Journal of Education and Health Promotion

BACKGROUND: Recent findings show that a longer breastfeeding duration and proper dietarymanagement could lower the risk of postnatal diabetes. An excellent and interactive educationmodule ... Read More

Factors associated with the knowledge about breastfeeding among antenatal and postnatal women in selected rural villages of Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu: A community‑based cross‑sectional study

. Rajan Rushender; . Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy; . Ameenah Anwar Hussain Siraja

Volume 12, Issue 2 , February 2022, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: Addressing good breastfeeding practices among antenatal and postnatal mothers is important as it helps in bringing about a positive change in the behavior, attitude, ... Read More

The relationship between maternal perception of social support and breastfeeding patterns

. Elham Alidadi‑Shamsabadi; . Mitra Savabi‑Esfahani

Volume 12, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding is beneficial for the health of infants and mothers. It is a complexsocial behavior that may be influenced by social support. The study aimed to determine ... Read More

The Iranian female high‑school student’s knowledge and attitude toward breastfeeding

. Sharareh Jannesari; . Mohammad Ali Hosseini; . Nahid Khodakarami

Volume 10, Issue 8 , August 2020, , Pages 1-9

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BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding is not only a perfect food for the infant but also is a living fluid withmany features. It provides the infant’s physical growth and is responsive to ... Read More

Education for working mothers uses leaflet and electronic media to increase exclusive breastfeeding

. Rahayu Budi Utami; . Utin Siti Candra Sari; . Emy Yulianti; . Slamet Wardoyo

Volume 9, Issue 11 , November 2019, , Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: The decrease in coverage of exclusive breastfeeding for mothers who workin Pontianak has an impact on the decline of the baby’s immune system. Prevention efforts canbe ... Read More BACKGROUND: The decrease in coverage of exclusive breastfeeding for mothers who workin Pontianak has an impact on the decline of the baby’s immune system. Prevention efforts canbe done by increasing knowledge about exclusive breastfeeding tips for mothers who work byproviding health education. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the use of healtheducation media in increasing maternal knowledge about exclusive breastfeeding tips for workingmothers.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a quasi‑experiment study with a nonrandomized designpretest and posttest control group design. The population of nursing mothers who have childrenaged 0–6 months. The number of samples is 140, which is divided into four groups. Data collectionuse direct interviews. Respondents filled out the pretest questionnaire to measure knowledge beforebeing given health education. Then, the first group was given treatment in the form of lectures, thesecond group using leaflets, and the third group was given lectures first then given leaflets. Afterthat, his knowledge was measured again through a posttest. Data analysis were used to determinethe increase in the score of knowledge about exclusive breastfeeding tips for mothers who workedon each media used repeated ANOVA and Kruskal–Wallis test, while one‑way ANOVA continuedwith post hoc Bonferroni and Friedman followed by Mann–Whitney test used to compare scoredifferences knowledge on all three media.RESULTS: there were significant differences in knowledge, before and after being given good healtheducation without media, with leaflets, electronic media, and electronic leaflets before. statisticaltests before and after used leaflets and electronic media without media 19.85 (P ≤ 0.001), leafletswithout media 8.42 (P ≤ 0.001). Electronic without media at 8.14 (P ≤ 0.001). In the pre‑ andpost‑test study, the experimental study was pseudo, 140 individuals with each group 35 individuals.CONCLUSION: The most effective method in providing health education to increase the knowledgeof breastfeeding mothers about tips on exclusive breastfeeding for working mothers is electronicleaflet media.

Breastfeeding awareness and perception among antenatal mothers: A cross‑sectional study in urban slum population of Bhubaneswar, Odisha

. Ipsa Mohapatra; . Adrija Roy

Volume 8, Issue 5 , May 2018, , Pages 1-6

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INTRODUCTION: Breast milk provides nutritional, immunological, behavioral, and economic benefitsand helps to build mother‑infant bonding. Antenatal mothers need to be sufficiently ... Read More

Empowerment in breastfeeding as viewed by women: A qualitative study

. Zeinab Heidari; . Shahnaz Kohan; . Mahrokh Keshvari

Volume 7, Issue 2 , May and June 2017, , Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: The positive effect of breastfeeding on health is globally accepted. However,breastfeeding has not yet practiced at a favorite level. Empowerment of mothers is an importantfactor ... Read More

Breastfeeding status during the first two years of infants’ life and its risk factors based on BASNEF model structures in Isfahan

. Abdurrahman Charkazi; . Sayyede Zeynab Miraeiz; . Atena Razzaghnejad; . Hossein Shahnazi; . Akbar Hasanzadeh; . Mohammad T. Badleh

Volume 3, Issue 2 , February 2013, , Pages 1-6

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Background: Breastfeeding depends on social and cultural conditions of societies. Behavior,Attitude,Subjective Norms, Enabling Factors (BASNEF) model is one of the comprehensive models ... Read More Background: Breastfeeding depends on social and cultural conditions of societies. Behavior,Attitude,Subjective Norms, Enabling Factors (BASNEF) model is one of the comprehensive models ofbehavior study, especially in developing countries. This study was performed to investigate thestatus of breastfeeding during the first two years of infants’ life and its risk factors through BASNEFmodel structures. Materials and Methods: In this cross‑sectional descriptive‑analytical study, 406mothers with 6-24‑month‑old babies were selected by multistage cluster sampling method. The datawere collected using a questionnaire with five sections based on the BASNEF model structures.Demographic characteristics of the studied population were also recorded and analyzed usingChi‑square tests and analysis of variance in SPSS18 statistical software. Results: The prevalence ofbreastfeeding was 86.4% (351 mothers). Three hundred and thirty three mothers (82%) had goodknowledge and there was a significant relationship between knowledge and breastfeeding behaviorof mothers (P < 0.05). Two hundred and eighty five mothers (70.2%) had good and very goodattitude in this regard. There was no significant relationship between attitude and breastfeedingbehavior of mothers (P > 0.05). There was a significant relationship between breastfeeding behaviorof mothers and subjective norms of husbands, mother and mother‑in‑law (P < 0.05); however, nosignificant relationship was found with regard to enabling factors (P > 0.05). Moreover, no significantrelationship was observed between type of children nutrition and variables of delivery mode,maternal age and number of children (P > 0.05). Conclusion: In addition to knowledge of nursingmothers, supports and encouragement of husbands, mothers and mother‑in‑laws, as subjectivenorms of behavior, have a positive impact onthe breastfeeding behavior of mothers. Thus,breastfeeding programs should pay moreattention to the role of these mentioned factors.

Effectiveness of breastfeeding education on the weight of child and self‑efficacy of mothers – 2011

. Gholamreza Shrifirad; . Aziz Kamran; . Seyed Kamal Mirkarimi; . Abbas Farahani

Volume 2, Issue 2 , July 2012, , Pages 1-5

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Background: Breastfeeding is the most natural and essential way for feeding newborn babies. Thisis an ideal approach for physical and emotional development of babies, as well as for ... Read More

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Development and validation of breastfeeding and dietary education package for women with gestational diabetes mellitus

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Factors associated with the knowledge about breastfeeding among antenatal and postnatal women in selected rural villages of Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu: A community‑based cross‑sectional study

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The relationship between maternal perception of social support and breastfeeding patterns

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The Iranian female high‑school student’s knowledge and attitude toward breastfeeding

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Education for working mothers uses leaflet and electronic media to increase exclusive breastfeeding

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Breastfeeding awareness and perception among antenatal mothers: A cross‑sectional study in urban slum population of Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Empowerment in breastfeeding as viewed by women: A qualitative study

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Breastfeeding status during the first two years of infants’ life and its risk factors based on BASNEF model structures in Isfahan

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Effectiveness of breastfeeding education on the weight of child and self‑efficacy of mothers – 2011

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