Edukasi Pemanfaatan Daun Kelor untuk Meningkatkan Produksi ASI di Desa Talang Bukit

Abstract

Babies and toddlers healthy is one of the determinants of the health development index in Indonesia. Indonesia is one of the causes of infant mortality in nutritional factors. This cause of death can be prevented by breastfeeding. Exclusive breastfeeding for up to 6 months can reduce infant morbidity and mortality from diarrhea until 2 years old and breastfeeding for 2 years of an infant's life is a key of intervention to reduce morbidity and mortality. Failure of exclusive breastfeeding is partly due to the perception of insufficient breast milk. Insufficient breast milk production can also be caused by nutritional and hormonal factors. In Indonesia, there are many plants that are believed to increase breast milk production, including katuk leaves, Moringa leaves and papaya leaves. The lack of knowledge of mothers about the utilization of local plants that can increase breast milk production makes mothers increasingly reluctant to provide exclusive breastfeeding. The purpose of this education is to increase mothers knowledge. Education was carried out in Talang Bukit Village on February 7, 2022 which was carried out in person and online through whatsApp groups in yasinan groups and women's organizations in Talang Bukit Village. The activity began with a pretest, then the implementation of education for ± 50 minutes through lectures, discussions and questions and answers delivered using ppt. After the material persentation, a posttest was conducted again with the same questions as the prestest. The results obtained were an increase in the mean knowledge of 2.87. This means that the implementation of this education is proven to change the knowledge of WUS about the use of moringa leaves to increase breast milk production towards a better direction.