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Mothers’ Breastfeeding Experiences of Emotional Support Needs: A Qualitative Study in Iran
Introduction: Breastfeeding is an important strategy to ensure health promotion and wellbeing. Since breastfeeding rates have consistently decreased around the world, protection, promotion, and supportive programs are considered as public health priorities. This study aims to explore breastfeeding m...
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Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8609118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34849361 http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/jcs.2021.023 |
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author | Maleki Saghooni, Nahid Karshki, Hossein Esmaily, Habibollah Zaidi Feroz, Fakhera Mirzaii Najmabadi, Khadigeh |
author_facet | Maleki Saghooni, Nahid Karshki, Hossein Esmaily, Habibollah Zaidi Feroz, Fakhera Mirzaii Najmabadi, Khadigeh |
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description | Introduction: Breastfeeding is an important strategy to ensure health promotion and wellbeing. Since breastfeeding rates have consistently decreased around the world, protection, promotion, and supportive programs are considered as public health priorities. This study aims to explore breastfeeding mothers’ perceptions and experiences of emotional support needs. Methods: This study was performed in five health centers and four hospitals affiliated to Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Using a qualitative approach, 36 breastfeeding mothers, family members, and health providers attended individual semi-structured in-depth interviews. Data were analyzed using directed content analysis based on the Elo and Kyngas approach, with MAXQDA software version 10. Results: Four categories of ‘need to tranquility and solace’, ‘sense of being loved and belongingness’, ‘creating hope, motivation, and confidence’, and ‘empathy and companionship’, and 12 subcategories including ‘not inducing stress’, ‘relieving the mother’s stress and worries’, ‘creating and maintaining tranquility’, ‘understanding and attention’, ‘receiving affection from significant others’, ‘being respected by others’, ‘ being inspired by significant others’, ‘being assured by family members’, ‘being motivated by significant others’, ‘interacting with others’, ‘having the companionship and presence of others’, and ‘receiving empathy from others’ were identified as the mothers’ emotional support needs. Conclusion: Mothers need emotional support to sustain breastfeeding. Significant others, such as the husband, family members, and health providers play an important role in meeting breastfeeding mothers’ emotional support needs. |
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spelling | pubmed-86091182021-11-29 Mothers’ Breastfeeding Experiences of Emotional Support Needs: A Qualitative Study in Iran Maleki Saghooni, Nahid Karshki, Hossein Esmaily, Habibollah Zaidi Feroz, Fakhera Mirzaii Najmabadi, Khadigeh J Caring Sci Original Article Introduction: Breastfeeding is an important strategy to ensure health promotion and wellbeing. Since breastfeeding rates have consistently decreased around the world, protection, promotion, and supportive programs are considered as public health priorities. This study aims to explore breastfeeding mothers’ perceptions and experiences of emotional support needs. Methods: This study was performed in five health centers and four hospitals affiliated to Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Using a qualitative approach, 36 breastfeeding mothers, family members, and health providers attended individual semi-structured in-depth interviews. Data were analyzed using directed content analysis based on the Elo and Kyngas approach, with MAXQDA software version 10. Results: Four categories of ‘need to tranquility and solace’, ‘sense of being loved and belongingness’, ‘creating hope, motivation, and confidence’, and ‘empathy and companionship’, and 12 subcategories including ‘not inducing stress’, ‘relieving the mother’s stress and worries’, ‘creating and maintaining tranquility’, ‘understanding and attention’, ‘receiving affection from significant others’, ‘being respected by others’, ‘ being inspired by significant others’, ‘being assured by family members’, ‘being motivated by significant others’, ‘interacting with others’, ‘having the companionship and presence of others’, and ‘receiving empathy from others’ were identified as the mothers’ emotional support needs. Conclusion: Mothers need emotional support to sustain breastfeeding. Significant others, such as the husband, family members, and health providers play an important role in meeting breastfeeding mothers’ emotional support needs. Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2021-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8609118/ /pubmed/34849361 http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/jcs.2021.023 Text en © 2021 The Author(s). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is published by Journal of Caring Sciences as an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ). Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Maleki Saghooni, Nahid Karshki, Hossein Esmaily, Habibollah Zaidi Feroz, Fakhera Mirzaii Najmabadi, Khadigeh Mothers’ Breastfeeding Experiences of Emotional Support Needs: A Qualitative Study in Iran |
title | Mothers’ Breastfeeding Experiences of Emotional Support Needs: A Qualitative Study in Iran |
title_full | Mothers’ Breastfeeding Experiences of Emotional Support Needs: A Qualitative Study in Iran |
title_fullStr | Mothers’ Breastfeeding Experiences of Emotional Support Needs: A Qualitative Study in Iran |
title_full_unstemmed | Mothers’ Breastfeeding Experiences of Emotional Support Needs: A Qualitative Study in Iran |
title_short | Mothers’ Breastfeeding Experiences of Emotional Support Needs: A Qualitative Study in Iran |
title_sort | mothers’ breastfeeding experiences of emotional support needs: a qualitative study in iran |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8609118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34849361 http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/jcs.2021.023 |
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