2021
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0033
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Relatively speaking? Partners' and family members’ views and experiences of supporting breastfeeding: a systematic review of qualitative evidence

Abstract: This review aimed to synthesize qualitative evidence of views and experiences of partners and other family members who provided breastfeeding support for a relative. The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology for systematic reviews of qualitative evidence was followed. Seven databases: CINAHL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Scopus, Maternal and Infant Care, and Web of Science were searched. Partners and other family members (e.g. grandmothers, siblings) of women in any countries were included. Included papers w… Show more

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“…Mothers who plan to breastfeed and cannot are at increased risk of postnatal depression [14] and mothers who bottle feed often experience stigma [16,25,26]. Mothers who do breastfeed are also not spared the experience of psychosocial stress [25,35,36], for instance experiencing judgement for doing so in public as discussed by Chang et al in this issue [37]. Therefore, emotional support from mothers' social networks may also play an important role in the maternal subjective experience of infant feeding, particularly if she planned to breastfeed but then either did not or ceased to do so early on.…”
Section: (B) Emotional Support and Infant Feedingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Mothers who plan to breastfeed and cannot are at increased risk of postnatal depression [14] and mothers who bottle feed often experience stigma [16,25,26]. Mothers who do breastfeed are also not spared the experience of psychosocial stress [25,35,36], for instance experiencing judgement for doing so in public as discussed by Chang et al in this issue [37]. Therefore, emotional support from mothers' social networks may also play an important role in the maternal subjective experience of infant feeding, particularly if she planned to breastfeed but then either did not or ceased to do so early on.…”
Section: (B) Emotional Support and Infant Feedingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While what we present here is a significantly simplified version of science, we hope it helps some readers organize the knowledge presented in this issue. For example, Chang et al [49] in this issue take an exploratory approach by presenting a systematic review of the views and experiences of partners and family members who provided breastfeeding support [49], describing both similarities and differences in experiences across cultures. Following this, Myers et al in this issue take a confirmatory approach to test the hypothesis that different types of support from varying sources differentially influence breastfeeding duration and experience [13].…”
Section: How To Cross Disciplinary Bridgesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Many authors in this issue, us included, highlight the importance of non-maternal caregivers and extended social support across cultures. This includes fathers [13,23,44,49,57], grandmothers and other relatives [13,16,17,23,43,49], as well as non-kin in both informal and formal settings [16,18,23,31,58]. Second, we primarily focus on the individual-level and specific acts of support rather than wider supportive environments.…”
Section: Understanding This Theme Issuementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Numerous studies have investigated associations between social support and parental psychological condition and/or parenting style in contemporary industrialized societies (e.g. [10,13,[23][24][25][26]). For example, Yamaguchi et al [13] found that parental subjective well-being and parenting quality (measured here as parenting style with greater warmth and fewer abusive attitudes) were higher with the use of childcare facilities among Japanese mothers especially with lower levels of education.…”
Section: Introduction (A) Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%