Effects of a Family Involvement for Promoting Breastfeeding Program on Family’s Breastfeeding Perceptions and Postpartum Mothers’ Perceptions on Family Support for Breastfeeding
Keywords:
Breastfeeding, family involvement, perception, family supportAbstract
This quasi-experimental study aimed to test the effects of family involvement in a breastfeeding promotion program on family’s breastfeeding perceptions and postpartum mothers’ perceptions of family support for breastfeeding. Participants were postpartum mothers and who had been admitted at Trang hospital and their families. The twenty-five participants were randomly divided into control and experimental groups. The experimental group received the family breastfeeding promotion program from July through October 2019. The control group received regular care. At the end of the program, both groups were assessed using the perceptions of breastfeeding questionnaire and the family support for breastfeeding questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and t-tests.
Findings showed that, after the program, the mean scores of family’s breastfeeding perceptions were significantly higher in the experimental group than in the control group (p < .05). However, there was no significant difference between the groups in terms of the mean scores of family support for breastfeeding. Therefore, in order to encourage breastfeeding by postpartum mothers, families should be involved in promoting breastfeeding at all stages of pregnancy.
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