Correlation between Maternal Culture and Knowledge Towards Complementary Feeding for Breast Milk in Pampang Village, Kayong District

Nutritional problems are one of the main causes of high morbidity and mortality rates in children. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 54% of infant and child deaths are caused by malnutrition. Nutritional problems in Indonesia result in more than 80% of child deaths. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between maternal culture and knowledge with complementary feeding for breast milk. Crossectional research method with quantitative method with a population of 147 mothers. The sample of this study was 30 mothers who had infant in Pampang village, Kayong District 2023 with proportional sampling techniques. The data analysis method uses a chi-square test with SPSS. The results showed that there was a significant correlation between culture and complementary feeding with a p-value = 0.031 and a significant correlation between maternal knowledge and complementary feeding with p-value of 0.026. Keywords: breast milk, culture, complementary feeding, knowledge