Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Behaviour in Mothers of Toddler Ages 12-59 Months Using Health Promotion Model

Abstract

Background: The problems of malnutrition, stunting and overweight in Indonesia are nutritional problems that are still being addressed today, and one of the main obstacles is inadequate knowledge and inappropriate Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices. Based on the Health Promotion Model theory, a person's behavior is influenced by previous behavioral factors, personal factors, and specific behavioral factors that will influence a person's commitment to taking preventive action. Objective: The aim of this research is to analyze IYCF behavior in mothers of toddlers aged 12-59 months using the Health Promotion Model theoretical approach. Methods: This research used correlational design with a cross sectional approach. The sample was 100 mothers of toddlers aged 12-59 months who were taken using simple random sampling techniques. Data were collected using a questionnaire to assess previous behavioral factors, personal factors (age, education, parity and socio-economic status), perceived benefits of action, perceived barriers to action, attitudes related to activities, interpersonal factors (family support), and IYCF behavior. Then the data was analyzed using the logistic regression. Results: The results showed that there is a significant relationship between IYCF behavior the perceived benefits of action with p value of 0.036 (<0.05), perceived barriers to action with p value of 0.000 (<0.05), attitudes related to activities with p value of 0.034 (<0.05), and interpersonal factors with p value of 0.000 (0.05). However, IYCF behavior is not related to factors such as age (p=0.523), education (p=0.429), income (p=0.214), number of children (p=0.270) and previous behavior (p=0.181). Conclusion: Thus, the study showed that the most influential factors on infant and child feeding behavior based on the Health Promotion Model are perceived barriers to action and interpersonal factors (family support).