Practice Of Exclusive Breastfeeding At Evacuation Site Post-Earthquake In Palu City, Indonesia.

The problem of post-disaster exclusive breastfeeding is caused by the lack of knowledge, the level of education, the family support, the support of health workers, the health facilities, and the distribution of the assistance for the breastfeeding substitutes and the commercial porridge which is very accessible, can change the behaviour of the exclusive breastfeeding in the disaster-affected areas. This research aims to analyse the determinant of the success of the post-disaster exclusive breastfeeding. The research method was quantitative with the cross-sectional approach. The population was 52 mothers at three evacuation sites who had 6 to 8-month babies; taken by the Total Sampling. The data were analysed using the univariate analysis and the bivariate analysis. The results of the research were the characteristics of the respondents, namely: those who were 26 to 35 years old, were 63.5%;those who were in low education, were 86.5%, and those who were in higher education, were 13.5%;the pre-disaster breastfeeding practice was 73.1%; those who had less knowledge about breastfeeding were 80.8%;those who had received the assistance of PASI (breastfeeding companion) and commercial porridge were 76.9%; the unavailability of the health facilities was 65.4%;the lack of support from the health workers was 65.4%; and the less support from the families was 71.2%. The bivariate analysis showed that the variables of: education, knowledge, the status of receiving the assistance of PASI & commercial porridge, the availability of the health facilities, the support from the health workers, and the support from the families; all of these variables had a significant relationship to the practice of exclusive breastfeeding at the evacuation site, with a p value < 0.05. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]