Finding The Needs of Breastfeeding Mother Accompaniment for Successful Exclusive Breastfeeding Until 6 Months in Semarang City: A Mixed Method

Exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life is important to prevent nutritional problems. WHO has recommended that all babies should be exclusively breastfed life. However, its practice in Indonesia not optimal yet (38%). The aim this study assess characteristics accompaniment needed by exclusive mothers success until months. This used mixed methods, both a cross-sectional survey 148 infants aged over six five PHCs with low level coverage and unstructured interviews were conducted ten PHC midwives areas. Most housewives, multipara, secondary education, only (33,8%) breastfeed exclusively. included scheduled home visits companion (73.0%), providing information direct according problems experienced (77.8%), 0-6 postpartum (85.8%). qualitative findings carried out once or twice during period focus on infant health. In conclusion, most still need postpartum.