Exclusive Breastfeeding Practice and Its Association with Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy among Mothers Giving Birth during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia: A Brief Report

Background: Breast milk is the best nutri­tion for most infants, and current recommen­dations encourage mothers to keep giving breast during COVID-19 pandemic. Subjects Method: This an analytic cross-sectional study involving givi­ng birth since March 2020 their infants aged under 6 months. An online-based ques­tion­naire, including Breast­feeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (BSES-SF), was distributed through social media from April September 2020. The dependent variable exclusive breast­feeding rate, independent vari­ables were BSES-SF score, mother working status, educational level, place of birth, method, status. Results: There 113 respondents, rate breastfeeding 79.6%. Self-efficacy score in who give exslusive (Mean= 58.4; SD= 0.8) higher than non breast­feed­ing 44.8; 13.4) it statisfically significant (p <0.001). Conclusion: showed that pandemic breast­feedi­ng might remain high popular­tions with good self-efficacy. Keywords: breastfeeding, breast­fee­ding self-efficacy, child nutrition, Correspondence: Angelina. Child Health Department, Faculty Medicine, Universitas Pelita Harapan. Jendral Sudirman 20, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. Email: [email protected]. Journal Maternal (2021), 06(04): 436-443 https://doi.org/10.26911/thejmch.2021.06.04.05