scholarly journals Self-efficacy in Breastfeeding Predicts How Mothers Perceive Their Preterm Infant’s State-Regulation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Karlsson Rosenblad ◽  
Eva-Lotta Funkquist
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Breastfeeding Support ◽  
Good State ◽  
Mothers Of Preterm Infants ◽  
Breastfeeding Rates

Abstract Background: Mothers of preterm infants often perceive the infant as having problems with crying, sleeping and feeding, sometimes summarised as ‘state-regulation’. Breastfeeding rates are lower among preterm infants, and the mother’s self-efficacy in breastfeeding is central to understanding which mothers are going to breastfeed their infants. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the late preterm infant’s mother’s self-efficacy in breastfeeding was associated with how the mother experienced her infant’s state-regulation at three months of corrected age.Methods: The study had a prospective and longitudinal design with a consecutive data collection through questionnaires. Results: The analyses showed that being an older mother, perceiving breastfeeding support, and having a higher breastfeeding self-efficacy were all significantly associated with identifying the infant as having better state-regulation. Conclusion: There was an association between mothers’ self-efficacy in breastfeeding and her perceptions of how good state-regulation the infant had. This is an important finding, as self-efficacy is a manageable factor that could positively affect how the mother perceives taking care of her infant.Clinical implication: Health care professionals should target mother’s self-efficacy in breastfeeding to improve mother-infant relationship.

scholarly journals Educational Resources and Curriculum on Lactation for Health Undergraduate Students: A Scoping Review

2020 ◽  
pp. 089033442098069
Author(s):  
Suzanne Hetzel Campbell ◽  
Nicole de Oliveira Bernardes ◽  
Thayanthini Tharmaratnam ◽  
Flaviana Vely Mendonça Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Professional ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Breastfeeding Support ◽  
Support Skills

Background Breastfeeding is a fundamental component of health care, and health professionals need to be adequately prepared. As part of the system, health care professionals have the ability to influence the establishment and maintenance of breastfeeding. The global literature regarding the curricular approach or established best practices for health professional education in lactation is inconclusive and lacking in rigor. Research aim To explore the literature for the educational resources, methods, and curriculum used in the education of undergraduate health students related to lactation. Methods A scoping review examining the curricular programs of health professional students in lactation was undertaken exploring and summarizing evidence from peer reviewed and grey literature. A scoping review with a five-stage review process was followed. The database search between 1982–2018 generated 625 results, 79 full-text articles were reviewed, and 29 articles published in English met the inclusion criteria. Results In general, educational resources, methods, curricular approaches, and foundational topics were based on best practice standards. Some authors incorporated a variety of learning methods and provided experiential learning, with evidence of translation of knowledge into clinical practice. In the studies examined, researchers reported that students had improved their: knowledge and attitudes (59%); breastfeeding support skills (45%); and confidence (10%). However, even in programs that focused on developing students’ breastfeeding support skills, authors reported a lack of change in students’ confidence. Conclusions Although only English articles met the inclusion criteria, this review was unique in its search of multidisciplinary, multilingual, and international studies. Consistency in teaching across disciplines is key and not evident in the studies reviewed.

scholarly journals A New Exclusive Breastfeeding Booklet to Improve Self-Efficacy

2021 ◽  
pp. 870-880
Author(s):  
Suryani Hartati ◽  
Nuraini Hakim
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Exclusive Breastfeeding ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Postnatal Period ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Provide Health Education

Breastfeeding self-efficacy is defined as the mother’s belief in their ability to breastfeed the baby. Health education is important to increase the mother’s confidence. The purpose of this study was to test the effect of an exclusive breastfeeding booklet to increase breastfeeding self-efficacy in prenatal mothers until the postnatal period. This study was conducted using a quasi-experimental design. The results showed that providing a booklet for mothers increased self-efficacy towards exclusive breastfeeding with the mean after intervention was 60.97, p<0.005. Our study suggests health care professionals provide health education and motivate mothers to improve their confidence with regards to breastfeeding for at least six months.   Keywords: Breastfeeding self-efficacy, exclusive breastfeeding, health education

scholarly journals Valuing Breastfeeding: Health Care Professionals’ Experiences of Delivering a Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme for Breastfeeding in Areas With Low Breastfeeding Rates

SAGE Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824401877636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Whelan ◽  
Clare Relton ◽  
Maxine Johnson ◽  
Mark Strong ◽  
Kate J. Thomas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Conditional Cash Transfer ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Transfer Scheme ◽  
Breastfeeding Rates

scholarly journals Predicting Breastfeeding Duration Related to Maternal Attitudes in a Taiwanese Sample

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 188-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yen-Ju Ho ◽  
Jacqueline M. McGrath
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Breastfeeding Duration ◽  
Milk Supply ◽  
Breastfeeding Support ◽  
Feeding Method ◽  
Maternal Attitudes ◽  
Breastfeeding Attitudes ◽  
Insufficient Milk

The purpose of this study was to examine maternal attitudes and sociodemographic variables associated with Taiwanese mothers’ continuation of breastfeeding at 6 weeks postpartum. A sample of 140 in-hospital breastfeeding mothers was recruited in Taiwan. Participants completed the Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Scale (IIFAS) in the hospital prior to discharge. Postdischarge participants were contacted by telephone at 3 and 6 weeks postpartum to obtain information regarding their feeding method and duration. Findings revealed that in-hospital maternal breastfeeding attitudes are predictive of breastfeeding duration. Insufficient milk supply was the reason most often given for discontinuing breastfeeding. Women’s husband/partner was found to be the main source of breastfeeding support. We recommend health-care professionals add the IIFAS to their assessment to identify mothers at high risk for discontinuing breastfeeding and to develop and better evaluate breastfeeding promotion programs.

scholarly journals “What is Measured Matters” and “What Matters should be Measured”

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-9
Author(s):  
Erin L. O’Reilly ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Health Indicator ◽  
Breastfeeding Support ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Support Resources ◽  
Data Assessment ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
Breastfeeding Rates

Breastfeeding is unique to a woman, and as many women’s issues, has been relegated to the unrecognized and largely unsupported “women’s work” by our United States health care system and society. Breastfeeding is an important indicator and promoter of health status for both mother and child. Breastfeeding’s potency as a health indicator and protector of health makes it deserving of accurate and comprehensive assessment, documentation, and monitoring. Increasing breastfeeding continuation rates for greater dose-related benefits is part of our national Healthy People 2030 goals, but we are underperforming and haphazard in breastfeeding data assessment and documentation needed to guide our actions in accordance with our goals. Accurate, comprehensive and real-time breastfeeding data is urgently needed in order to assess and manage breastfeeding support resources and actions to increase breastfeeding rates.

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