Korean Parent-Child Health Journal (부모자녀건강학회지)
- Volume 12 Issue 1
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- Pages.15-24
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- 2009
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- 1229-263X(pISSN)
A Study on Breastfeeding and Health Behavior of Breastfeeding Mothers
모유수유모의 모유수유 건강행위에 관한 연구
- Choi, So-Young (College of Nursing, Institute of Health Science, Gyeong-Sang National University) ;
- Yang, Young-Ok (Department of Nursing, Kaya University) ;
- Kwon, In-Soo (College of Nursing, Institute of Health Science, Gyeong-Sang National University) ;
- Kang, Young-Sil (College of Nursing, Institute of Health Science, Gyeong-Sang National University)
- Published : 2009.06.30
Abstract
Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the performance level of breastfeeding health behaviors and general characteristics of breastfeeding mothers related to breastfeeding health behaviors. Method: 123 breastfeeding mothers whose infants are between 5-7 months of age participated in this study. Data was collected during a Breastfeeding Infant Contest held in September 2007 in Changwon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do. Health behaviors related to breastfeeding were measured in Likert scale 5 including 20 questions developed by Park et al., and the collected data was analyzed with descriptive statistics, T-test and ANOVA using SPSS program. Result: The performance level on breastfeeding health behaviors scored