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Breastfeeding and caring for children: a qualitative exploration of the experiences of mothers with physical impairments in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding and caring for children demand time, energy and effort. Mothers with physical impairments in Ghana require special needs to be able to achieve optimal motherhood as society demands. Globally, literature on breastfeeding and caring for children among mothers with physical di...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7260762/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32471372 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03028-1 |
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author | Acheampong, Angela Kwartemaa Aziato, Lydia Marfo, Margaret Amevor, Philomena |
author_facet | Acheampong, Angela Kwartemaa Aziato, Lydia Marfo, Margaret Amevor, Philomena |
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description | BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding and caring for children demand time, energy and effort. Mothers with physical impairments in Ghana require special needs to be able to achieve optimal motherhood as society demands. Globally, literature on breastfeeding and caring for children among mothers with physical disabilities is limited. Similarly, there is dearth of literature on the experiences of mothers with physical impairments in Ghana. Therefore, this study sought to add to literature by exploring the experiences of mothers with physical impairments with regards to breastfeeding and how they care for their children. METHODS: Qualitative descriptive exploratory design was used. Twelve mothers with physical impairments who had been purposively sampled gave informed consent before data was collected through in-depth one-on-one interviews. Data was recorded, transcribed and analyzed inductively using the content analysis technique. RESULTS: Mothers with physical impairments perceived breastfeeding as difficult and expensive due to issues relating to disruption of sleep, dysfunctional limbs and the need for breastfeeding mothers to eat nutritionally balanced meals. Participants felt prejudged and discriminated at different points in their daily encounters. CONCLUSION: Mothers with physical impairments have challenges. Therefore, attitudinal change should be advocated in the Ghanaian society with respect to issues concerning people living with disabilities. |
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spelling | pubmed-72607622020-06-07 Breastfeeding and caring for children: a qualitative exploration of the experiences of mothers with physical impairments in Ghana Acheampong, Angela Kwartemaa Aziato, Lydia Marfo, Margaret Amevor, Philomena BMC Pregnancy Childbirth Research Article BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding and caring for children demand time, energy and effort. Mothers with physical impairments in Ghana require special needs to be able to achieve optimal motherhood as society demands. Globally, literature on breastfeeding and caring for children among mothers with physical disabilities is limited. Similarly, there is dearth of literature on the experiences of mothers with physical impairments in Ghana. Therefore, this study sought to add to literature by exploring the experiences of mothers with physical impairments with regards to breastfeeding and how they care for their children. METHODS: Qualitative descriptive exploratory design was used. Twelve mothers with physical impairments who had been purposively sampled gave informed consent before data was collected through in-depth one-on-one interviews. Data was recorded, transcribed and analyzed inductively using the content analysis technique. RESULTS: Mothers with physical impairments perceived breastfeeding as difficult and expensive due to issues relating to disruption of sleep, dysfunctional limbs and the need for breastfeeding mothers to eat nutritionally balanced meals. Participants felt prejudged and discriminated at different points in their daily encounters. CONCLUSION: Mothers with physical impairments have challenges. Therefore, attitudinal change should be advocated in the Ghanaian society with respect to issues concerning people living with disabilities. BioMed Central 2020-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7260762/ /pubmed/32471372 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03028-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Acheampong, Angela Kwartemaa Aziato, Lydia Marfo, Margaret Amevor, Philomena Breastfeeding and caring for children: a qualitative exploration of the experiences of mothers with physical impairments in Ghana |
title | Breastfeeding and caring for children: a qualitative exploration of the experiences of mothers with physical impairments in Ghana |
title_full | Breastfeeding and caring for children: a qualitative exploration of the experiences of mothers with physical impairments in Ghana |
title_fullStr | Breastfeeding and caring for children: a qualitative exploration of the experiences of mothers with physical impairments in Ghana |
title_full_unstemmed | Breastfeeding and caring for children: a qualitative exploration of the experiences of mothers with physical impairments in Ghana |
title_short | Breastfeeding and caring for children: a qualitative exploration of the experiences of mothers with physical impairments in Ghana |
title_sort | breastfeeding and caring for children: a qualitative exploration of the experiences of mothers with physical impairments in ghana |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7260762/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32471372 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03028-1 |
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