Infant-feeding attitudes of expectant mothers in Northern Ireland

Sittlington, Julie; Stewart-Knox, Barbara J.; Wright, Marion E.; Bradbury, Ian; Jordan, Scott

doi:10.1093/her/cyl113

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“…This finding consistent with studies done in United States (Persad & Mensinger, 2008), United Kingdom (Shaker, Scott, & Reid, 2004), Ireland (Sittlington, Stewart-Knox, Wright, Bradbury, & Scott, 2007), Canada (Twells et al, 2014) and Korea (Kang, Choi, Hyun, & Lee, 2015) who found that breastfeeding intention is associated with positive breastfeeding attitudes.…”

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Predictors of Breastfeeding Intention in Malaysia

Hamid¹,

Hc²,

Binns³

2017

E-BPJ

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Breastfeeding is linked to a number of health related benefits among infants. Breastfeeding provides the ideal nutrition for infants, by promoting a higher IQ and protecting against childhood and adult diseases. Despite these health benefits, the rates of exclusive breastfeeding are still low in Malaysia. Intention to breastfeed is closely related to early initiation to breastfeed and could also be a predictor of longer duration of breastfeeding. The objectives of this study are to provide a descriptive analysis of the sociodemographic characteristics, breastfeeding intention and breastfeeding attitudes and determine predictors affecting breastfeeding intention among low-to-middle income women. A prospective cohort study was undertaken of mothers attending eight antenatal clinics run by the Ministry of Health in Selangor, Malaysia. Mothers were recruited during the antenatal period and followed up until six months postpartum to document breastfeeding outcomes. Among 652 mothers in our study, exclusive breastfeeding, mixed feeding, and exclusive formula feeding intentions were 49.6%, 46.3%, and 9.0%, respectively. Age, maternal employment, maternal education, parity, pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), breastfeeding attitude, spouse's preference, grandmother's preference and breastfeeding experience had significant relationship with breastfeeding intention (p< 0.05). However, further analysis showed that breastfeeding intention was associated with positive breastfeeding attitudes, older age, greater years of education, being housewives, having partner and family support for breastfeeding and grandmothers' breastfeeding experience. These findings suggest that by providing breastfeeding initiatives towards less educated, young mothers who lack breastfeeding support from their loved ones may improve breastfeeding rates. IntroductionBreastmilk is the most complete nutrition for infants (Gartner et al., 2005). Breastfeeding provides significant protective effect towards various childhood diseases to the infants in the short term and beyond (Binns, Lee, & Low, 2016;Horta & Victora, 2013). Infants who were not breastfeeding may expose to higher risks of infectious morbidity, as well as associated with increased risks of childhood obesity, leukemia, type I and II diabetes and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDs) (Stuebe, 2009). Breastfeeding intention is a significant predictor of positive breastfeeding outcomes, having an intention to breastfeed linked to early initiation and longer duration of breastfeeding (Donath & Amir, 2003;Mitra, Khoury, Hinton, & Carothers, 2004;Tarrant, Younger, Sheridan-Pereira, White, & Kearney, 2010a). Intention is an immediate precursor of behaviour and is defined as the perception of an individual towards performance of a particular behaviour (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1980). In this study breastfeeding intention was defined as the degree of confidence about practising optimal breastfeeding behaviour. Intention to breastfeed is closely related to early initiation to breastfeed and could al...

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Predictors of Breastfeeding Intention in Malaysia

Hamid¹,

Hc²,

Binns³

2017

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“…Also, although it was explained that participation in the study would not affect services received in the clinic, results could be more positive toward breastfeeding because participants were giving socially acceptable answers. 19 However, if participants were truly reacting to the environment and survey, we would have expected even higher mean composite scores than observed. Also, in creating a total IIFAS score, each question is treated equally, and it is possible that some items may have more predictive value than others.…”

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“…[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] In Scotland, Scott et al 17 and Shaker et al 18 administered the IIFAS to a sample of low-income expectant women and their partners and found it to be valid in predicting feeding choice. The IIFAS also was found to have acceptable reliability and validity in its Croatian, Romanian, and Chinese translations.…”

