Factors that influence women's engagement with breastfeeding support: A qualitative evidence synthesis.

ABSTRACT: Breastfeeding is an integral part of early childhood interventions as it can prevent serious childhood and maternal illnesses. For breastfeeding support programmes to be effective, a better understanding of contextual factors that influence women's engagement and satisfaction with these programmes is needed. The aim of this synthesis is to suggest strategies to increase the level of satisfaction with support programmes and to better match the expectations and needs of women. We systematically searched for studies that used qualitative methods for data collection and analysis and that focused on women's experiences and perceptions regarding breastfeeding support programmes. We applied a maximum variation purposive sampling strategy and used thematic analysis. We assessed the methodological

SUBMITTER: Bengough T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9480951 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature