TY - JOUR
T1 - Are fathers prepared to encourage their partners to breast feed? A study about fathers' knowledge of breast feeding
AU - Giugliani, E. R.J.
AU - Bronner, Y.
AU - Caiaffa, W. T.
AU - Vogelhut, J.
AU - Witter, F. R.
AU - Perman, J. A.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - In order to study fathers' knowledge of breast feeding and its relationship with paternal factors, fathers of 92 breast feeding and 89 non-breast feeding newborns were compared. Paternal factors included previous children and the way they were fed, participation in prenatal care, attendance at prenatal classes, breast feeding information provided by health professionals, use of reading materials and interest in learning more about the subject. The results indicated that fathers had poor knowledge about breast feeding, especially those whose children were being bottle fed. After adjustments for confounders, fathers who had previous breast-fed child(ren), had attended prenatal classes and who received information about breast feeding from medical personnel had a significantly higher chance of having a better knowledge of breast feeding. It seems that fathers need to be better prepared to assume their new role as breast feeding supporters. Prenatal care was shown to be a good opportunity to improve fathers' knowledge of breast feeding.
AB - In order to study fathers' knowledge of breast feeding and its relationship with paternal factors, fathers of 92 breast feeding and 89 non-breast feeding newborns were compared. Paternal factors included previous children and the way they were fed, participation in prenatal care, attendance at prenatal classes, breast feeding information provided by health professionals, use of reading materials and interest in learning more about the subject. The results indicated that fathers had poor knowledge about breast feeding, especially those whose children were being bottle fed. After adjustments for confounders, fathers who had previous breast-fed child(ren), had attended prenatal classes and who received information about breast feeding from medical personnel had a significantly higher chance of having a better knowledge of breast feeding. It seems that fathers need to be better prepared to assume their new role as breast feeding supporters. Prenatal care was shown to be a good opportunity to improve fathers' knowledge of breast feeding.
KW - Breast feeding knowledge
KW - Breast feeding support
KW - Father's support
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1994.tb18264.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1994.tb18264.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 7841723
AN - SCOPUS:0028143509
SN - 0803-5253
VL - 83
SP - 1127
EP - 1131
JO - Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics
JF - Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics
IS - 11
ER -