PEKERJAAN IBU MEMPENGARUHI PEMBERIAN MPASI DINI BAYI 0 - 6 BULAN

Abstract

Early complementary feeding in Bengkulu is still highbased on data obtained
from Bengkulu Profile Provinsi in 2012 the total of babies who are exclusively breastfed
babies 417 803 (41%) of the 43 953, meaning there is 26.015 infants (51%) were gets an
earlycomplementary feeding. The problem of this study is the high incidence of giving
extra food for baby before the baby is 6 months old. The purpose ofthis research was to
determine the factor sassociated with Early complementary feeding in Sawah lebar Kota
Bengkulu. Types of research is descriptive analytic method with the cross sectional study
design. The population is mothers with infants aged 0-6 months which amounted to 279
babies. Samples were taken by using a Acciedental sampling technique as many as 164
babies. The results showed, work have p value=0.009 with OR2.48, This indicates that the
variable, work has p value<0.05 means significant relationship with the provision of early
complementary feeding. Health workers are expected to conduct health education
regarding appropriate supplemental feeding on the baby's mother.