orelation Between Husband’s Support With Maternal Self-Efficacy in Pekanbaru

The importance of breastfeeding for the health of mothers
and children has been accepted by people all over the world.
Based on data from the Pekanbaru City Health Office (2016),
the coverage of exclusive breastfeeding in Pekanbaru was
50.70%, below the national target of 80% and in the Umban
Sari Health Center was only 39.22%. Some studies stated
that self-efficacy and husband's engagement during the
breastfeeding process support the successful of
breastfeeding. The purpose of this study is to determine the
correlation between husband's support and maternal selfefficacy

in breastfeeding. This is a non-experimental
research with correlational type. The study was conducted at
the Umban Sari Health Center in January to September 2019.
The data was collected by using primary data by selfreported
questionnaire,
processed
by
editing,
coding,
entry,

cleaning

processing, and then analyzed by regression
correlation test. The results showed that there is a strong
correlation between emotional (r = 0.63), informational (r =
0.56), appraisal (r = 0.53) support with maternal self-efficacy
in breastfeeding, but moderate correlation for instrumental
support (r = 0.47). By these results, it is suggested that the
breastfeeding class program in the prenatal by involving
husband needs to be held.