Heidari Zeinab, Kohan Shahnaz, Keshvari Mahrokh
Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Centre, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2017 May 5;6:33. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_34_16. eCollection 2017.
The positive effect of breastfeeding on health is globally accepted. However, breastfeeding has not yet practiced at a favorite level. Empowerment of mothers is an important factor for continuing breastfeeding. This study was conducted to explore women's perception of empowerment in breastfeeding.
The present qualitative study was conducted in conventional content analysis method. Thirty-four semi-structured deep interviews were conducted with 18 mothers, four key family members, and 12 other personnel involved in breastfeeding counseling services.
Analysis of participants' descriptions led to the emergence of five main categories: Enough knowledge and skill for breastfeeding, feeling adequacy in breastfeeding, overcoming breastfeeding problems, informed belief in the value of breastfeeding, and perceiving comprehensive support for breastfeeding.
In participants' point of view, empowerment in breastfeeding can be formed through an acquisition of "Enough knowledge and skill for breastfeeding" as well as assurance about the proper quality and quantity of mother's milk. As well as overcoming breastfeeding problems will lead to stabilization empowerment in breastfeeding. In addition, data analysis showed that informed belief in the value of breastfeeding strengthens the empowerment in breastfeeding and presence of perceived comprehensive support for breastfeeding facilitates empowerment in breastfeeding continuance. Thus, comprehensive plans should be designing for promoting breastfeeding.
母乳喂养对健康的积极影响已得到全球认可。然而，母乳喂养尚未达到理想的水平。母亲赋权是持续母乳喂养的一个重要因素。本研究旨在探讨女性对母乳喂养中赋权的认知。
本定性研究采用传统内容分析法进行。对18名母亲、4名主要家庭成员以及12名参与母乳喂养咨询服务的其他人员进行了34次半结构化深度访谈。
对参与者描述的分析得出了五个主要类别：具备足够的母乳喂养知识和技能、对母乳喂养感到自信、克服母乳喂养问题、对母乳喂养价值的明智信念以及感受到对母乳喂养的全面支持。
在参与者看来，母乳喂养中的赋权可以通过获得“足够的母乳喂养知识和技能”以及确保母乳的质量和数量适当来形成。此外，克服母乳喂养问题将导致母乳喂养中赋权的稳定。此外，数据分析表明，对母乳喂养价值的明智信念增强了母乳喂养中的赋权，而感受到对母乳喂养的全面支持有助于母乳喂养持续中的赋权。因此，应制定全面计划以促进母乳喂养。
