Donor Breast Milk Banking: Knowledge and Attitudes of Iranian Mothers

Hosseinzadeh, Mina; Mirghafourvand, Mojgan; Sahebihagh, Mohammadhassan; Aghajari, Parvaneh; Denson, Vicki; Golsanamloo, Sima

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“…A well-designed educational program is crucial to improving breastfeeding mothers' knowledge and behavior regarding milk donation. Especially in Iran, some Muslim mothers may potentially avoid using DHM or donating their breastmilk because they may wrongly assume that milk donation can lead to milk kindship between infants or is not allowed in Islam even though milk donation is perfectly allowed and praised as a virtue in Islam, so they need to be informed about Islam Sharia related to milk donation (34). In addition, Iranian mothers have a positive attitude towards breastfeeding and the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among them is at a satisfactory level.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, it is expected that there will be an increase in the number of infants who are admitted to NICUs and, Increasing the number of milk banks and improving the behavior of milk donation are crucial in ensuring the survival and well-being of these infants. Reviewing the literature on the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of mothers regarding milk donation and milk banks has revealed that mothers often do not have enough knowledge about milk donation and HMBs, and especially in Iran, despite the favorable knowledge and positive attitude of women toward breastfeeding, the availability of information and education about milk bank to mothers is very limited and these data speak to the need for designing some educational interventions provided by health professionals in order to boost mothers' knowledge and promote factors that are important in behavior of breastmilk donation in order to encourage potential donor to donate their breast milk to HMBs (11,25,27,(32)(33)(34)(35) meanwhile, in regard to breastfeeding and milk donation, it seems that behavioral theory-based educational interventions have the ability to provide a useful framework to give essential information to mothers and improve their understanding on this subject (25,36). Thus, this quasi-experimental study seeks to assess whether the educational program based on theory of planned behavior (TPB) in uences breastfeeding mothers' decision to donate their breast milk.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Improving milk donation behavior through educational intervention based on the theory of planned behavior: Study protocol of a quasi-experimental trail

Sighaldeh

Moridi

Sabagh

et al. 2023

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Background: Breastfeeding mothers’ decision to donate their milk is influenced by their knowledge, attitude and subjective norms such as their family’s opinions on milk donation. In Iran, mothers have limited access to information and education about milk donation and milk banks. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate whether an educational program based on the theory of planned behavior affects breastfeeding mothers’ decision to donate their breast milk. Methods: this quasi-experimental study will enroll 66 breastfeeding mothers (intervention, n=33; control, n=33). After collecting baseline data, the intervention group will begin receiving a 60-minute weekly educational program based on TPB components for four weeks. The first follow-up assessment will be conducted immediately after the intervention, and the final one will be conducted 12 weeks later. The primary outcomes are the number of mothers who have donated their breast milk and changes in breastfeeding mothers’ knowledge, attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control about DHM and intention to milk donation. Discussion: A well-designed educational program can improve breastfeeding mothers’ knowledge and promote their behavioral factors regarding milk donation and can lead to a significant increase in the number of potential milk donors. Trial registration: irct.ir (IRCT20230124057203N1) registered February 14, 2023

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving milk donation behavior through educational intervention based on the theory of planned behavior: Study protocol of a quasi-experimental trail

Sighaldeh

Moridi

Sabagh

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…In Muslim countries, the development of HMB facilities has remained constrained in number and scale. 14,[16][17][18][19][20][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36] The Islamic tradition recognizes breast milk as the optimal source of nutrition for infants, but religious-ethical reservations have curtailed the enthusiasm to develop HMBs. 37 There are a few notable, pioneering HMBs in Turkey, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, and Malaysia.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…37 There are a few notable, pioneering HMBs in Turkey, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, and Malaysia. 24,25,33,35,38 Kuwait, Iran, and Malaysia have a few more facilities in planning. 25 There is a need for religious education so that the involved parties truly understand the message from the leaders.…”