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“…11,12 The exception is the Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Scale (IIFAS), developed to examine the relationships among mothers' attitudes, intentions, and breastfeeding outcomes, which was tested with men in Scotland. [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] The purpose of this research was (1) to examine infant feeding attitudes among pregnant, low-income women and their male partners and (2) to determine how partner attitudes influence infant feeding intentions. The hypothesis was that mother's and partner's attitudes, as measured by the IIFAS, are correlated and that both are associated with intended method of infant feeding.…”

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Breastfeeding Attitudes: Association Between Maternal and Male Partner Attitudes and Breastfeeding Intent

Mitchell‐Box

Braun

Hurwitz

et al. 2013

Breastfeeding Medicine

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Breastfeeding is considered the best infant feeding method, yet initiation and duration rates in the United States are lower than recommended by medical and public health professionals. Positive attitudes toward breastfeeding of the male partner are important in a mother's success at initiating and maintaining breastfeeding. This study measured the infant feeding attitudes of low-income women and their male partners using the Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Scale (IIFAS), investigated the reliability and validity of the measure in male partners, and examined the associations of the partner's attitudes with the mother's attitudes and intention to breastfeed. A convenience sample of 112 pregnant women and their male partners completed a survey including sociodemographic items, the IIFAS, and their intended infant feeding method in the hospital and in the first few weeks after the infant's birth (breastfeeding, formula feeding, mixed, and don't know). Mother's and partner's IIFAS scores were highly correlated, and higher scores of both mothers and partners were significantly associated with their intentions to breastfeed. With each increased point on mother's and partner's IIFAS scores, the odds that the mother and her partner intended to breastfeed in the first few weeks increased 12% and 20%, respectively. This is the first U.S. study to validate the IIFAS with male partners. Future research on breastfeeding attitudes and attitude-changing interventions is needed to see if improving partners' attitudes toward breastfeeding will also improve mothers' attitudes and if that increases initiation and duration of breastfeeding.

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“…The IIFAS has been tested with various populations, such as postpartum women, health visitors, fathers, pregnant women, and university students. The psychometric data from reliability studies indicated that the IIFAS of Cronbach's ␣ ranges from .79 in Northern Ireland (Sittlington, Stewart-Knox, Wright, Bradbury, & Scott, 2007) to .86 in the United States (De La Mora & Russell, 1999) and .89 in Scotland (Dungy et al, 2008). The IIFAS shows that it is predictive of the choice of infant feeding methods as measured by behavioral intention, and it is also predictive of the actual feeding behavior as measured by the duration of breastfeeding.…”

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Attitudes of High School and Vocational School Students Toward Breastfeeding in Taiwan

Ho¹,

Yu²

2014

J Perinat Educ

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Infant feeding decisions depend on breastfeeding attitudes. This study examined the high school and the vocational school students' attitudes toward breastfeeding. The descriptive cross-section survey was applied. A stratifi ed random sample of 1,319 male and female students was carried out. The results revealed that female students were more positive than male students in breastfeeding attitudes. Of the female students, 34.7%( n ϭ 458) reported that they will plan to breastfeed, and 29% ( n ϭ 382) male students indicated that they will encourage breastfeeding. Moreover, two-thirds (60.7%, n ϭ 801) of the participants favored the inclusion of breastfeeding information in the school curriculum. Findings from this study suggest that breastfeeding information needs to be addressed earlier among adolescent students to increase positive breastfeeding attitudes.The Journal of Perinatal Education, 23 (2), 89-95, http://dx

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Infant-feeding attitudes of expectant mothers in Northern Ireland

Cited by 84 publications

References 17 publications

Predictors of Breastfeeding Intention in Malaysia

Predictors of Breastfeeding Intention in Malaysia

Breastfeeding Attitudes: Association Between Maternal and Male Partner Attitudes and Breastfeeding Intent

Attitudes of High School and Vocational School Students Toward Breastfeeding in Taiwan

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