Effects of a Breastfeeding Promotion, Support, and Protection Program for Registered Nurses in the Northern Thailand
Keywords:
Program, Breastfeeding, Registered nurse, Knowledge, AttitudeAbstract
Breastfeeding has benefits to both child and mother, including benefits to society and nation as it is an initiation of health promotion and improving the quality of life for the population. In Thailand, breastfeeding has been promoted for a longer period of time but the exclusive breastfeeding rate is still lower than other countries. Nurses play an important role in the breastfeeding promotion, support, and protection. This quasi-experimental research using one group pretest-posttest design aimed to examine the effects of a breastfeeding promotion, support, and protection program for registered nurses in Northern Thailand. The participants were 66 registered nurses working in public hospitals located in Northern Thailand whose practices were relevant to breastfeeding. A total of 66 registered nurses participating in the training program were included in this study without sample size calculation as it was the target number of participants defined by the grantor and the Thailand Nursing and Midwifery Council. The research instruments consisted of a manual for trainers and additional materials which were created by a production team and nursing instructors from five universities. The data collection tools consisted of 1) the questionnaire assessing nurses' knowledge of breastfeeding promotion, support, and protection produced by Parnnarat Sangperm (2014) and 2) the questionnaire assessing nurses’ attitude of breastfeeding promotion, support, and protection produced by Parnnarat Sangperm (2014). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and repeated measures of ANOVA.
The results of study showed that:
- Immediately after attending the program, the mean knowledge score and the mean attitude score of the registered nurses was significantly higher than that of before attending the program (p < 0.05).
- At 6 months after attending the program, the mean knowledge score and the mean attitude score of the registered nurses was significantly higher than that of before attending the program (p < 0.05).
The findings of this study reveals that breastfeeding promotion, support, and protection program can be used as guidelines for the improvement of nurses’ knowledge and attitude in order to enhance the competency in the promotion of breastfeeding.
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