Perilaku Ibu Suku Nias Dalam Pemberian Makanan Prelakteal pada Neonatus di Klinik Bersalin Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Kecamatan Gunungsitoli

Title of the Research : Nias Women's Behavior in Giving Prelacteal to Neonatal
Babies in the Maternity Clinics in the Working Area of
Gunungsitoli Subdistrict Puskesmas
Name of Student
: Wilda Noviani Zebua
Student ID Number : 121101124
: Nursing, University of Sumatera Utara
Faculty
Academic Year
: 2016

ABSTRACT
Prelacteal isfood or drink given to a new-born bay before ASI (breast milk) excretes.
It is IIslIally give by the process of breast/eedingfor > one hOllr after the baby is born
becallse breast milk does not excrete or becallse of other traditional reasons. The
research used descriptive method which aimed to find 0111 Nias women's behavior ion
giving prelacteal to neonatal babies in the maternity clinics of the working area of
Gllnllngsitoli sllbdistrict plIskesmas (pllblic health center). The samples were 96
respondents, lIsing Lem.,how formllia becallSe the poplliation was lInknown, taken by
using purposive sampling technique. The data were gathered by distributing
qllestionnaires On knowledge, allitude, and action in giving prelacteal to Nias Women

who had neonatal babies that were given prelacteal. The resllit of the research
showed that 53. 1% of the respondents had good knowledge. 58.3%of the respondents
had negative allitllde, and 92.7% of the respondents gave powdered milk as
prelacteal. It is recommended that the next researchers the time taken in giving
prelacteal and many women give powdered milk as prelacteal to their neonatal
babies.

Keywords: Giving Prelacteal, Neonatal, Nias Women

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Judul

Nama
NIM
Fakultas
Tahun

:Perilaku Ibu Suku Nias DalamPemberian Makanan Prelakteal
padaNeonatus diKlinik Bersalin WilayahKerjaPuskesmas
Kecamatan Gunungsitoli
: WildaNovianiZebua
:121101124
:Keperawatan Universitas SumateraUtara
:2016

ABSTRAK
Makananprelakteal adalah makananminumanyang diberikankepadaneonatus
sebelum ASI keluar. Makanan prelakteal biasanya diberikan pada neonatus
denganprosesmenyusui>1jamsetelahlahirdenganalasanASIbelumkeluar
ataualasantradisilain.
Jenispenelitiandeskriptif
inibertujuanuntukmengetahui
perilaku
ibusukuNiasdalampemberianmakananprelaktealpadaneonatusdi
KlinikBersalinWilayahKerjaPuskesmas KecamatanGunungsitoli. Jumlah sampel
96 orang dengan menggunakan rumus Lemeshow karena populasinya tidak
diketahui, pengambilan sampeldilakukan dengan PurposiveSampling. Data

didapatmelaluikuesioneryang
diisiolehibusukuNiasyang
memilikineonatus
dandiberikanmakananprelakteal.Instrumenpenelitianyang
digunakanberupa
kuesioneryangterbagimenjadikuesioner
pengetahuan,sikapdantindakandalam
pemberianmakananprelakteal.Hasilpenelitian
menunjukkan(53,1%)ber
pengetahuan baik dalampemberian makanan prelakteal, (58,3%) bersikap negatif
dalampemberian makanan prelaktealdan (92,7%)tindakan memberikansusu
formulasebagaimakananprelakteal.
Saranpenelitianselanjutnyadapatmeneliti
berapalamawaktu dalampemberian makanan prelaktealserta meneliti mengapa
sebagian besar ibu-ibu memberikan jenis makanan prelakteal dengan susu
formula.

KataKunci:Pemberian Makanan Prelakteal, Neonatus, Ibu Suku Nias

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