An Investigation Into the Effects of Prenatal Care Instruction at Home on Breast-Feeding Self-Efficacy of First-Time Pregnant Women Referred to Shiraz Clinics, Iran
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Research/Original Article (دارای رتبه معتبر)
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Objectives
Mothers milk is very complex biologic liquid for babies. It is strongly recommended that babies be fed exclusively by mothers milk for the first 6 months of babys life and be continued until she is 2 years old. The mothers self-efficiency is the main factor to predict the breastfeeding duration. Therefore, regarding the significance of instructing mothers and its effects on breastfeeding efficiency, this research was conducted to investigate the effects of pregnancy care instruction at home on the breast-feeding efficiency of first-time pregnant women.Materials And Methods
In this clinical proficiency research, 65 first-time pregnant women, in their last 3 months of pregnancy, who referred to the clinics related to Shiraz medical school, were studied in 2 groups of treatment and control. The research instruments were 2 questionnaires, one of which contained demographic characteristics and the other one was Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Questionnaire developed by Dennis. Six sessions of educational programs were conducted for the treatment group at home (3 sessions in the last 3 months of pregnancy and 3 sessions in the first, second, and sixth weeks after delivery). Meanwhile, a questionnaire on breast-feeding self-efficacy was filled out and analyzed in both groups.Results
Both groups were the same in demographic variables. Variance analysis test showed that there was a significant difference in the mean scores of breastfeeding self-efficacy between the 2 groups (P Conclusion
Instruction of pregnancy care (at home), focusing on feeding by mothers milk, is effective in increasing the efficacy of mothers breast-feeding.Keywords:
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English
Published:
International Journal of Women’s Health and Reproduction Sciences, Volume:6 Issue: 1, Winter 2018
Pages:
41 to 46
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