1Marija Čatipović Specialist Pediatric Dispensary, Bjelovar, Croatia; 2Feniks Institute for Health Care, Bjelovar, Croatia; 3UNICEF Office for Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia.
Acta Clin Croat. 2021 Dec;60(4):569-578. doi: 10.20471/acc.2021.60.04.02.
Breastfeeding attitudes are already being formed in the years of preadolescence-adolescence, which means that the educational program should be focused on this age group. For this purpose, many authors suggest that school should be used as an established educational institution and therefore they are developing different education programs. The authors offered an educational program adapted to the cultural, sociological, legal, health, and other specificities of the community to which the students belong. A questionnaire on breastfeeding intentions and knowledge was used to measure the long-term effects of education (after 6 months) in 155 students. They were divided into two groups: experimental (n=101, Grammar School students) and control (n=54, Bjelovar High School students) groups. The experimental group underwent breastfeeding education program, while control group did not. The study was approved by the Ministry of Education and Science, and co-operation with schools was approved by the School Ethics Committees. Six months after educational intervention, students in the experimental group had significantly improved their breastfeeding intentions and knowledge compared to baseline measurement (before intervention). However, 6 months after the education, their knowledge and intentions were less positive than shortly after education, as described in a previous report. The authors suggest that a team of experts be gathered to design a structured educational program that would be interesting to secondary school students. This program should also be adapted to students' age and interest.
母乳喂养的态度已经在青春期前和青春期形成，这意味着教育计划应该针对这个年龄段。为此，许多作者建议学校应该被用作一个既定的教育机构，因此他们正在开发不同的教育计划。作者提供了一个适应学生所属社区的文化、社会学、法律、健康和其他特定性的教育计划。使用母乳喂养意愿和知识问卷来衡量 155 名学生的教育（6 个月后）的长期效果。他们被分为两组：实验组（n=101，文法学校学生）和对照组（n=54，比耶洛瓦尔高中学生）。实验组接受母乳喂养教育计划，而对照组则没有。该研究得到了教育和科学部的批准，与学校的合作也得到了学校伦理委员会的批准。教育干预 6 个月后，实验组学生的母乳喂养意愿和知识与基线测量（干预前）相比有显著提高。然而，正如之前的报告所述，教育 6 个月后，他们的知识和意愿不如教育后不久那么积极。作者建议召集一个专家组来设计一个对中学生有吸引力的结构化教育计划。该计划还应适应学生的年龄和兴趣。
