CORRELATION BETWEEN ATTITUDES AND POSTPARTUM MOTHERS’ ABILITIES ON HOW TO DO BABY-BATHING IN THE WORKING AREA OF PUSKESMAS S.PARMAN BANJARMASIN

ABSTRAK Background: Now there is still a high rate of infant mortality, one of the causes is hypothermia. It is the lack of understanding and the inability of the mother to do baby-bathing properly her baby. Purpose : Knowing the correlation between attitudes and postpartum mothers’ abilities of about how to do baby-bathing in the working area of Puskesmas S.Parman Banjarmasin. Met h od: The study used an analytical survey method with a cross-sectional design. The population was 199 people. The sample of 45 respondents with Accidental sampling technique. Data were analyzed using the chi-square test with a confidence level of 95%. Result : The respondents whose positive attitudes were 25 people (55.6%), and did well baby-bathing were 24 people (53.3%). The results of the analysis showed that there was a correlation between maternal attitudes (p-value = 0.021) and the ability of postpartum mothers (p-value = 0.0001) on how to bathe the baby. Conclusion : There is a correlation between attitudes and postpartum mothers abilities on how to do baby-bathing in the working area of Puskesmas S.Parman Banjarmasin. Keyword : How to do baby-bating, Attitude, ability, Postpartum.