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Perception and Practice of Breastfeeding in Public in Poland

BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to get to know polish women’s opinions and experiences regarding breastfeeding in public. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A one-time 11-question survey aimed at women during lactation or breastfeeding in the past who completed a paper questionnaire or online questionnaire...

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Autores principales: Grzyb, Justyna, Grzyb, Łukasz, Wilińska, Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sciendo 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9444198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35675812
http://dx.doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212504.d-21-00020
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Grzyb, Łukasz
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description BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to get to know polish women’s opinions and experiences regarding breastfeeding in public. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A one-time 11-question survey aimed at women during lactation or breastfeeding in the past who completed a paper questionnaire or online questionnaire on the website (www.laktacja.pl). The study was conducted electronically from 1 September 2019 to 31 March 2020 in Maternity and Neonatal Departments, primary health-care clinics in various Polish cities. Data from 700 questionnaires were statistically analysed with the use of Pearson’s chi-squared test of independency or Fisher’s exacts test when applicable (small cell counts). RESULTS: 90% of the surveyed women expressed the opinion that it should be possible to breastfeed in public, and 78% of women have had such an experience. Most often it was their own cars, a room for a mother and child, a hall or just a place available when there was a need to feed the child (e.g., a bench, cafe, toilet). About 10% of women faced criticism while breastfeeding in a public place, and 8.6% of women have never breastfed the child out of the house due to the lack of proper place and conditions, embarrassment and no sympathy from other people. CONCLUSION: Taking into account the benefits of long-term breastfeeding and the comfort of breastfeeding women, their children and the environment, it is necessary to create dedicated places for breastfeeding in public places.
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spelling pubmed-94441982022-09-16 Perception and Practice of Breastfeeding in Public in Poland Grzyb, Justyna Grzyb, Łukasz Wilińska, Maria J Mother Child Original Research BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to get to know polish women’s opinions and experiences regarding breastfeeding in public. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A one-time 11-question survey aimed at women during lactation or breastfeeding in the past who completed a paper questionnaire or online questionnaire on the website (www.laktacja.pl). The study was conducted electronically from 1 September 2019 to 31 March 2020 in Maternity and Neonatal Departments, primary health-care clinics in various Polish cities. Data from 700 questionnaires were statistically analysed with the use of Pearson’s chi-squared test of independency or Fisher’s exacts test when applicable (small cell counts). RESULTS: 90% of the surveyed women expressed the opinion that it should be possible to breastfeed in public, and 78% of women have had such an experience. Most often it was their own cars, a room for a mother and child, a hall or just a place available when there was a need to feed the child (e.g., a bench, cafe, toilet). About 10% of women faced criticism while breastfeeding in a public place, and 8.6% of women have never breastfed the child out of the house due to the lack of proper place and conditions, embarrassment and no sympathy from other people. CONCLUSION: Taking into account the benefits of long-term breastfeeding and the comfort of breastfeeding women, their children and the environment, it is necessary to create dedicated places for breastfeeding in public places. Sciendo 2022-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9444198/ /pubmed/35675812 http://dx.doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212504.d-21-00020 Text en © 2022 Justyna Grzyb et al., published by Sciendo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9444198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35675812
http://dx.doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212504.d-21-00020
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