Family Characteristics and Parenting Quality in Relation with Secondhand Smoking Exposure at Home on Infants and Breastfeeding Mothers
Leny Latifah, Arif Musoddaq, Marizka Khairunnisa, Diah Yunitawati

Balai Litbangkes Magelang

Abstract

Abstract- Second Hand Smoking (SHS) exposure had a great impact on health, especially among vulnerable group like breastfeeding mothers and infant. No previous research found on the risk of lower parenting quality in relation to the risk of SHS exposure among infants. This research aimed to analyze the prevalence of SHS exposure at home in breastfeeding mothers and their infants in relation to family characteristics and parenting quality. A cross sectional study conducted in Magelang with 213 household which had infant as household member. SHS exposure at home and family characteristics assessed with questionnaire and parenting quality assessed with HOME-SF. Prevalence of SHS at home were 81.2%. Family characteristics related were higher sum of children (t=-1.990- p=0.048), shorter birth spacing (t=-3.692- p=0.002), younger age of mother (t=-3.407- p=0.001) and father (t= -3.527- p=0.001), and shorter years of father education (t=-2.766- p=0.006), and also lower cognitive stimulation (F=2.705- p=0.046). Several family characteristics and also quality of parenting identified as factors associated with infant SHS exposure at home. The high prevalence need attention for intensive health promotion and consistent implementation of smoke-free legislation to protect infant and breastfeeding mothers from SHS exposure at home.

Keywords: secondhand smoking exposure, infants, breastfeeding mother, parenting quality

Topic: Medicine and Health Sciences