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The Use of Leaflet as a Health Education Media in Increasing the Knowledge of Complementary Feeding for Breastfeeding Mothers

About a third of children around the world begin their untimely
breastfeeding. Although several strategies have been implemented around
the world to improve complementary feeding, progress has been slow.
Improper feeding of complementary foods, remains a significant global
public health problem. The purpose of this study aims to determine the use
of leflet as a health education media in increasing the knowledge of
complementary food in breastfeeding mothers. The study is Quasi-
Experimental. With Pretest-Posttest with Control Group. The Accidental
Sampling sampling technique is breastfeeding mothers who have babies
aged 7-24 months as many as 53 mothers as an experimental group and 53
mothers as a control group with the same criteria at the Posyandu of Belang
Wetan Village. Primary data were collected with questionnaires containing
objective questions. Secondary data with cohorts from village midwives.
Hypothesis test is carried out after pre-test, to find out whether or not there
is an influence between free and bound variables, then using a paired
sample t-test or paired sample t-test. The results of the analysis obtained þvalue
< α (0.000

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