Center for Research and Studies on Culture and Society (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad, CIECS), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. PRIMAL (Asociación Cordobesa de Puericultura).
Arch Argent Pediatr. 2023 Oct 1;121(5):e202202799. doi: 10.5546/aap.2022-02799.eng. Epub 2023 Mar 23.
A timely and updated support from the health care team in the initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding is essential. It has been documented that some health care providers lack the skills to offer adequate guidance to nursing mothers, but there are no local surveys on their knowledge based on standardized instruments. Adapting a validated questionnaire would allow to investigate and compare these data with those of other countries, and support the implementation of necessary educational strategies. Our objective was to obtain an Argentine version of the Survey on Breastfeeding Knowledge (Encuesta de Conocimientos en Lactancia, ECoLa) through a cross-cultural adaptation process with linguists, breastfeeding experts, physicians, and nurses. Adequacy, equivalence, and comprehension were verified in the discourses of experts and authors and cognitive interviews. A version of the ECoLa equivalent to the original version was obtained, which was semantically and culturally adapted to Argentine health care providers.
医疗团队在母乳喂养的启动和维持中提供及时和最新的支持至关重要。有文献记载，一些医疗保健提供者缺乏足够的技能来为哺乳母亲提供适当的指导，但针对他们基于标准化工具的知识，目前还没有本地调查。采用经过验证的问卷可以调查和比较这些数据与其他国家的数据，并为实施必要的教育策略提供支持。我们的目标是通过语言学家、母乳喂养专家、医生和护士的跨文化适应过程，获得母乳喂养知识调查（Encuesta de Conocimientos en Lactancia，ECoLa）的阿根廷版本。在专家和作者的论述以及认知访谈中，对适宜性、等效性和理解性进行了验证。获得了与原始版本等效的 ECoLa 版本，该版本在语义和文化上适用于阿根廷的医疗保健提供者。
