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- Title
MIDWIFERY BASICS: 5. UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF FAMILY AND PARTNER ATTITUDES, EXPERIENCE AND EXPECTATIONS UPON BREASTFEEDING.
- Authors
Brown, Amy; Trickey, Heather
- Abstract
As social beings, we exist within families and within communities, and the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of those around us can affect how we think and what we do, consciously and subconsciously. And this very much applies to how we feed our babies: the experience, knowledge and expectations of family and friends can make a big difference to a new mother's ability to breastfeed her baby. Where women have a 'village' around them of individuals who are supportive and knowledgeable, her breastfeeding experience is more likely to go well. Unfortunately, due to a history of very low breastfeeding rates in the UK, much inter-generational knowledge about breastfeeding has been lost.
- Subjects
AFFINITY groups; ATTITUDES toward breastfeeding; SOCIAL support; MIDWIFERY; BREASTFEEDING promotion; GRANDPARENTS; FAMILY attitudes; SPOUSES; EXPERIENCE; BREASTFEEDING; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; INFORMATION resources; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY relations
- Publication
Practising Midwife, 2019, Vol 22, Issue 1, p14
- ISSN
1461-3123
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.55975/iyga6832