Breastfeeding related knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and practices of primary healthcare professionals in Ireland: A national cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Global research identifies the importance of breastfeeding, including the World Health Organisation in developing recommendations and noting over 800,000 child lives would be saved each year if breastfeeding was adopted following the recommendations of WHO/UNICEF. There is limited published data exploring breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and practices [KAPP] of health care professionals employed in primary care. Recent Irish evidence from one local geographical area identified general practitioners and general practice nurses [GPs and GPNs] received limited formal breastfeeding education within undergraduate or postgraduate education programmes and were interested in undertaking further professional development, education and training.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: McGuinness D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11981121 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature