Women's Health Nursing (여성건강간호학회지)
- Volume 2 Issue 1
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- Pages.68-87
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- 1996
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- 3022-7666(pISSN)
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- 3022-8247(eISSN)
Efects of Breastfeeding Education Program on the Promotion of Mother's Feeding Compliance
모유수유 강화교육 프로그램이 산모의 모유수유 실천에 미치는 영향
- Lee, Eun-Sook (Dept. of Nursing, Medical School, Chonnam National University) ;
- Suh, Young-Sook (Dept. of Nursing, Dongshin Junior College)
- Published : 1996.03.31
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of breast-feeding education program on the promotion of mothers's feeding compliance during the 4 months after childbirth. A nonequivalent control group posttest design was used. Eighty-nine pregnant women at their 32 more weeks of gestation receiving antenatal care at the Chonnam University Hospital Obstetrics Clinic were assigned to the experimental group. Control group was ninety-nine pregnant women over 32wks of gestation receiving antenatal care at the Kwangju Christianity Hospital Obstetric Clinic during the same period. Breast-feeding education program was introduced to the experimental group from antepartal visit to 4 months after childbirth. Data were collected primarily via telephone interview on the 7th day, the end of 1 month and the 4 months after childbirth respectively. The results showed that 1) the frequency of breast-feeding continuation promoting behaviors was higher in the experimental group than in the control group. 2) The rates of mothers' compliance during the 4 months after childbirth in the experimental group demonstrated a significant difference ; much higher rate of mothers' compliance than control group. Conclusively, the breast-feeding education program increase the rate of mothers' compliance and duration of breast-feeding.