Factors Associated with Mothers’ Behaviors in Selecting Complementary Feeding in Surabaya, Indonesia

Retnayu Pradanie; Praba Diyan Rachmawati; Meilia Dwi Cahyani

doi:10.14710/nmjn.v10i3.27706

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14710/nmjn.v10i3.27706

Factors Associated with Mothers’ Behaviors in Selecting Complementary Feeding in Surabaya, Indonesia

*Retnayu Pradanie

- Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia

Praba Diyan Rachmawati - Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia

Meilia Dwi Cahyani - Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia

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@article{NMJN27706,
    author = {Retnayu Pradanie and Praba Rachmawati and Meilia Cahyani},
    title = {Factors Associated with Mothers’ Behaviors in Selecting Complementary Feeding in Surabaya, Indonesia},
    journal = {Nurse Media Journal of Nursing},
  volume = {10},
    number = {3},
    year = {2020},
    keywords = {Complementary feeding; feeding behavior; infant feeding},
    abstract = {  Background:  Complementary feeding is usually given to babies at 6 to 24 months of age. Appropriate types, amounts, and methods of complementary feeding are crucial for baby growth and development. Various factors influence mothers’ behavior in selecting complementary feeding.     Purpose:  This study aimed to investigate factors affecting mothers’ behaviors in selecting complementary feeding for their babies.    Methods:  A descriptive analytical study with a cross-sectional approach was conducted on 153 mothers having babies aged 6-12 months old in Surabaya, Indonesia, recruited using simple random sampling. The independent variables were knowledge, attitude, belief, family income, and family support, while the dependent variable was mothers’ behavior in selecting complementary feeding. Data were collected using questionnaires and analyzed using the Spearman rho’s test with a significance level of <0.05.   Results:  The results showed that knowledge ( p =0.021), attitudes ( p =0.030), beliefs ( p =0.006), income ( p =0.000), and family support ( p =0.006) were factors affecting mothers’ behavior in selecting complementary feeding.   Conclusion:  Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, income and family support had a significant correlation with mothers’ behaviors in selecting complementary feeding. This finding emphasizes pivotal needs to increase knowledge and attitude of complementary feeding for both mothers as the infant primary caregivers, and families as the closest support system for mothers. },
   issn = {2406-8799},   pages = {306--316}  doi = {10.14710/nmjn.v10i3.27706},
    url = {https://ejournal.undip.ac.id/index.php/medianers/article/view/27706}
}

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Background: Complementary feeding is usually given to babies at 6 to 24 months of age. Appropriate types, amounts, and methods of complementary feeding are crucial for baby growth and development. Various factors influence mothers’ behavior in selecting complementary feeding.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate factors affecting mothers’ behaviors in selecting complementary feeding for their babies.

Methods: A descriptive analytical study with a cross-sectional approach was conducted on 153 mothers having babies aged 6-12 months old in Surabaya, Indonesia, recruited using simple random sampling. The independent variables were knowledge, attitude, belief, family income, and family support, while the dependent variable was mothers’ behavior in selecting complementary feeding. Data were collected using questionnaires and analyzed using the Spearman rho’s test with a significance level of <0.05.

Results: The results showed that knowledge (p=0.021), attitudes (p=0.030), beliefs (p=0.006), income (p=0.000), and family support (p=0.006) were factors affecting mothers’ behavior in selecting complementary feeding.

Conclusion: Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, income and family support had a significant correlation with mothers’ behaviors in selecting complementary feeding. This finding emphasizes pivotal needs to increase knowledge and attitude of complementary feeding for both mothers as the infant primary caregivers, and families as the closest support system for mothers.

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