Masni | The Relationship Between HusbandAos Support and Pregnant WomenAos Journal Educational of Nursing (JEN) Vol. 8 No. 2 July Ae December 2025 . page 106-112 p-ISSN :2655-2418. e-ISSN:2655-7630 journal homepage: https://ejournal. DOI: 10. 37430/jen. Article history: Received: December 19th 2025 Revised: December 21th 2025 Accepted: December 23th 2025 The Relationship Between Husband's Support and Pregnant Women's Willingness to Provide Exclusive Breastfeeding at the Eka Sriwahyuni Clinic Masni1. Pebrinawanti Br. Saragih2. Ruseni3. Tisnilawati4. Rhina Chairani Lubis5. Lili Nurmaliza6 Indah Medan College of Health Sciences Email: admstikes-indahmdn@gmail. Abstract Exclusive breastfeeding is breast milk given to babies for six months, without adding formula milk, orange juice, honey, sugar water, without solid foods such as bananas, porridge, milk and rice . xcept medicines, vitamins and mineral. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between husband's support and the willingness of pregnant women to provide exclusive breastfeeding at the Eka Sriwahyuni Clinic in 2025. The study was cross-sectional with primary data obtained directly from the questionnaire, the population in this study were all pregnant women who visited the Eka Sriwahyuni clinic with a total of 30 respondents. The sampling technique in this study used the accidental sampling method. Data analysis used univariate analysis and bivariate analysis. The results of this study indicate a relationship between husband's support and the willingness of pregnant women to provide exclusive breastfeeding at the Eka Sriwahyuni clinic in 2025 with the results obtained using the chi-square test with a p-value of 0,000shows that the p-value <0. 05 means that there is a relationship between husband's support and the pregnant mother's willingness to provide exclusive breastfeeding. The conclusion of this study is that the husband's support that mothers receive in exclusive breastfeeding has a positive effect on the mother's experience, which influences the amount of breast milk produced by the mother because breast milk production becomes Keywords : Husband's Support. Pregnant Mother's Willingness. Exclusive Breastfeeding INTRODUCTION Exclusive breastfeeding is breast milk given to babies from birth for six months, without adding and/or replacing it with other foods or drinks such as formula milk, orange juice, honey, sugar water, without solid foods such as bananas, porridge, milk and rice . xcept medicines, vitamins and mineral. (Ministry of Health, 2. in the journal. Based WHO recommendations, the best food for babies and children is breast milk (ASI) only for babies from birth to 6 months of age and continuing breastfeeding until the child is 2 years old. Providing only breast milk to meet the nutritional needs of babies up to the age of 6 months is . Where Journal Educational of Nursing (JEN)Vol. 8 No. Masni | The Relationship Between HusbandAos Support and Pregnant WomenAos journal. Babies need milk produced by the mother (ASI) which contains all the nutrients the baby needs for growth and development. Babies who are exclusively breastfed are 14 times less likely to die than babies who are not exclusively breastfed. According to 2020 World Health Organization (WHO) data, only around 44% of infants worldwide aged 0-6 months were exclusively breastfed. This falls short of the WHO's 2025 target of at least 50% (WHO, 2. Based on the 2015-2019 strategic plan targets, the Indonesian predetermined targets with the highest percentage of exclusive breastfeeding coverage was in West Nusa Tenggara at 87. 35%, while the lowest percentage was inLocated in Papua 15. According to data (Ministry of Health's strategic plan 2020-2. , in 2022, every province will successfully achieve the annual target set by the Ministry of Health. Indonesia is targeting 50% of babies . However, some provinces still experienced a decline in coverage, including North Sumatra. The percentage of infants in Sumatra receiving exclusive breastfeeding decreased by 0. 66%, from 57. 83% in 2021 to 57. 17% in 2022 (Central Statistics Agency, . Labuhanbatu Regency is one of the regencies in North Sumatra Province that has not yet met the Ministry of Health's 2022 strategic plan targets. Exclusive breastfeeding rates by mothers to their babies remain low, due to several factors, including supporting According to research (DelCore et al. , 2. in the study. This study proves that husband support is a Several contribute to the low prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers, including support from the closest person, the husband. Husband according to (Prasetya, et al . in research. A husband plays a vital role in supporting a mother during pregnancy, childbirth, and after birth, including exclusive breastfeeding. According to Brown and Davies, one form of husbandly support is when the husband supports, encourages, and promotes the practice of exclusive breastfeeding during the breastfeeding period. Based research. The ContinuityCorrection obtained a pvalue of 0. 