Exploring Greater Rates of Breastfeeding Among Civilian Military Wives

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Ringo ◽  
Sheila M. Gephart
Keyword(s):  
Military Wives

scholarly journals Exploring Higher Rates of Breastfeeding Among Civilian Military Wives: A Mixed Methods Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Ringo ◽  
Sheila M. Gephart
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Short Form ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Military Wives ◽  
Breastfeeding Initiation ◽  
Mixed Methods Design ◽  
The Military

Abstract Background: As compared to the United States general postpartum population, civilian military wives encounter unique challenges that can impede their ability to breastfeed, including geographic replacement and physical and emotional challenges. Yet despite these challenges, civilian military wives demonstrate higher rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration in the United States postpartum population as a whole. The purpose of this study was to explore factors contributing to the high rate of breastfeeding initiation and duration among civilian military wives and to determine what might be learned from these factors for intervention design for the broader population of postpartum mothers. Methods: The sample consisted of 28 civilian military wives whose ages ranged from 18-45. The study was conducted online using a concurrent mixed-methods design. Results: Seven main themes with 16 subthemes emerged from the descriptions of the semi-structured interviews. The results of the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form score was 55.2 (SD = 5.73). The results of the integrative analysis revealed that factors within the military environment influence a sense of community, thus supporting their breastfeeding self-efficacy (BSE). Additionally, supportive and pro-breastfeeding healthcare facilitators (especially lactation consultants) throughout the prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum periods described by civilian military wives were associated with high levels of breastfeeding self-efficacy among civilian military wives. Moreover, high levels of breastfeeding self-efficacy related to breastfeeding skills and duration were associated with the accessibility of resources within the military environment, breastfeeding health and economic benefits, and setting of a breastfeeding goal. Conclusions: Using a concurrent mixed-methods design, this study identified facilitators from the descriptions of civilian military wives that they believed promote their higher rates of breastfeeding initiation and continuation, quantified their high level of breastfeeding self-efficacy, and identified descriptive factors that contributed to both areas lacking in the literature among this population.

“We'll just draw the curtains!”: Military wives’ postures toward predeployment emotional preparation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan M. Cafferky ◽  
Carmenoemi Angela D. Reyes ◽  
Sarah L. Beaver ◽  
Lin Shi
Keyword(s):  
Military Wives

Life Satisfaction For Military Wives

1984 ◽  
Vol 149 (9) ◽  
pp. 512-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Military Wives

scholarly journals The Recipe for Being a Good Military Wife: How Military Wives Managed OIF/OEF Deployment

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 231-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. Aducci ◽  
Joyce A. Baptist ◽  
Jayashree George ◽  
Patricia M. Barros ◽  
Briana S. Nelson Goff
Keyword(s):  
Military Wives ◽  
Military Wife

Employment and Role Satisfaction: Implications for the General Well-Being of Military Wives

1990 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leora N. Rosen ◽  
Jeannette R. Ickovics ◽  
Linda Z. Moghadam
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Military Wives ◽  
Role Satisfaction

No Life like It: Military Wives in Canada

1996 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 439
Author(s):  
E. Jane Ursel ◽  
Deborah Harrison ◽  
Lucie Laliberte
Keyword(s):  
Military Wives
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