Section: Human Milk Bank Movement I N T H E Islamic Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

Establishment of the First Religiously-compliant Human Milk Bank in Bangladesh

Maheshwari¹,

Shahidullah²,

Rahman³

et al. 2022

Newborn

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Human milk banks (HMBs) collect, screen, process, and dispense donated human milk (HM). There are more than 500 large HMBs in the world but only a few are functioning in Muslim countries, and that too on a limited scale. Human milk banks that are similar to those in the Western countries have been difficult to establish in Muslim countries as Islamic laws do not allow the consumption of unidentified donated milk from multiple donors. Human milk is known to be important for nutrition in premature and critically ill infants, and so there is a well-recognized need to develop religiously compliant and conditionally identified HMBs in Muslim countries. In these milk banks, every mother's milk is processed and stored separately, and the milk provided by one mother can be provided to an infant from a different family only after appropriately counseling both families about the Islamic laws of prohibition of future marriages between milk siblings. Documents related to these issues are provided to both families and data need to be maintained for future reference. In this article, we recount the educational, financial, and infrastructural challenges that we faced in establishing religiously-compliant HMB in Bangladesh. There is already a noticeable reduction in infant mortality in our region.

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“…Reviewing the literature on milk donation behavior has revealed that mothers often do not have enough knowledge about milk donation and HMBs, and especially in Iran, despite the favorable knowledge and positive attitudes of women toward breastfeeding, the availability of information and education about milk bank to mothers is very limited. Therefore, there is a need for educational interventions by health professionals to increase mothers’ knowledge and promote factors that influence milk donation behavior, and to encourage potential donors to donate their breast milk to HMBs [ 10 – 12 , 16 , 17 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Improving milk donation behavior through an educational intervention based on the theory of planned behavior: study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial

Shahbazi Sighaldeh,

Moridi,

Ghorban Sabagh

et al. 2023

Int Breastfeed J

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Background Breastfeeding mothers’ decisions to donate their milk is influenced by their knowledge, attitudes, and subjective norms such as their family’s opinions on milk donation. In Iran, women have favorable knowledge and positive attitudes toward breastfeeding, but they lack sufficient information and education about milk banks. With respect to current childbearing policies, an increase in the number of infants who will be admitted to neonatal intensive care units is expected. Accordingly, improving milk donation behavior, which requires mothers’ intention and ability to donate breast milk, is important for infants’ survival and well-being. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate whether an educational program based on the theory of planned behavior affects breastfeeding mothers’ decisions to donate their breast milk. Methods This cluster randomized controlled trial will be conducted in health centers affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences and will enroll 66 breastfeeding mothers (intervention, n = 33; control, n = 33). After collecting baseline data, the intervention group will begin receiving a 60-minute weekly educational program based on Theory of Planned Behavior components for four weeks. The first follow-up assessment will be conducted immediately after the intervention, and the final one will be conducted 12 weeks later. The primary outcomes are the number of mothers who have donated their breast milk and changes in breastfeeding mothers’ knowledge, attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control about donor human milk and intention to donate milk. Discussion This trial will evaluate if a well-designed educational program can improve breastfeeding mothers’ knowledge and promote their behavioral factors regarding milk donation and lead to a significant increase in the number of potential milk donors. Trial registration irct.ir (IRCT20230124057203N1) registered February 14, 2023.

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Donor Breast Milk Banking: Knowledge and Attitudes of Iranian Mothers

Cited by 7 publications

References 30 publications

Improving milk donation behavior through educational intervention based on the theory of planned behavior: Study protocol of a quasi-experimental trail

Improving milk donation behavior through educational intervention based on the theory of planned behavior: Study protocol of a quasi-experimental trail

Establishment of the First Religiously-compliant Human Milk Bank in Bangladesh

Improving milk donation behavior through an educational intervention based on the theory of planned behavior: study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial

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