Original Research Article
Year: 2023 | Month: July | Volume: 10 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 7-11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20230702
The Relationship of Exclusive Breastfeeding History to Children's Mental-Emotional Development Age 3-4 Years in Working Area Bungus Health Center Padang City in 2023
Aulia Echi Rahmadahani1, Mayetti Akmal2, Vaulinne Basyir3
1Master of Midwifery Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia
2Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia
3Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Aulia Echi Rahmadhani
ABSTRACT
Background: Approximately 9% to 15% of behavioral and emotional disorders are common in children such as anger, aggression, and disobedience. If this problem is accompanied by significant functional impairment or stress, then the child will try to hurt people, even himself, or damage things. One of the child's emotional and mental development is strongly influenced by nutrition, and mother's milk. The purpose of this study was to see the relationship between a history of exclusive breastfeeding and the emotional and mental development of children aged 3-4 years in the working area of the Bungus Public Health Center, Padang City in 2023.
Methods: This study used a cross-sectional design. The sample in this study consisted of 58 children who were selected using the probability sampling technique with the simple random sampling method. Data analysis used bivariate analysis with chi-square. Data analysis using the SPSS program.
Results: Children who get exclusive breastfeeding (62.1%). The results of the study based on the chi-square statistical test showed that there was a relationship between a history of exclusive breastfeeding and the emotional and mental development of children aged 3-4 years (p-value = 0.002), which means that the p-value was > 0.05.
Conclusion: The results of this study revealed that there was a significant relationship between the history of exclusive breastfeeding and the emotional and mental development of children aged 3-4 years in the working area of the Bungus Public Health Center, Padang City.
Keywords: [Exclusive breastfeeding, emotional mental development, children aged 3-4 years].
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