The Effects of the Breastfeeding Promoting Program for Working Postpartum Mothers on Intention and Behavior to Exclusive Breastfeeding at Kratumban Hospital
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Encouraging working postpartum mothers to have a positive attitude and intention of breastfeeding to succeed in exclusive breast-feeding for 6 month is quite important. The objective of this quasi-experimental study was to investigate the effects of breastfeeding promoting program on intention in exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and breast-feeding behaviors. The breastfeeding promoting program was developed based on the theory of planned behavior. The sample were divided into 2 groups, in which each group consisted of 35 normal delivery postpartum working mothers. The pre and post-test measures was employed before and after the program intervention. The experimental group participated in 6-sessions activities for 6 weeks. Data were collected using 3-part questionnaires: personal information, intention in exclusive breast-feeding for 6 months, and breast-feeding behaviors. Descriptive data were analyzed using descriptive statistics; while comparison data were analyzed using Independent t-test, and paired samples t-test.
The results revealed that after 6 weeks of participating in the breastfeeding promoting program, the mean score on intention in exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months of the experimental group were significantly higher than before joining the program and significantly higher than the control group (p <.05), and breastfeeding behaviors significantly higher than the control group (p <.001). The results suggest that the breastfeeding promoting program on intention in exclusive breastfeeding can be used to promote working postpartum mothers. So, the program can be effectively applied to other groups of mothers with characteristics are similar to the mothers in this study.
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