‘Be our guest’: challenges and benefits of using ‘family conversations’ to collect qualitative data about infant feeding and parenting

Reid, Judy; Schmied, Virginia; Sheehan, Athena; Fenwick, Jennifer

doi:10.1111/jocn.12224

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“…Data for this study were drawn from a larger in-depth qualitative study funded by the Australian Research Council that aimed to ‘ascertain the potential impact that family and friends had on the early parenting experience and infant feeding decision-making of first-time mothers’. Data were collected using family conversations with 15 women from an outer metropolitan area of Sydney and their families or close social network participated in this study [38]. Overall there were 89 participants in the larger study.…”

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It’s okay to breastfeed in public but…

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Background Decisions about infant feeding are embedded and are continuously made within a woman’s social and cultural context. Despite the benefits of breastfeeding to both women and infants, and government policies and laws to protect and promote breastfeeding, breastfeeding in public remains a controversial issue. The purpose of this paper is to present findings from an Australian study that explored the perceptions and beliefs held by first time expectant mothers and their family and social networks towards breastfeeding in public. Methods This study collected data through fifteen family conversations to explore the views and beliefs of first time mothers and those in her social network towards breastfeeding. Breastfeeding in public was discussed in nine of the family conversations with 50 individual people contributing. We used a process of a descriptive contextual analysis drawing out specific elements of the family conversations to identify an underlying ideology around breastfeeding in public within these groups. Results The analysis focused on four key elements of the conversations. These included the descriptions of the event, the actions, the locations and feelings of the dominant players. Descriptions of the event outlined different beliefs and feelings related to breastfeeding in public and whether it should occur at all. Suggestions for not breastfeeding in public were timing your outings so feeding could take place at home, expressing breastmilk or using the dummy. When breastfeeding in public was considered acceptable, there were requisite social norms. Breastfeeding in public requires women to be discrete and covered-up, so as not to expose her breast. She is also required to feed in an appropriate place to avoid discomforting others, guard against judgement, and to protect herself from the unwanted male gaze. Conclusions Our findings suggest that controversy remains as to whether breastfeeding should occur in public at all. Even where breastfeeding in public is seen as a woman’s choice, there are social rules that govern how it should be undertaken to make it an ‘appropriate’ activity. As a result, women need to take responsibility for others feelings, minimise the discomfort of others and ‘keep themselves safe’ if and when they breastfeed in public spaces.

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“…The family conversations were audio-recorded and later transcribed. An earlier paper describes the family conversations as a method of data collection in more depth [38]. All names in the data have been changed to protect the participants’ confidentiality.…”

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“…The aim is not to just gather material; it is a question of respecting other people's lives. The importance of debriefing the total experience afterwards is realised by researchers in various of studies [4,5]. Aurini JD, et al [3] state also that researchers will often have to work around the participants' schedule and location preferences, which may or may not be ideal from a convenience, safety, interview quality, or recording quality standpoint.…”

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“…For both interviewer and interviewee influence the interview, stage can include understanding, exploration, co-operation, and participation [2]. In any research project researchers are involved in different kinds of ethical questions [3,4,5]. Sorsa M, et al [6] state that adequately skilled and experienced researchers are required to practise semistructured qualitative research interviews.…”

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Conducting Home Interviews – Possible to Learn and Deepen Understanding on Some Practical and Ethical Issues

Heinonen¹,

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2018

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Background: The systematic literature and knowledge review reveals that it is important to discuss home interviews practical and ethical questions. This research uses a hermeneutic phenomenological research approach. Aim: To describe some practical and ethical issues in conducting home interviews as exemplified by multiple-birth families. Participants and Research Context: The data consists of open-form interviews with multiple-birth family parents (12 mothers and 7 fathers), the documents they sent in writing thereafter, and the researcher's notes. The authentic context yielded rich data on parents' experiences. Ethics approval for this research was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the University Hospital and the relevant health care organizations. Results: A face-to-face in-person interview in the participant's own area gives a good possibility to have rich data and to see non-verbal communication. The lifeworld of the parent of multiples can be described as "a state of constant vigilance", "ensuring that they can continue to cope", and "opportunities to share with other people". Discussion: Ethical questions are important in every situation throughout the whole research process. These questions involve visiting participants' homes, having oral and written consent, respecting interaction with them and their children's safety, and knowing and respecting guidelines. Gathering data at home needs strong ethics, high sensitivity, flexibility, and enough time. Careful planning is needed also for safety, especially that of children. Conclusion: Home interviews are specific situations that require effective communication between the researcher and participants. It means that the researcher needs to prepare for the situation carefully, concentrate, and harness all of their senses. Supervisor support providing discussion and the opportunity to reflect on the researcher's experience is important. Simulation pedagogy could support researchers' skills and lead to mutual learning.

