Robinson Betty Ann, Hartrick Doane Gweneth
University of Victoria, Canada.
School of Nursing, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria BC V8W 2Y2, Canada.
Nurse Educ Pract. 2017 Sep;26:115-117. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2017.07.011. Epub 2017 Aug 1.
Health professionals supporting breastfeeding play an important role in women successfully achieving their breastfeeding goals. Instrumental knowledge has dominated health professionals' breastfeeding education and practice. Because breastfeeding is a contextual and embodied experience, a relational orientation is required to identify effective strategies to support women. A relational inquiry approach to breastfeeding practice offers a practical way to support women to better achieve their breastfeeding goals within the complexities of their own lives. Incorporating a relational inquiry approach to breastfeeding practice may assist health professionals to more effectively respond and engage with women in practice so that women's breastfeeding goals are protected; women's capacity and self-efficacy are promoted; and women feel and experience the support from health professionals that they require to be successful with breastfeeding.
支持母乳喂养的健康专业人员在女性成功实现母乳喂养目标方面发挥着重要作用。工具性知识主导着健康专业人员的母乳喂养教育和实践。由于母乳喂养是一种情境化和身体化的体验，需要一种关系导向来确定支持女性的有效策略。一种关于母乳喂养实践的关系性探究方法提供了一种切实可行的方式，以支持女性在其自身生活的复杂性中更好地实现母乳喂养目标。将关系性探究方法纳入母乳喂养实践可能有助于健康专业人员在实践中更有效地回应并与女性互动，从而保护女性的母乳喂养目标；提升女性的能力和自我效能感；让女性感受到并体验到她们成功进行母乳喂养所需的来自健康专业人员的支持。
