Coreil J, Bryant C A, Westover B J, Bailey D
J Hum Lact. 1995 Dec;11(4):265-71. doi: 10.1177/089033449501100411.
Health care providers are the most influential and trusted source of information about breastfeeding, yet many are neither prepared nor able to provide good breastfeeding counseling to their clients. This paper reports findings on low-income mothers' and on providers' perceptions of professional breastfeeding counseling. Data collection included focus group discussions with mothers recruited from public health department clinics in the Southeast USA and who were stratified by age, parity, rural/urban residence and feeding method, and focus groups and individual interviews were conducted with health care providers from the same geographic area. The results of the study indicate a gap between the promotion and support processes for breastfeeding, and point to areas where breastfeeding counseling can be strengthened.
医疗保健提供者是关于母乳喂养最具影响力和最值得信赖的信息来源，但许多人既没有准备好也没有能力为他们的客户提供良好的母乳喂养咨询。本文报告了关于低收入母亲以及提供者对专业母乳喂养咨询看法的研究结果。数据收集包括与从美国东南部公共卫生部门诊所招募的母亲进行焦点小组讨论，这些母亲按年龄、胎次、农村/城市居住情况和喂养方式进行了分层，并且与来自同一地理区域的医疗保健提供者进行了焦点小组讨论和个人访谈。研究结果表明母乳喂养的推广和支持过程之间存在差距，并指出了可以加强母乳喂养咨询的领域。
