Factors Affected to Exclusive Breastfeeding only at least 6 month of Adolescent Postpartum Mothers Attending Health Promoting Hospitals Muang District Ubon Ratchathani Province

Abstract

This descriptive correlation research aimed to examine the relation between factors affected to exclusive breastfeeding only at least 6 month of adolescent postpartum mothers attending health promoting hospital muang district Ubon Ratchathani province. The study sample included 133 mothers and their infant ages between 6 months - 1 year old, who were selected to multi stage random sampling method. Data collection tools included the Personal Data from the Knowledge and Method of Exclusive Breastfeeding Scale, the Attitude Toward of Exclusive Breastfeeding Scale, the Provision of Exclusive Breastfeeding Service Scale, the Exclusive Breastfeeding Skill and Personal Support Scale. All the scale were approved for content validity, the content validity index were 0.94, 0.85, 0.89, 0.87 and 0.90 respectively and reliability were 0.90, 0.85, 0.83, 0.84 and 0.89 respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s product moment coefficient correlation and Spearman rank correlation The results noted that the knowledge and method of Exclusive Breastfeeding, attitude toward of exclusive breastfeeding , provision of exclusive breastfeeding service , the exclusive breastfeeding skill and personal support were statistically significantly positively correlation to duration of breastfeeding in adolescent postpartum mothers (r= 0.75, 0.73, 0.30, 0.45 and 0.68 respectively p < 0.01) The results of this study could be used to develop a nursing intervention and improved the nursing service system to be more efficient and produce the exclusive breastfeeding program among adolescent postpartum mothers, in order to promote longer exclusive breastfeeding.