ABSTRAK
Latar Belakang: Proporsi penduduk miskin di Indonesia tahun 2007-2011 mengalami penurunan sebesar 16,6-12,5%, tetapi masalah gizi tidak menunjukkan penurunan signifikan. Salah satu hal penting dalam masalah gizi adalah ASI eksklusif. Permasalahan terkait keberhasilan ASI Eksklusif yaitu banyak tenaga kesehatan belum peduli pada hak bayi untuk mendapatkan ASI, terbatasnya tenaga konselor ASI, belum maksimalnya kegiatan edukasi, sosialisasi, advokasi, dan kampanye ASI. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui hubungan antara dukungan tenaga kesehatan dan riwayat pemberian ASI eksklusif pada bayi usia 0-6 bulan.
Metode: Jenis penelitian adalah observasional analitik dengan desain kohort retrospektif. Subjek penelitian adalah ibu menyusui yang mempunyai bayi usia 6-12 bulan di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Ngoresan. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan probability sampling dengan cluster sampling. Analisis data menggunakan analisis univariat dan bivariat dengan program SPSS 16.0.
Hasil: Hasil analisis data dukungan tenaga kesehatan dan riwayat pemberian ASI eksklusif dengan uji Chi-Square didapatkan nilai p=0,028. Nilai risiko relatif (RR) dengan confidence interval 95% didapatkan sebesar 3,5.
Simpulan: Terdapat hubungan signifikan antara dukungan tenaga kesehatan dan riwayat pemberian ASI eksklusif.
Kata kunci: dukungan tenaga kesehatan, ASI eksklusif  
ABSTRACT
Background: Proportion of poor Indonesian population in 2007 – 2011 decreased as much as 16.6-12.5%, but the nutrition did not show a significant decrease. One of important issues of nutrition is exclusive breast milk. The problems on the exclusive breast milk administration include the following: many health workers do not care about the rights of infants to get breast milk; the number of breast milk counselors is limited; breast milk education, socialization, advocacy, and campaign are not maximal. Objective: To investigate the correlation between the support of health workers and the history of exclusive breast milk administration to the infants aged 0-6 months. Method: This research used the observational analytical with the retrospective cohort design. Its subject was with breastfeeding mothers with the infants aged 6-12 months in the work region of Community Health Center of Ngoresan. The samples of research were taken by using the probability sampling and cluster sampling. The data of research were analyzed by using the univariate and bivariate analyses with the computer program of SPSS 16.0. Result: The result of analysis on the data of the support of health workers and the history of exclusive breast milk administration with the Chi-Square Test shows that the p-value was 0.028. The value of Relative Risk analyzed with the confidence interval of 95% was 3.5. Conclusion: There was a significant correlation between the support of health workers and the history of exclusive breast milk administration. Keywords: Support of health workers, exclusive breast milk