The Role of Social Support for Improving Kangaroo Mother Care Practice among Low Birth Weight Infants’ Mothers in North Jakarta

Intan Silviana Mustikawati

2021

Abstract

Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is a skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn. Social support is crucial for improving KMC practice among Low Birth Weight Infants (LBWI)’s mothers after discharge from hospital. The objective of this study was to assess relationship between social support and KMC practice among LBWI’s mothers. It was a cross-sectional approach implemented in North Jakarta. Respondents in this study were 50 LBWI’s mothers post-discharged from Koja Hospital, North Jakarta. The sample was selected by consecutive sampling. Data were collected by questionnaire and interview. Mann-Whitney U-test was used to analyzed the data. The average age of respondents was 31 years old, the average of parity was 2 children, most of the respondents had a low level of education (64%), all were didn’t work, and 56% of their home was close to health facility. The average duration of KMC practice was 3 hours per day. This study found that family support (z=-2,54, p value<0,05, CI 95%) and community health workers support (z=-2.70, p value<0,05, CI 95%) had significant relationship with practice of KMC among LBWI’s mothers. Information and education to the family and community members are required continuously in order to support LBWI’s mothers improving KMC practice.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Mustikawati I. (2021). The Role of Social Support for Improving Kangaroo Mother Care Practice among Low Birth Weight Infants’ Mothers in North Jakarta. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH, ISBN 978-989-758-542-5, pages 204-209. DOI: 10.5220/0010760100003235

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsdh21,
author={Intan Silviana Mustikawati},
title={The Role of Social Support for Improving Kangaroo Mother Care Practice among Low Birth Weight Infants’ Mothers in North Jakarta},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH,},
year={2021},
pages={204-209},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010760100003235},
isbn={978-989-758-542-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH,
TI - The Role of Social Support for Improving Kangaroo Mother Care Practice among Low Birth Weight Infants’ Mothers in North Jakarta
SN - 978-989-758-542-5
AU - Mustikawati I.
PY - 2021
SP - 204
EP - 209
DO - 10.5220/0010760100003235