The experience of breastfeeding supporters working with mothers at the early stage of breastfeeding practice

breastfeeding cessation occurring both for the mother and the newborn. The use of the alternative technique in promoting breastfeeding practice such as traditional body massage was belief can increase breast milk production that encouraged the mother to breastfeed continuously. This study aims to kn...

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Main Authors: Muda, Siti Mariam, Rani, Siti Hajiah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Islamic University Malaysia 2019
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/81827/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/81827/1/398-Article%20Text-1749-1-10-20200106.pdf
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description breastfeeding cessation occurring both for the mother and the newborn. The use of the alternative technique in promoting breastfeeding practice such as traditional body massage was belief can increase breast milk production that encouraged the mother to breastfeed continuously. This study aims to know the experience of traditional massage practitioner who acts as a breastfeeding support group that works with breastfeeding mothers. A total of five participants from Mamacare, LPPKN Kuantan were involved and interviewed. Data were analysed using a thematic analysis. The findings revealed three themes emerged; enjoyed sharing knowledge and breastfeeding technique, vast massage experience and breastfeeding challenges during the services. Traditional massage practitioner as breastfeeding support group members appreciated their practices and enjoyed to provide help for postnatal mothers at their early breastfeeding practice to strengthen infant’s immunisation.
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spelling iium-818272020-07-24T03:30:54Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/81827/ The experience of breastfeeding supporters working with mothers at the early stage of breastfeeding practice Muda, Siti Mariam Rani, Siti Hajiah RT Nursing breastfeeding cessation occurring both for the mother and the newborn. The use of the alternative technique in promoting breastfeeding practice such as traditional body massage was belief can increase breast milk production that encouraged the mother to breastfeed continuously. This study aims to know the experience of traditional massage practitioner who acts as a breastfeeding support group that works with breastfeeding mothers. A total of five participants from Mamacare, LPPKN Kuantan were involved and interviewed. Data were analysed using a thematic analysis. The findings revealed three themes emerged; enjoyed sharing knowledge and breastfeeding technique, vast massage experience and breastfeeding challenges during the services. Traditional massage practitioner as breastfeeding support group members appreciated their practices and enjoyed to provide help for postnatal mothers at their early breastfeeding practice to strengthen infant’s immunisation. International Islamic University Malaysia 2019-12-29 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81827/1/398-Article%20Text-1749-1-10-20200106.pdf Muda, Siti Mariam and Rani, Siti Hajiah (2019) The experience of breastfeeding supporters working with mothers at the early stage of breastfeeding practice. International Journal Of Allied Health Sciences, 3 (3). p. 835. E-ISSN 2600-8491 https://journals.iium.edu.my/ijahs/index.php/IJAHS/article/view/398/237
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The experience of breastfeeding supporters working with mothers at the early stage of breastfeeding practice
title The experience of breastfeeding supporters working with mothers at the early stage of breastfeeding practice
title_full The experience of breastfeeding supporters working with mothers at the early stage of breastfeeding practice
title_fullStr The experience of breastfeeding supporters working with mothers at the early stage of breastfeeding practice
title_full_unstemmed The experience of breastfeeding supporters working with mothers at the early stage of breastfeeding practice
title_short The experience of breastfeeding supporters working with mothers at the early stage of breastfeeding practice
title_sort experience of breastfeeding supporters working with mothers at the early stage of breastfeeding practice
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