PENGARUH LAMA PEMBERIAN ASI TERHADAP TINGKAT KEJADIAN ISPA PADA ANAK USIA 2 – 5 TAHUNDI PMB ANUGERAH KABUPATEN MALANG

Abstract

One of the factors that cause acute respiratory tract infections in toddlers is a history of exclusive breastfeeding. Exclusive breastfeeding in Indonesia for the last 5 years has not met the national target of 80% so that it can increase the risk of acute respiratory infections by 15-23%. Breastfeeding, especially exclusive breastfeeding, is very beneficial for children to prevent infectious diseases because breast milk has protective substances or immune substances. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect between breastfeeding duration and the incidence of ISPA in children aged 2-5 years. This study used a correlative design with a cross sectional approach with purposive sampling. The data analysis used was Rho Spearman analysis. The results of the analysis are the significance value or sig (2-tailed) of 0.001 so that the value of sig (2-tailed) < 0.01 and a positive value of 0.712, namely there is a strong and unidirectional significant relationship between the duration of breastfeeding and the incidence of ISPA, meaning that the more The longer breastfeeding, the lighter the incidence of ISPA in children aged 2-5 years. Efforts to provide breastfeeding to children can be done through commitment from breastfeeding mothers and support from husbands, families and health workers.