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Showing 1 to 20 of 374 for “"Breastfeeding"”.
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Does in-hospital breastfeeding self-efficacy predict breastfeeding duration?
Background: Health Canada recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months postpartum with continued breastfeeding up to 2 years and beyond. While 88% of Canadian mothers initiate breastfeeding, only 70% of mothers continue to do so at 4 weeks postpartum and only 14% are exclusively …
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The Effect of Breastfeeding Promotion Program On The Primipara's Breastfeeding
… of this study is to find out the effect of breastfeeding promotion program on the primipara's breastfeeding. This study used an quasi-experimental non-equivalent pretest-posttest design. The data were collected from 38 subjects from May 14 to October 15, 2005 at the obstetric care unit at A …
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Evaluating breastfeeding support : a randomised controlled trial of support from breastfeeding counsellors
Two-thirds of UK mothers begin breastfeeding, but many soon stop. Although breastfeeding benefits health, infant feeding is influenced by social and attitudinal factors. Study one prospectively investigated the attitudes and experiences of 514 women. Past experience predicted which multiparae would …
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Breastfeeding and Bodily Transformations
… body and recent autobiographical writings of breastfeeding women in terms of their positioning of the lactating body as a locus of social expression, renewal, and change---an active agent in the reproduction and transformation of social members and forms.
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Social struggles over breastfeeding : how lactivism reshapes knowledge, meanings, and practices of breastfeeding
… struggles over the meanings and practices of breastfeeding. From an initial observation in 2011 and 2012 of two situated flash mob protests in Warsaw, Poland and Bristol, England, the thesis proceeds with an understanding of breastfeeding as a site of discursive and embodied struggle, a social …
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Choice in Human Breastfeeding Infants
… is an initial examination of choice in human breastfeeding infants. The specific parameters of interest are how an infant distributes its time and its rate of sucking in relation to milk intake while breastfeeding and to what extent the matching law describes human breastfeeding behavior. A …
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Community Breastfeeding Attitudes and Beliefs
… message publicly have resulted in an increase of breastfeeding rates, yet still have not reached the goals of Healthy People 2010. This paper adds to the body of breastfeeding literature to understand why some women breastfeed and others do not by exploring some of the individual characteristics …
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Promoting father involvement in breastfeeding
… Previous studies have found that positive breastfeeding outcomes are associated with fathers providing any type of supportive behavior. Above other types of support, responsive behaviours sensitive to the mother’s needs are more likely to increase exclusive breastfeeding significantly …
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The effectiveness of a breastfeeding class on initiation and duration of breastfeeding in WIC participants
<p>This study examined the effects of attending a breastfeeding class on initiation and duration of breastfeeding in low-income women who participated in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) in Oakland County, Michigan. Racially and culturally diverse …
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Does Infant Formula Availability Reduce Breastfeeding?
… Several key studies highlight the importance of breastfeeding and there is a broad consensus that it plays a crucial role for a child's health and cognitive development. This is especially true for the poor in developing countries, where vulnerable infants' access to proper nutrition is vital. We …
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Improving breastfeeding education among hospital nurses
<p>Breastfeeding is well-documented as the most beneficial method of infant feeding worldwide. There are numerous national initiatives present to improve breastfeeding outcomes. Despite knowledge and health care organization efforts, the recommendations of exclusive breastfeeding through six months …
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Breastfeeding experiences of call centre agents
Breastfeeding is one of the most effective strategies for improving infant nutrition and increasing child survival globally. Several experts consider breastfeeding to be the best way to feed a baby, as it provides numerous benefits to both the mother and the child. One of the main factors that …
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Breastfeeding Influencing Factors in Thai Adolescent Mothers
Background: Breastfeeding is well established as the optimal method for ensuring healthy infant nutrition. However, many adolescents remain unaware of the role of breastfeeding. Adolescent mothers continue to have the lowest rate of breastfeeding in many countries including Thailand, with only 17% …
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Breastfeeding and Mothers with Chronic Health Conditions
Breastfeeding and Mothers with Chronic Health Conditions Breastfeeding may be most beneficial for women with specific chronic illness and may decrease the risk or prevent those illnesses from developing in their children. This study examined the initiation and duration rates of mothers identified …
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Breastfeeding and the social control of women
Breastfeeding remains problematic in our society despite its being a 'natural' physiological process, its official encouragement as the healthiest way to feed babies and its revival in popularity amongst mothers over the last thirty years. Many mothers give up early and turn to bottle-feeding, and …
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Breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and intentions regarding breastfeeding in the workplace among students and professionals in health-related fields
… knowledgeable health professionals to promote breastfeeding and instigate changes in individual behavior. This research was conducted to assess breastfeeding knowledge, and attitudes, beliefs, and intentions among students and professionals in health-related fields. A 5-year prospective study …
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A study of Breast Abscesses among Breastfeeding mothers.
… showed that 720 breast abscess were common among breastfeeding mothers. Therefore, the study attempted to document factors contributing to development of breast abscesses among breastfeeding mothers admitted at the University Teaching Hospital Female Casualty Ward. A cross section descriptive …
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Maternal Fat Intake during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Initiation
… and child. Prominent reasons for not initiating breastfeeding include lactation problems and perceived insufficient milk supply. Animal studies have shown that a high fat diet is associated with negative changes in the lactation process, while omega-3 supplementation appears to have positive …
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