The correlation between parental education and childbirth sequence with the provision of early complementary feeding to children aged 1-5 years in the working area of the Lawahing Community Health Center, Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Abstract

Introduction: According to the World Health Organization(World Health Organization), exclusive breastfeeding is when the baby only receives breast milk from the mother without providing liquids or other solid food, except for syrup containing vitamins, mineral supplements, or medicines that a doctor has approved. Indonesia's exclusive breastfeeding coverage in 2021 is 61.33% (1), East Nusa Tenggara Province's success rate for exclusive breastfeeding is 57.8% (2), Lawahing Community Health Center's exclusive breastfeeding coverage is 30%, and the other 70% have been given complementary feeding from under four months of age. Objective: This study aims to analyze the correlation between parental education and childbirth sequence with the provision of early complementary feeding to children aged 1-5 years in the working area of ​​the Lawahing Community Health Center, Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Methods: This research was an observational analytical study with a cross-sectional approach. The sample from this study was 214 children aged 1-5 years who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The independent variables in this study are parental education and childbirth sequence, and the dependent variable is early complementary feeding for children aged 1-5 years. The data analysis used was the chi-square test. Results: Based on the results of the chi-square statistical test, it was found that there was a significant correlation between parental education(p-value < 0.01) and childbirth sequence(p-value < 0.01) by providing early complementary feeding to children aged 1-5 years in the working area of ​​the Lawahing Community Health Center, Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. Conclusion: There was a significant correlation between parental education and childbirth sequence with the provision of early complementary feeding to children aged 1-5 years in the Lawahing Community Health Center, Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara working area.