Negative attitudes &amp; misinformation to breastfeeding among young generation in a nursing program

Khriesat, Wadah; Ismaile, Samantha

doi:10.21767/amj.2017.3177

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“…The difference in the results obtained with this study could be because of the scoring system used. The story is not too different for other affiliated health students [28]. This is also comparable to what seen in practicing health practitioners by Hillenbrand et al [47] where they found that the average knowledge of breastfeeding by the Paediatric and Medicine resident physicians was 69%.…”

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confidence: 73%

“…The studies that were interventional, all showed an improvement in the knowledge and attitude of the students towards breastfeeding after educational sessions with videos, power points, lectures and counselling on breastfeeding. Wada et al [28] in their study also showed that the negative attitudes of the nursing students towards breastfeeding was because of lack of knowledge.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…However, health professionals, do not always receive adequate breastfeeding education during their foundational education programme to effectively help mothers. Studies done on the knowledge, attitude and practice of medical and nursing students from different parts of the world showed that a lot more need to be done in educating and building the capacity of health professionals [26][27][28][29][30]. The knowledge of the students was mostly average and they were low for those in preclinical school.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Knowledge, Attitude and Intending Practice on Breastfeeding Among Clinical Medical Students in Bingham University Teaching Hospital, Jos

Shehu¹

2019

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Background: Breastfeeding is a basic human activity, vital to infant and maternal health. A good breastfeeding advice from health professionals can influence a mother's decision to initiate and maintain breastfeeding positively. This study is aimed at assessing clinical medical students' knowledge, attitudes and intending practice towards breastfeeding. Method: Consecutive sampling method was used. Results: Knowledge on the definition of the term EBF was correct in 120 (69.4%) of the students, 47 (27.2%) of them got it wrong while 6 (3.45) did not known the definition of EBF. The early advantages of EBF was known by over 70% of the students and the contraindications to BF was gotten by over 60% of the students. The students' knowledge about some false notion on not giving EBM to sick babies, cause of nipple crack and inadequacy of BF for twin deliveries were good with over 70% of them knowing the right thing concerning these. The attitude of the students towards BF was very good with over 80% of them having good attitude towards BF, however 16 (9.3%) will not BF for two years because they believe that it will make their breast to sag, while 23 (13.3) did not know if that is true and 62 (77.5%) disagree with the statement. The intending practice of BF was generally good among the students with over 90% agreeing to do initiate BF within 6 hours of delivery and practicing EBF for 6 months. The intending practice of BF was generally good among the students with over 90% agreeing to initiate BF within 6 hours of delivery and practicing EBF for 6 months. The major factors influencing decisions for EBF includes WHO recommendations 108 (48.6%) out of 222 multiple responses, closely followed by mothers who are still in school for further studies 59 (26.6%). Family advice was the least factor with only 2 (0.9%). The major factors influencing decisions for termination of breastfeeding includes WHO recommendations 75 (35.0%) out of 222 multiple responses, closely followed by mothers who are still in school for further studies 44 (20.6%. Family advice was the least factor with only 4 (1.9%). Conclusion. The knowledge, attitude and intending practice on BF by the students were good, but more needs to be done in the area of knowledge because they are the future doctors who will play an important role in educating the society on breastfeeding.

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Knowledge, Attitude and Intending Practice on Breastfeeding Among Clinical Medical Students in Bingham University Teaching Hospital, Jos

Shehu¹

2019

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“…suggest, students' knowledge of breastfeeding is lacking (Dinour & Bai, 2019;Nahla et al, 2012;Spear, 2006). Those who have received breastfeeding education tend to be more knowledgeable, however, misconceptions are still common (Kang et al, 2005;Khriesat & Ismaile, 2017). As well, many university students have negative IHTP, 2(3), 371-384, 2022 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 ISSN 2563-9269 attitudes toward breastfeeding (Ebrahim et al, 2011;Khriesat & Ismaile, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Studies across Canada (Fairbrother & Stanger-Ross, 2010), China (Lou et al, 2014), India, (Padmanabham et al, 2016, Israel (Natan et al, 2008), Jordan (Al-Ali et al, 2013;Hatamleh et al, 2018;Nahla et al, , 2012); Korea (Kang et al, 2005), Kuwait (Ebrahim, et al, 2011), Lebanon andSyria (Hamade et al, 2014), Nigeria (Ogunba & Agwa, 2014), Saudi Arabia (Khresheh, 2020;Khriesat Ismaile, 2017), and the USA (Cheianu-Marshall Ford & Rainville, 2018;Dinour & Bai, 2019;Dodgson et al, Choi, 2014;Kavanagh et al, 2012;Marrone et al, 2008;Spear, 2006) have assessed breastfeeding knowledge and attitudes of university students.…”

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Examining students’ knowledge of infant feeding: A non-experimental descriptive study

Abbass‐Dick¹,

Chyzzy²,

McCutcheon³

et al. 2022

Int Health Trends & Persp

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Introduction: Breastfeeding rates in Canada are suboptimal, putting mothers and their infants’ health at risk. Understanding breastfeeding knowledge and attitudes in the university student population is important as many are likely to become parents in the future. University students’ knowledge and attitudes regarding infant feeding has been studied internationally; however, no studies including both female and male students have been conducted in Canada. The purpose of this study was to determine breastfeeding experiences, education, knowledge, infant feeding attitude and perceptions of the difference in mode of infant feeding among university students which can be used to inform future health promotion campaigns and school curriculum. Methods: A non-experimental, descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in which data from university students was collected to to identify knowledge and attitude toward breastfeeding identify differences in knowledge of breast and bottle feeding. Results: Findings suggest 65% (n=117) of university students had no previous knowledge of breastfeeding practices. Conclusion: Breastfeeding information within the high school curriculum is needed to support evidence-informed preconception infant feeding choices and increase future parents' understanding of how breastfeeding works to assist them in meeting their future infant feeding goals and increase breastfeeding rates.

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What knowledge of breastfeeding do nursing students hold and what are the factors influencing this knowledge: An integrative literature review

Bowdler

Moroney

Nielsen

et al. 2022

Nurse Education in Practice

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Negative attitudes & misinformation to breastfeeding among young generation in a nursing program

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

Knowledge, Attitude and Intending Practice on Breastfeeding Among Clinical Medical Students in Bingham University Teaching Hospital, Jos

Knowledge, Attitude and Intending Practice on Breastfeeding Among Clinical Medical Students in Bingham University Teaching Hospital, Jos

Examining students’ knowledge of infant feeding: A non-experimental descriptive study

What knowledge of breastfeeding do nursing students hold and what are the factors influencing this knowledge: An integrative literature review

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