BACKGROUND Using a multi-methods approach we aimed to explore the relative prediction of demographic, socioeconomic and modifiable predictors from the Theory of Planned behaviour (TPB) in explaining feeding intentions amongst a multi-ethnic sample. METHODS 476 women completed a questionnaire at 28 weeks gestation. They were grouped into breastfeeding (N = 258), mixed-feeding (N = 50), bottle-...

the present study was conducted to examine the relationship between the self-supervision and the self-efficacy of iranian efl teachers and also the relationship between the self-supervision and the self-efficacy of intermediate adult learners individually. to this end, 40 efl teachers and 55 intermediate adult learners were selected from two branches of kish language institute. in this study, “...

AIM To explore associations among breastfeeding duration, maternal personality and maternal attitudes and experiences of breastfeeding. BACKGROUND Understanding influences on breastfeeding initiation and duration is critical to increasing breastfeeding rates and supporting new mothers. Maternal characteristics such as self-efficacy, knowledge and confidence are known to enable women to breast...

background: diabetes is one of the chronic and prevalent diseases in the world. the number of diabetic patients has increased 7 times during the last 20 years. if the current trend continues, there will be 350 million diabetics in 2030. it means that 7 million people will be patients annually. up to now, different unadjustable factors have been monitored in self-care for diabetes to manage and ...

Giriş: Emzirme, bir bebeği beslemek için en güvenli ve sağlıklı yöntemdir. Annenin bebeğinin sağlık sonuçlarının iyileşmesine katkıda bulunur. Amaç: Bu çalışmada doğum sonu dönemde annelerin emzirme öz-yeterlilik algıları ile başarıları arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemek amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı tasarımdaki bu araştırmanın örneklemini, Akdeniz Bölgesindeki üniversite hastanesinin Kadın Doğ...

Family is the main group in maintaining health, and actor providing care to its members who are giving exclusive breastfeeding. The strategy used approach of family supporters ASI. This study aims provide an overview application ASI-supporting families increasing self-efficacy. design this was a case 10 with pregnant women / or nursing mothers taken through purposive sampling technique. results...

Background: Breast milk is the best nutri­tion for most infants, and current recommen­dations encourage mothers to keep giving breast during COVID-19 pandemic. Subjects Method: This an analytic cross-sectional study involving givi­ng birth since March 2020 their infants aged under 6 months. An online-based ques­tion­naire, including Breast­feeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (BSES-SF),...

A pilot-tested questionnaire was mailed to 325 obstetricians, pediatricians, family practitioners and general practitioners of a British Columbian maternity hospital to measure aspects relating to physicians' attitudes toward breastfeeding counselling. Response rate was 67.3%. The measures of self-efficacy, knowledge and beliefs were added to a regression model containing measures of gender, sp...