Factors Affecting the Success Early Initiation of Breastfeeding (EIBF) at Puskesmas Jumpandang Baru 2014

Breast milk provides antibody and contains all the nutrients the newborn baby needs for the first six months. Although breastfeeding is a matter of personal preference, family support is a factor that is important in the practice of early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF), in addition to internal factors, knowledge, attitudes, experiences and perceptions of mothers and external factors, health facilities and personnel birth attendant. This study aims to determine the relationship of successful factors in early initiation of breastfeeding at Puskesmas Jumpandang Baru. This study was quantitative research with a cross-sectional design. There were 80 sample cases of mothers who did early initiation breastfeeding. Data were analyzed using chi square. The research result indicate that there is no significant relation between birth weight, maternal age, parity, education, mother's knowledge as well as mother's ANC frequency and the successfulness of EIB. Whereas, there is a significant relationship between midwife's knowledge (p=0.01) and the midwife's attitude (p=0.00) with the success of early breastfeeding initiation.