Authors: Farida Hamzah¹, Chatarina Umbul Wahyuni², Hari Basuki Notobroto³
1Doctoral Program, Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Indonesia.
2Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Indonesia
3Department of Biostatistics & Population, Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Indonesia
E-mail: Hj.idhasyarif@gmail.com
Abstract
This study aimed to analyze the relationship between knowledge, attitudes, and the role of the midwife with the implementation of Early Initiation of Breastfeeding (the EIB), using cross sectional design. The subjects of this study were 64 midwives in the work area of Community Health Centers Sidrap, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The results showed that the majority of midwives has a good level of knowledge (84.4%), are supportive of the implementation of the the EIB (67.2%), as a good motivator (81.3%), as a good facilitator (96.9%) and as a good educator (60.9%) in the implementation of the the EIB. Hypothesis test results showed that the value of p = 0.0338, so it is concluded that there is a strong correlation between the attitude of midwives with their roles as motivators, facilitators and educators in the implementation of the EIB.
Keywords: Attitude, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding (EIB), Knowledge, Midwives, Role
