The Relationship between Mother's Readiness and Motivation for Exclusive Breastfeeding in Semarang Regency

Abstract

Exclusive breastfeeding coverage in Semarang Regency Semarang Regency is in 5th place with the lowest exclusive breastfeeding coverage of 56.5% (Semarang Regency Health Office, 2022).  One of the reasons for the low rate of exclusive breastfeeding is due to the failure of mothers to breastfeed their babies due to a lack of readiness and motivation of mothers. Mother's readiness in exclusive breastfeeding includes physical readiness and psychological mental readiness. To determine the relationship between maternal readiness and maternal motivation to give exclusive breastfeeding in the Semarang Regency area. This study used a cross sectional approach. This study uses a questionnaire instrument regarding the readiness of pregnant women in providing exclusive breastfeeding with a total of 21 items of questions about physical and mental readiness and motivation questionnaire.  The population of this study is primigravida pregnant women in the third trimester in the Semarang Regency Health Office Work Area, which totals 56 people from 5 health centers with the lowest coverage, namely Dadapayam Health Center, Ambarawa Health Center, Bawen Health Center, Bergas Health Center, and East Ungaran Health Center in December 2023. Sample selection using Purposive sampling. Univariate analysis uses frequency distribution and bivariate uses Chi-square test. The results of the study showed that the number of respondents who were ready to give exclusive breastfeeding was 29 people (51.7%) and 27 respondents who were not ready (48.2%). Good motivation was 26 (46.6%), Sufficient as many as 25 respondents (44.6%) and less than 5 respondents (10%). The Chi-Square test showed a p value = 0.001 < α (0.05) that there was a relationship between breastfeeding readiness and motivation to give exclusive breastfeeding in the Semarang Regency area. There is a relationship between breastfeeding readiness and motivation to give exclusive breastfeeding in Semarang Regency area.