Investigating group-based classes ('weaning workshops') to support complementary infant feeding in Irish primary care settings: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to (1) investigate current practice regarding 'weaning workshops' to support complementary infant feeding delivered within Irish primary care, (2) explore the experiences and opinions of community dietitians regarding optimal content and modes of delivery of weaning workshops and (3) identify the key factors to be considered in the development and implementation of weaning workshops delivered within primary care.

Design

Cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Irish primary care.

Participants

Forty-seven community-based dietitians.

Results

Sixteen dietitians reported that workshops were run in their area with variable frequency, with ten reporting that workshops were never run in their area. Participants reported that mostly mothers of m

SUBMITTER: Flannery C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991655 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature