Obstacles to and motivation for successful breast-feeding
Curationis
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Obstacles to and motivation for successful breast-feeding | |
| Creator | Bergh, A-M | |
| Description | This study determined obstetric physiotherapists' perceptions about major obstacles to and methods of motivation for successful breast-feeding by means of the Friedman non-parametric procedure for the two-way analysis of variance. Three categories of obstacles were identified: maternal obstacles, health professionals and society. Maternal obstacles mentioned most were insufficient motivation (25%) and knowledge (24%), anxiety (14%), fatigue (14%), and employment (14%). Obstacles related to health professionals included tack of support for mothers (20%), inappropriate lactation management (19%), lack of knowledge (15%), negative attitudes (5%) and staff shortages (5%). With regard to society, lack of support (27%) and life-styles (29%) were identified as significant obstacles. The two most significantly important methods of motivation were information and education (53%) and contact with other breast-feeders (27%). It is concluded that breast-feeding education efforts can be improved by identifying obstacles to breast-feeding and methods of motivation and that the Friedman test may be a statistical procedure to consider for determining priorities. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 1993-03-31 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/curationis.v16i2.1394 | |
| Source | Curationis; Vol 16, No 2 (1993); 24-29 2223-6279 0379-8577 | |
| Language | eng | |
| Relation |
The following web links (URLs) may trigger a file download or direct you to an alternative webpage to gain access to a publication file format of the published article:
https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1394/1348
|
|
ADVERTISEMENT
