FACULTY OF MEDICINE MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF MAKASSAR Skripsi, Maret 2015 NADYA TENRIANY
Sri Ramadany
"THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING WITH THE INCIDENCE OF DIARRHEA IN INFANTS 0-6 MONTHS OLD IN BARA-BARAYA CLINICS MAKASSAR"
(xiv+ 62 pages + 5attachments )
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: The incidence and mortality due to diarrhea in children in developing countries are developing are still high. Especially for children who received formula milk, the number was significantly higher compared with children who are breastfed. This is due to the high nutritional value of breast milk, the presence of antibodies in breast milk, leukocyte cells, enzymes, hormones, and others that protect the baby against various infections. It is generally understood that the best nutrition for babies is breast milk (ASI).
Especially for infants younger than 6 month, exclusive breastfeeding is defenitely recommended given.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between exclusive breastfeeding with the incidence of diarrhea in infants aged 0-6 months old.
METHODS: The study used in this research is an analytic descriptive (all variables measured / observed in a given moment, one moment does not mean that all subjects were observed exactly at the same time but it means that the subject is only observed one subject variables and measurement was made during the examination) with cross sectional study design. This research assessed the relationship between exclusive breastfeeding with an incidence of diarrhea in infants aged 0-6 months. The research instrument used questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Chi - square with p> 0.05 and processed by computerized using SPSS.
RESULTS: The number of samples involved in this study were 74 samples. There were more male samples than female sampels with total 39 infants (52.7%) and by age, the sample was 2 months older was 21 infants (28.4%). Of the 30 infants (40.5%) were given exclusive breastfeeding with diarrhea as much as four infants (13.3%) and who do not have diarrhea as much as 26 infants (86.7%). While the non-breastfed infants were 44
