School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
Department of Kinesiology and Public Health and Center for Health Research, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.
J Nutr Educ Behav. 2024 May;56(5):342-350. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2024.01.009. Epub 2024 Mar 10.
To understand the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) counselor experiences discussing responsive bottle feeding during counseling and WIC participants' knowledge, understanding, and use of responsive bottle feeding.
Qualitative descriptive, semistructured interviews with 23 participants (8 WIC counselors and 15 WIC participants) were conducted online via Zoom. The WIC counselors and mothers of WIC-enrolled bottle-fed infants were recruited through a network of WIC clinics in North Carolina. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and collaboratively analyzed using content analysis.
The WIC participants received responsive infant feeding support from WIC counselors but often in the context of breastfeeding. WIC counselors provided valuable support for families but were challenged by limited training on responsive bottle feeding, balancing promoting breastfeeding with supporting mothers' feeding decisions, and time constraints.
Findings provide preliminary support for the need to develop and pilot an intervention focused on promoting responsive feeding for parents of bottle-fed infants.
了解妇女、婴儿和儿童特别补充营养计划（WIC）顾问在咨询中讨论响应式奶瓶喂养的经验，以及 WIC 参与者对响应式奶瓶喂养的知识、理解和使用情况。
采用定性描述性方法，对 23 名参与者（8 名 WIC 顾问和 15 名 WIC 参与者）进行了在线 Zoom 半结构式访谈。WIC 顾问和 WIC 注册奶瓶喂养婴儿的母亲通过北卡罗来纳州的 WIC 诊所网络招募。使用内容分析法对访谈进行记录、转录和协作分析。
WIC 参与者从 WIC 顾问那里获得了响应式婴儿喂养支持，但通常是在母乳喂养的背景下。WIC 顾问为家庭提供了有价值的支持，但受到响应式奶瓶喂养培训有限、平衡促进母乳喂养与支持母亲喂养决策以及时间限制的挑战。
研究结果初步支持需要开发和试点一项干预措施，重点是促进奶瓶喂养婴儿的父母进行响应式喂养。
