TY - JOUR AU - FAUZIA FAUZIA, AU - NI WAYAN DIAN EKAYANTHI, AU - AHMAD FUDHOLI, PY - 2020/01/07 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - THE INFLUENCE OF PARTICIPATIVE COUNSELING APPROACH ON IMPROVING BREASTFEEDING SELF-EFFICACY TO PREGNANT WOMEN IN INDONESIA JF - Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research JA - Asian J Pharm Clin Res VL - 13 IS - 1 SE - Original Article(s) DO - 10.22159/ajpcr.2020.v13i1.36167 UR - https://journals.innovareacademics.in/index.php/ajpcr/article/view/36167 SP - 85-88 AB - <p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this study was to know the effect of participatory counseling on increasing breastfeeding self-efficacy (BSE) in pregnant women in Bogor city, Indonesia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The pre-experimental design method, namely, one group pretest-posttest, with the number of study subjects was 35 third trimester pregnant women with normal reproductive age without complications in the Bogor City. Data analysis was performed by univariable and bivariable by Friedman test and Wilcoxon <em>post hoc </em>test and multivariable using linear regression test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participatory counseling has an effect on increasing breastfeeding efficacy in pregnant women (p&lt;0.001), while confounding variables (education, parity, own breastfeeding experience, and other’s experience of breastfeeding) have no significant effect on increasing BSE in pregnant women (p&gt;0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Participatory counseling increases BSE in pregnant women.</p> ER -