Participant experiences in a breastmilk biomonitoring study: a qualitative assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Biomonitoring studies can provide information about individual and population-wide exposure. However they must be designed in a way that protects the rights and welfare of participants. This descriptive qualitative study was conducted as a follow-up to a breastmilk biomonitoring study. The primary objectives were to assess participants' experiences in the study, including the report-back of individual body burden results, and to determine if participation in the study negatively affected breastfeeding rates or duration.

Methods

Participants of the Greater Boston PBDE Breastmilk Biomonitoring Study were contacted and asked about their experiences in the study: the impact of study recruitment materials on attitudes towards breastfeeding; if participants had wanted i

SUBMITTER: Wu N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2649062 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature