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Abstract

Background: Mother who giving exclusive breast feeding in North Buton District was less than others in Nourt Buton District. This study investigated the risk factors of giving exclusive breastfeeding and non-exclusive breastfeeding for 0-6 month old babies’ nutritional status in Kulisusu primary health care in North Buton District.


 Methods: This study was quantitative study which used a Case Control study design. Data analysis used independen t-test.  This study recruited 82 mothers who had under 6 months old babies. This study was conducted in Kulisusu Primary Health Care area, in North Buton, Southeast Sulawesi province, Indonesia.   


 Result: The resuld found that there was significant differences of nutritional  status between  babies who gave exclusive breastfeeding and non-exclusive breastfeeding for 0-6 months old babies (p value =0,001 < 0,05).


 Conclusion: This study suggested for health workers and community health volunteers to give motivate for mothers in order to give exclusive breastfeeding for their babies aged under 6 months. The primary health care must promote about benefits of exclusive breastfeeding for babies’ health and their growth.

Keywords

Exclusive Breastfeeding Baby Nutrition Status

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Tasnim, T. (2020). THE EFFECT OF GIVING BREASTFEEDING ON BABY’S NUTRITIONAL STATUS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY IN NORTH BUTON DISTRICT, INDONESIA: EFFECT OF BREASTFEEDING . INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (IJHSRD), 2(2), 48–52. https://doi.org/10.36566/ijhsrd/Vol2.Iss2/39

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