Attitudes and Barriers of Polish Women towards Breastfeeding-Descriptive Cross-Sectional On-Line Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breastfeeding is the gold standard in infant nutrition. Successful breastfeeding depends on many factors, including the help of medical personnel in teaching breastfeeding, the need for professional work, and breastfeeding-friendly places in public spaces. The main goal was to identify various barriers among mothers to breastfeeding.

Methods

This study used a quantitative descriptive research design. We recruited 419 mothers aged at least 18 years old through social media. Results were analysed using Pearson's chi-squared and Fisher's tests of independence for pairs of dependent and independent variables.

Results

Most often, women gave birth at the age of 25-30, had one or two children, and attended higher education. Almost half of them lived in a large cit

SUBMITTER: Kolmaga A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11394689 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature