TY - JOUR
T1 - The little things
T2 - perceptions of breastfeeding support.
AU - Gill, S. L.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To describe how maternal-child staff nurses support breastfeeding mothers during the postpartum hospital stay and how these mothers perceive the support received from the nurses. DESIGN: Ethnographic. SETTING: Data were collected at a community hospital in southeastern Florida. PARTICIPANTS: Unstructured interviews were conducted with seven maternal-child nurses caring for breastfeeding mothers. The investigator observed 12 nurses' interactions with breastfeeding mothers and newborns. Eight breastfeeding mothers were interviewed, using a semistructured guide, in the hospital before discharge and at 2 and 6 weeks postpartum. RESULTS: Nurses supported breastfeeding mothers by providing information and interpersonal support. Breastfeeding mothers expected the nurses to support their feeding efforts by providing information, encouragement, and interpersonal support. CONCLUSION: Health care providers can help breastfeeding mothers, but the support offered must be the kind that mothers want.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To describe how maternal-child staff nurses support breastfeeding mothers during the postpartum hospital stay and how these mothers perceive the support received from the nurses. DESIGN: Ethnographic. SETTING: Data were collected at a community hospital in southeastern Florida. PARTICIPANTS: Unstructured interviews were conducted with seven maternal-child nurses caring for breastfeeding mothers. The investigator observed 12 nurses' interactions with breastfeeding mothers and newborns. Eight breastfeeding mothers were interviewed, using a semistructured guide, in the hospital before discharge and at 2 and 6 weeks postpartum. RESULTS: Nurses supported breastfeeding mothers by providing information and interpersonal support. Breastfeeding mothers expected the nurses to support their feeding efforts by providing information, encouragement, and interpersonal support. CONCLUSION: Health care providers can help breastfeeding mothers, but the support offered must be the kind that mothers want.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2001.tb01559.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2001.tb01559.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 11461024
AN - SCOPUS:0035403720
SN - 0884-2175
VL - 30
SP - 401
EP - 409
JO - Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN / NAACOG
JF - Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN / NAACOG
IS - 4
ER -