Public Health Nurses’ Competence Related to Long‐Term Breastfeeding in the Context of Maternity and Child Health Clinics
Oona Ojantausta,
Niina Pöyhönen,
Marja Kaunonen
et al.
Abstract:AimTo explore public health nurses' competence (namely knowledge, skills, and attitudes) in relation to long‐term breastfeeding and their experience of the need for additional training on the subject.DesignThe study design was quantitative, descriptive, and cross‐sectional.SamplePublic health nurses (n = 270).MethodsData were collected with the Long‐Term Breastfeeding Competence Scale (LBCS) online survey. Data analysis was done with Spearman's correlation analysis and binary logistic regression analysis.Resul… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.