ArticleInternational breastfeeding journal2008
Health professionals' advice for breastfeeding problems: not good enough!
Article in International breastfeeding journal, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Breastfeeding assessment tools for at-risk and malnourished infants aged under 6 months old: a systematic review.F1000Research · 2020Pooled it
- Experiences of Breastfeeding Complications in Rural and Regional Victoria: Perspectives From Mothers and Clinicians.The Australian journal of rural health · 2026Article
- Management of Mastitis in the Hospital Setting: An International Audit Study.Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association · 2025Article
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- 'I don't want to be a guinea pig' - Swedish women's experiences of breast abscess treatment.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Risk Factors Predicting Infectious Lactational Mastitis: Decision Tree Approach versus Logistic Regression Analysis.Maternal and child health journal · 2016Article
- Experience and knowledge level of female health care professionals in Samsun province regarding puerperal mastitis.Ulusal cerrahi dergisi · 2016Article
- Case-control study of risk factors for infectious mastitis in Spanish breastfeeding women.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2014Article
- Enquiry analysis and user opinion of the Drugs in Breastmilk Helpline: a prospective study.International breastfeeding journal · 2012Article
- GPs' decision-making when prescribing medicines for breastfeeding women: Content analysis of a survey.BMC research notes · 2010Article
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Jane Scott and colleagues have recently published a paper in the International Breastfeeding Journal showing that health professionals are still giving harmful advice to women with mastitis. We see the management of mastitis as an illustration of health professionals' management of wider breastfeeding issues. If health professionals don't know how to manage this common problem, how can they be expected to manage less common conditions such as a breast abscess or nipple/breast candidiasis? There is an urgent need for more clinical research into breastfeeding problems and to improve the education of health professionals to enable them to promote breastfeeding and support breastfeeding women.
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