sampling. Participants completed the self-administered questionnaire that comprises four parts. Data analysis: This study was analyzed by using The Statistical Analysis Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 28. This analysis used frequency and percentage for the measurement of sociodemographics, knowledge, attitude, and practice of EBF. Pearson chi-square test was used to evaluate the resulting data. Result: The total number of respondents in this study is 111. The majority of the respondents were 48.6% which is 20-29 years old, 61.3% were Malay, 44.1% had foundation/matriculation/diploma, 43.2% worked in the private sector, 52.3% worked full time, 47.7% had a non-maternity leave period, 55.0% have RM4,000-RM6,000 as total household income, 62.2% have 2-3 children and 39.6% have youngest child age below than 6 months old. About 81.1% of respondents had good knowledge of EBF. Meanwhile, 95.5% and 59.5% had a positive attitude and good EBF practice respectively. The analysis had done showed that there is no significant association between sociodemographics and the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice of EBF and no significant association between the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice of EBF. Conclusion: The result obtained in this study showed that the majority of the respondents had a high level of knowledge and attitude toward EBF resulting in positive practice patterns among most of them. Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Exclusive breastfeeding, Postnatal mother

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Khoirul Asrimi Md Nor
Date Deposited:	07 Aug 2023 01:04
Last Modified:	07 Aug 2023 01:04
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1182

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