The effects of empowerment program on breastfeeding behaviors among mothers and neonatal jaundice
Keywords:
empowerment program; breastfeeding behaviors; neonatal jaundiceAbstract
This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effects of empowerment program on breastfeeding
behaviors among mothers and neonatal jaundice. The sample was normal labor mother and newborns. There were 2 groups: 32 of the control group and 32 of the experimental group. The research instruments were. The questionnaire including the personal information questionnaires of pregnant women and infants. Knowledge attitude and practice concerning breastfeeding, assessment of neonatal jaundice and empowerment program. Content validity indexes were 1, the knowledge questionnaire the confidence value KR-20 at 1 and questionnaires, attitudes and practices, the reliabilities was showed at 0.89 and 0.85. Data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U test and Chi-square test. Result showed the experimental group had knowledge, attitude and practice scores higher than the control group with statistical significance at the 0.05 level and the experimental group had a proportion of neonatal jaundice less that the control group with statistically significance at the 0.05 level.
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