IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH EDUCATION ON EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING FOR TRIMESTER III PREGNANT WOMEN

Abstract

Exclusive breastfeeding means giving only breast milk to the baby until the age of six months without giving any other liquid or food additives such as formula, oranges, honey, tea water, bananas, papaya, milk porridge, biscuits, rice porridge, even water should not be given. After the baby is six months old, the baby should continue to be breastfed until two years old. The phenomenon that occurs due to the lack of exclusive breastfeeding is caused by several factors, one of which is the lack of knowledge of mothers about exclusive breastfeeding. One way to improve knowledge is to provide health education. This scientific paper aims to determine the Implementation of Exclusive Breastfeeding Health Education to Trimester III Pregnant Women. The writing design used in this scientific paper is descriptive method research using case study data analysis. The results of the Implementation of Exclusive Breastfeeding Health Education for Pregnant Women Trimester III show that there is an increase in the level of knowledge in two subjects, namely from the category of less knowledge to the category of good knowledge. Suggestions It is hoped that it can add insight and increase the knowledge of Trimester III pregnant women regarding the importance of exclusive breastfeeding