015, which means p-value < 0. The results of the analysis of the relationship between husband's support received by mothers and obtained from 89 respondents, most of the respondents who received high husband's support had a high . 1%). Thus, ho was rejected and it can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between husband's support received by mothers and exclusive breastfeeding. This research. conducted by which the results obtained were 47 respondents . 5%) husbands who supported the provision of exclusive breastfeeding and 7 respondents . 5%) husbands who did not support the provision of exclusive breastfeeding. This shows that the results of HA are accepted, so the hypothesis of this study states that there is a significant relationship Journal Educational of Nursing (JEN)Vol. 8 No. Masni | The Relationship Between HusbandAos Support and Pregnant WomenAos between husband support and the provision of exclusive breastfeeding with a p-value of 0. 000 35 years Education Elementary/Middl e School Senior High School College Work Self-employed Private employees Laborer civil servant Total From table 1 it can be seen that of the 30 respondents, the majority are aged 20-35 years old, 27 people . %), and the minority of respondents aged >35 years old are 3 people . %). Based on education, the majority have a college education, namely 23 people . 7%), and the minority have an elementary/junior high school education, namely 2 people . 7%). Based on occupation, the housewives, as many as 21 people . %), and the minority of respondents are self-employed, as many as 3 people . %). RESEARCH RESULT Bivariate Analysis Journal Educational of Nursing (JEN)Vol. 8 No. Masni | The Relationship Between HusbandAos Support and Pregnant WomenAos Table 2. The Relationship Between Husband's Support and Pregnant Women's Willingness to Provide Exclusive Breastfeeding at the Eka Sriwahyuni Clinic 2025 Husband's Support Exclusive Breastfeeding Total Exclusive Breastfeeding Not Exclusive Breastfeeding Support Does not Total P value 0,000 Based on the chi-square results above, the results obtained were that mothers with husbands' support who supported and provided exclusive breastfeeding were 15 people, mothers with husbands' support who did not support and did not provide exclusive breastfeeding were 14 people, and the results obtained were p-value =0,000<0. This shows that there is a relationship between husband's support for providing exclusive breastfeeding. Will Exclusive Breastfeeding Total Exclusive Breastfeeding Not Exclusive Breastfeeding Want to Don't want to Total P value 0,000 Based on the chi-square results above, the results obtained were that 16 mothers wanted to provide exclusive breastfeeding, 13 mothers did not want to provide exclusive breastfeeding, and the p-value obtained was 0. 00 <0. This shows that there is a relationship between the willingness of pregnant women to provide exclusive breastfeeding. Journal Educational of Nursing (JEN)Vol. 8 No. Masni | The Relationship Between HusbandAos Support and Pregnant WomenAos DISCUSSION Age Based on table 1. 1, the average age of mothers producing breast milk is 90%, aged 20-30 years. Education Based on Table 1. 1, 76. had a high school education. Researchers assume that the results of this study align with the theory that the higher a person's education level, the easier it is for them to This significantly impacts a person's knowledge, as education is a measure of how easily someone can absorb This made it easier for respondents to obtain information about the importance of exclusive Work Of the 30 respondents, the majority of respondents were housewives, 21 people . %) and the minority of respondents were selfemployed, 3 people . %). According journals. Work is a demanding activity that requires a lot of time and attention because it involves multiple parties, across sectors, and other Working mothers with babies under 6 months of age are less likely to exclusively breastfeed. Based on the research results above, researchers assume that mothers who are housewives will be willing to provide exclusive breastfeeding, because they have a lot of free time. Bivariate Analysis The Relationship Between Husband's Support and Pregnant Women's Willingness to Provide Exclusive Breastfeeding at the Eka Sriwahyuni Clinic in 2025 Based on the results of the study on the relationship between willingness of pregnant women to provide exclusive breastfeeding at the Eka Sriwahyuni clinic in 2025, the results of the chi square test were obtained with a p-value of0. indicates that the p-value <0. which means that there is a relationship between husband's support and the willingness of pregnant women to exclusive breastfeeding at the Eka Sriwahyuni clinic in 2025. The results of this study are in accordance with research that has been conducted by previous researchers, namely by. irait et al. , 2. The results of this study show that there is a significant relationship between husband's support and exclusive breastfeeding with a p-value of 0.