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“…Dentre os estudos caracterizados como quantitativos e qualitativos, foi encontrado um estudo com crianças de 0 a 59 meses e seus familiares, tendo como objetivos: contribuir na avaliação da efetividade da Cartilha: "Toda Hora é Hora de Cuidar"; analisar a percepção dos familiares sobre os temas discutidos pela cartilha; identificar a aceitação da cartilha pela população atendida; caracterizar a compreensão pelos familiares sobre os conceitos que subjazem os temas das Cartilhas. Este estudo utilizou para coleta de dados um formulário com perguntas abertas para análise qualitativa, e perguntas fechadas para a análise quantitativa, adotando ainda o software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences -SPSS para organização e análise dos dados (18) . No panorama dos estudos qualitativos é possível observar o predomínio de técnicas e instrumentos com participação ativa dos sujeitos numa dialética que possibilite compreender as questões da promoção da saúde familial com olhar ampliado para as questões de saúde.…”

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A promoção da saúde familial no quotidiano da atenção primária: uma revisão integrativa

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RESUMOObjetivo: Este estudo tem como objetivo conhecer e analisar a produção do conhecimento sobre a promoção da saúde familial desenvolvida pela enfermagem nos últimos 10 anos. Métodos: Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa de literatura, nas bases de dados LILACS (Literatura Latino-Americana em Ciências da Saúde), IBECS (Índice Bibliográfico Espanhol de Ciências da Saúde) e MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online), utilizando os descritores Promoção da Saúde, Enfermagem Familiar, Atenção Primária à Saúde. Foram selecionados artigos completos de pesquisa, revisões integrativas e relatos de experiências nos idiomas português, inglês e espanhol, no período de 2004 a 2014, totalizando 281 artigos, posteriormente, prosseguiu-se a um total de 12 artigos, considerando o objetivo deste trabalho. Resultados: A produção do conhecimento sobre a Promoção da Saúde Familial desenvolvida pela Enfermagem nos últimos 10 anos é limitada em todo mundo. O Enfermeiro de família é o profissional que está mais próximo do contexto familiar, social e comunitário, em relação às outras especialidades da enfermagem e o cuidado para a Promoção da Saúde perpassa todos os estágios do ciclo de vida familiar. Porém, apenas um estudo define o que é o enfermeiro de família e é apontada críticas às normas e políticas de saúde no Brasil dentro da atenção primária à saúde. Conclusão: A Promoção da Saúde Familial dentro do contexto da Atenção Primária à Saúde é uma área emergente no Brasil e no mundo e vem ganhando espaço dentro das políticas públicas de saúde, levando a reorientação do modelo de atenção à saúde. O Enfermeiro no quotidiano da atenção primária executa diferentes ações, em diversos cenários como escola, comunidade e serviço, porém é preciso investir mais na sua formação e qualificação, adotando-se métodos de ensino participativos, incentivando a criação de instrumentos que mostrem como o Enfermeiro tem trabalhado, possibilitando a valorização e o reconhecimento deste profissional.

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‘Be our guest’: challenges and benefits of using ‘family conversations’ to collect qualitative data about infant feeding and parenting

Cited by 4 publications

References 26 publications

It’s okay to breastfeed in public but…

It’s okay to breastfeed in public but…

Conducting Home Interviews – Possible to Learn and Deepen Understanding on Some Practical and Ethical Issues

A promoção da saúde familial no quotidiano da atenção primária: uma revisão integrativa

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