School of Health, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.
Qual Health Res. 2013 May;23(5):679-88. doi: 10.1177/1049732313481641. Epub 2013 Mar 19.
We critically review qualitative research studies conducted from 2000 to 2012 exploring Western mothers' breastfeeding experiences. We used the search criteria "breastfeeding," "qualitative," and "experiences" to retrieve 74 qualitative research studies, which were reduced to 28 when the terms "existential'' and "research'' were applied. We found that the impact of technology and the pervasive worldwide marketing of infant formula devalued breastfeeding mothers' narratives in a number of ways. Women's bodies were viewed as machine-like objects and the breast was seen as a disembodied object. Dominated by technological narrative, women's bodies were considered unpredictable and hormonal, needing to be managed by health care professionals. This means the disseminating breastfeeding discourse needs to be reinterpreted for practical use. We found that some of the researchers utilized narrative informed by phenomenological philosophy that appears to edge closer to understanding mothers' experiences in a more profound way than nonphenomenological research. However, we need to be mindful of the transparency of terms in replacing one form of technological narrative with another.
我们批判性地回顾了 2000 年至 2012 年期间进行的探索西方母亲母乳喂养经验的定性研究。我们使用了“母乳喂养”、“定性”和“经验”的搜索标准，检索到了 74 篇定性研究，当应用“存在主义”和“研究”这两个术语时，数量减少到了 28 篇。我们发现，技术的影响和婴儿配方奶粉在全球范围内的广泛营销，以多种方式贬低了母乳喂养母亲的叙述。女性的身体被视为机器般的物体，乳房被视为没有实体的物体。受技术叙事的支配，女性的身体被认为是不可预测的和荷尔蒙的，需要由医疗保健专业人员来管理。这意味着需要重新解释传播母乳喂养的论述，以便实际使用。我们发现，一些研究人员利用了受现象学哲学启发的叙事，这似乎比非现象学研究更能深刻地理解母亲的经验。然而，我们需要注意术语的透明度，避免用另一种技术叙事来取代。
