The role of lactation counselling in increasing exclusive breastfeeding coverage at Galang Health Centre, Batam City

Sinaga, Meylina Sinthauli and Fatmaningrum, Widati and Ningtyas, Woro Setia (2025) The role of lactation counselling in increasing exclusive breastfeeding coverage at Galang Health Centre, Batam City. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 26 (3). pp. 2727-2731. ISSN 2581-9615

Exclusive breastfeeding is very important for the survival of a child. According to the Ministry of Health's performance report, the coverage rate of exclusive breastfeeding in Indonesia in 2023 was 67.94%. Based on the EPPBGM report, the coverage of exclusive breastfeeding success rate in Batam City in 2023 will be 76.2%. In Galang Health Centre itself in 2023, the coverage of exclusive breastfeeding will be 59.3% and the coverage of exclusive breastfeeding success rate is still below the national target of 80%. One of the factors determining the success of exclusive breastfeeding is the role of health workers in providing breastfeeding counselling. Intensive breastfeeding counselling will result in a good level of knowledge for mothers and a change in attitude towards breastfeeding. This study aimed to analyse the relationship between breastfeeding counselling and exclusive breastfeeding success at UPTD Puskesmas Galang, Batam City. This study used a cross-sectional approach, with a sampling method using random sampling technique of 126 mothers who have babies aged 6 months to 12 months at UPTD Puskesmas Galang, Batam City. The results obtained p value 0.015 where the p value < α 0.05 can be interpreted that there is a relationship between the provision of breastfeeding counselling with the success of exclusive breastfeeding at UPTD Puskesmas Galang Batam City.