THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF MOTHERS ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF BREASTFEEDING TO NEWBORNS IN UNIT MATERNITY AT COMORO HEALTH CENTER THE MUNICIPALITY OF DILI, 2023.

Research Article

Abstract

Introduction: Breastfeeding is an unbeatable way to give optimal food for the healthy development growth of babies and have unique biological and psychological effects on maternal and infant health. Global Health (2020), the prevalence of early initiation breastfeeding is about 42%. While the prevalence in European countries is 43%, it ranges from 34.7% to 87.2% among African countries, 38.7 to 42% in Asia. According to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2018), in six developing countries the risk of infant mortality between the ages of 9-12 months increased by 40% if the baby was not breastfed.

Objective: To know about the level of knowledge of mothers about the initiation of breastfeeding is given to newborns in the maternity section in health center Comoro Dili.

Methodology: This research uses descriptive quantitative method, and with Probability Sampling technique with accidental type defines 68 Sampling. We used to collect with the questionnaire and analyze by means of the computer program SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences).

Result: basis to the result on the level of knowledge of mothers about the initiation of breastfeeding to newborns focus at the level of knowledge with sufficient category with percentage 57.4%, understanding with sufficient category percentage 5.5%, application with cloved good 55.9%, thus, indicates in the research result.

Conclusion: the level of knowledge of mothers about the beginning of breastfeeding as knowing with sufficient group (57.4%), understanding with sufficient layer (5.5%) and application with good category 55.9 %, according to the result of the research in Comoro health center under Health Services of Municipality Dili cited by (Gomes L. & Tilman CB., 2023).