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Breastfeeding Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice among White-Collar and Blue-Collar Workers in Indonesia
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Basrowi, Ray Wagiu Sulistomo, Astrid W. Adi, Nuri Purwito Widyahening, Indah S. Vandenplas, Yvan |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | BACKGROUND Working status is identified as a major risk factor of poor breastfeeding practices among workers. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and factors associated with breastfeeding practice among white-collar and blue-collar workers in Indonesia. METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed in two factories and three government offices in Jakarta from December 2015 to February 2016. Subjects were woman workers whose children were age 6 to 24 months old and actively working in the factory and/or office. The factors studied were selected socio-demographic and occupational characteristics, score on knowledge and attitude, and breastfeeding practice during working hours. RESULTS From a total of 192 subjects, 73% of white-collar workers had good knowledge on breastfeeding, in contrast with 55% of blue-collar workers who had not good breastfeeding knowledge (P < 0.001). Most of the subjects were conducting breast pumping during working hours, however 15% of white-collar workers and 17% of blue-collar workers never breastfeed nor breast pumped at work. Working status (P = 0.005) and knowledge (P = 0.002) were factors associated with breastfeeding practice among workers. CONCLUSION White-collar workers have a better knowledge, attitude, and practice toward breastfeeding. Knowledge improvement related to breastfeeding benefits and supports to working mothers are a key priority, however advocacy to employers, managers, and supervisors in providing breastfeeding facilitation and program support were also critical to successful breastfeeding practice among workers. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.3346/jkms.2019.34.e284 |
| PubMed reference number | 31760710 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 34 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.jkms.org/Synapse/Data/PDFData/0063JKMS/jkms-34-e284.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2019.34.e284 |
| Journal | Journal of Korean medical science |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
