Environmental Factors on Infant Feeding Practices in Lombok Island – Indonesia

: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 that related to health is very important to improve the quality of life for all people, babies are included. The vision is ‘no one left behind’. Exclusive breastfeeding is a smart investment for our baby. Thus, the World Health Organization recommends to all of the health centers in the world to promote exclusive breastfeeding. However, the practice is not easy. In this study, the researcher found out environmental factors on infant feeding practices. The factors are traditional beliefs on infant feeding practices, family influence, and health care location. Methods: The sample of this research were 700 mothers who have a baby age six months – twelve months. We used a questionnaire as a tool to gather the data. The univariate and bivariate analysis was performed using the Chi-Square test. Results: Factors traditional beliefs, family influence were associated with infant feeding practices with P-Value < 0,05 and health care location was not associated with infant feeding practices with P-Value = 0.09.