The Relationships between Attitudes, Perceived Benefits, Perceived Barriers, and Breastfeeding Behaviors among Postpartum Adolescent Mothers at Jainad Narendra Hospital
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https://doi.org/10.64767/trcn.2025.269698Keywords:
adolescentmothers, breastfeeding behaviors, attitude, perceived benefits, perceived barriersAbstract
Postpartum adolescent mothers often experience problems with breastfeeding. Hence, it is important to investigate the factors related to breastfeeding behaviors among postpartum adolescent mothers. This descriptive correlation study aimed to examine the relationships between attitudes, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and breastfeeding behaviors. The sample consisted of 130 postpartum adolescent mothers at Jainad Narendra Hospital. The research instruments included a demographic questionnaire and an assessment tool on patients’ attitudes toward breastfeeding, perceived benefits of breastfeeding, perceived barriers to breastfeeding, and breastfeeding behaviors. Reliability coefficients obtained for the questionnaire and assessment tool were .78, .95, .91, and .96, respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman’s correlation analysis.
The findings revealed that adolescent postpartum mothers demonstrated a high level of breastfeeding behaviors (Mean = 3.81, S.D. = 0.35). Attitudes toward breastfeeding were strongly positively correlated with breastfeeding behavior (rs = .77, p < .05), while perceived benefits of breastfeeding showed a low positive correlation with breastfeeding behavior (rs = .50, p < .05). Meanwhile, perceived barriers to breastfeeding were moderately negatively correlated with breastfeeding behavior. (rs = -.58, p < .05)
In conclusion, nurses working in postpartum units should promote positive attitudes toward breastfeeding, provide knowledge about its benefits, and offer guidelines for overcoming barriers to breastfeeding to adolescent mothers during the pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum periods.
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