Abstract

BACKGROUND: ABSTINENCE FROM FOOD IS AN INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR TO NOT EAT
CERTAIN FOODS BECAUSE THERE IS A BAN BESIFAT OBTAINED CULTURE FOR
GENERATIONS. STILL THE PUERPERAL WOMEN WHO ABSTAIN FROM CERTAIN FOODS
LIKELY INFLUENCED BY SEVERAL FACTORS INCLUDING THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY.THE
PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO EXPLORE THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY IN THE DECISIONMAKING POSTPARTUM MOTHERS TO PRACTICE ABSTINENCE FEEDING ON
POSTPARTUM MOTHERS. THIS RESEARCH IS A QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTIVE STUDY,
TAKING PARTICIPANTS WITH METHODS PURPUSIVE SAMPLING, PARTICIPANTS WERE
FOUR POSTPARTUM MOTHERS WHO DO ABSTAIN FROM EATING, WHILE
TRIANGULATION COMPOSED OF TWO POSTPARTUM MOTHERS WHO DO NOT ABSTAIN
FROM FOOD, TWO MOTHERS OR MOTHERS-IN-LAW POSTPARTUM MOTHERS WHO
ABSTAIN FROM FOOD, TWO PEOPLE MOTHER OR MOTHER-IN-LAW POSTPARTUM
MOTHERS WHO DO NOT ABSTAIN FROM FOOD, ONE MIDWIFE AND ONE MIDWIFE.
DATA IS COLLECTED USING IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS, DATA IS PROCESSED BY THE
METHOD OF INDUCTION.THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE PRACTICE OF ABSTINENCE
FEEDING ON POSTPARTUM MOTHER INFLUENCED BY FAMILY MEMBERS WHO LIVE
WITH THE PARTICIPANTS, ESPECIALLY THE BIRTH MOTHER OR MOTHER-IN-LAW, WHILE
THE HUSBAND OF THE PARTICIPANTS DID NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE
PRACTICE OF ABSTINENCE EAT. CONCLUSION PRACTICE ABSTINENCE FROM FOOD ON
POSTPARTUM MOTHER INFLUENCED BY THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY, ESPECIALLY THE
MOTHER OR MOTHER-IN-LAW.