Amerta Nutrition

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Background : Giving the complementary foods is the determinant of optimal growth in children. A preliminary study in Telaga Biru Health centre showed that 10 out of 15 mothers has given her baby complementary food in early time, due to unknown factors, 3 out of 10 mothers who did were caused by working. It can be assumed that there is an influence of knowledge and mother’s work with early  complimentary food giving. Objective : The goal of this research was to examine the relationship between the knowledge and the work of the mothers of 0-6 months aged babies towards giving early complementary foods in Telaga Biru Health centre, Pontianak.Methods: This is an observational analytic study with cross-sectional study design. The research population was all mothers whose babies ranged between 0-6 months in age within the work area of Telaga Biru Community Health Center of Pontianak City. Samples were obtained using simple random sampling technique with total 64 respondents. Statistic test used was linier regression with (α=0.05).Results: The result of the research showed that there was no relationship between the mother’s work through early complementary foods giving ( p=0.525), but in addition, there was a relationship between the knowledge through with early complementary feeding giving (p=0.003). This situation is evidence by the mother who has low knowledge, 69.2% giving thier baby complementary food in early time. The mother who has moderate knowledge, 33.3% giving their baby complementary food in early time, and the mother who has good knowledge was only 12.5% giving their baby complementary food in early time. Conclusion: The knowledge of mothers affects the early giving of complimentary food in breastfeeding. The higher the mother’s knowledge, the lesser likely the mother will give the early food complimentary in breastfeeding because mothers will apply their knowledge in giving the right food pattern for the babies. Therefore, it is needed to increase th