ArticleMaternal and child health journal2015
Attitudes Toward Breastfeeding Among an Internet Panel of U.S. Males Aged 21-44.
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- Encouraging Breastfeeding Without Guilt: A Qualitative Study of Breastfeeding Promotion in the Singapore Healthcare Setting.International journal of women's health · 2024Article
- A Survey of Breastfeeding Attitudes and Health Locus of Control in the Nigerian Population.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Article
- The influence of breastfeeding attitudes on breastfeeding behavior of postpartum women and their spouses.Heliyon · 2023Article
- A Comparison of Breastfeeding Exposure, Attitude, and Knowledge Between Collegiate African American and White Males with no Biological Children.Maternal and child health journal · 2020Article
- 'They're born to get breastfed'- how fathers view breastfeeding: a mixed method study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2018Article
- Fathers Count: The Impact of Paternal Risk Factors on Birth Outcomes.Maternal and child health journal · 2018Article
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- Paternal Pregnancy Intention and Breastfeeding Duration: Findings from the National Survey of Family Growth.Maternal and child health journal · 2017Article
- A Critical Review of Instruments Measuring Breastfeeding Attitudes, Knowledge, and Social Support.Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association · 2017Review
- Father's role in supporting breastfeeding of preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2016Article
- Impact of Brief Lactation Rotation in Residency on Decision to Refer for Lactation Support.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Abstract
Lack of familial support, particularly from fathers or partners, has been identified by the U.S. Surgeon General as a barrier to breastfeeding. Although partners have been identified as an important source of breastfeeding support, research on U.S. men's knowledge about and attitudes towards breastfeeding is limited. An internet panel survey of 502 U.S. males aged 21-44 years was conducted. It included the 17-item Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Scale (IIFAS), a series of questions assessing prior exposure to breastfeeding and demographic questions. Frequencies, proportions and means were calculated and analysis of variance used to test differences in the mean IIFAS scale score across demographic groups. A multiple linear regression model was used to identify predictors of IIFAS score. The sample was largely white, non-Hispanic (65.7%), college educated (44.4%) and married (47%). The mean IIFAS score was 57 (SD = 8.13; range 25-84). In the adjusted regression model, being white, non-Hispanic, having a college education, having siblings who were breastfed and observing ten or more different women breastfeeding were significantly associated with higher IIFAS scores. In a sample of U.S. men of reproductive age, breastfeeding knowledge and attitudes as measured by the IIFAS are neutral. Race, education, and exposure to breastfeeding are important predictors of breastfeeding attitudes in males as measured by the IIFAS.
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