Perbedaan Dukungan Nenek dalam Keluarga Extended Family pada Pemberian ASI Eksklusif dan Tidak Eksklusif di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Arjasa Kabupaten Jember (The Differences of Grandmother Support in Extended Family on Exclusive and Non-Exclusive Breastfee

Abstract

The rate of exclusive breastfeeding in Jember still low, it’s about 69.27% from the target is 80%.
One factors of that is the lackness of family support, especially grandmother. Grandmother mantain
to give early complementary foods to baby because of cultural reasons. The aim of this study was to
analyze the differences of grandmother support in extended family on exclusive and non-exclusive
breastfeeding in working area of Arjasa public health center. This research used an observational
analytic design with Retrospective approach. The subjects was 66 mothers with babies aged 7-12
months which divided in two groups, 22 of mothers who breastfeed exclusively dan 44 mothers who
breastfeed not exclusively that collected by multistage random sampling. Instrument used
questionnaire. The analysis based on statistical Mann-Whitney showed p value = 0.001 (p value <
α=0.05). It means there are the differences of grandmother support in extended family on exclusive
and non-exclusive breastfeeding. Grandmothers can affect the mothers to decided breastfeed
exclusively. Informational support is the most important support to mothers. Health workers need to
improve mothers’s knowledge and involve grandmothers as effort giving exclusive breastfeeding, so
the rate of exclusive breastfeeding can be increased.
Keywords: grandmother support, exclusive, non-exclusive, breastfeeding