ArticleHeliyon2019
Online social support group use by breastfeeding mothers: A content analysis.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The benefits, challenges and impacts of accessing social media group support for breastfeeding: A systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Pooled it
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- Transforming women's health, empowerment, and gender equality with digital health: evidence-based policy and practice.The Lancet. Digital health · 2025Review
- Online ethnography of breastfeeding discussions in social networking sites for Hong Kong mothers.Food science & nutrition · 2024Article
- The Use of Social Media to Express and Manage Medical Uncertainty in Dyskeratosis Congenita: Content Analysis.JMIR infodemiology · 2024Article
- Exploring social media influences on vaccine decision-making in parents: a netnography.Therapeutic advances in vaccines and immunotherapy · 2024Article
- Beliefs and Decision-Making of First-Time Mothers Planning to Use a Breast Pump.The Journal of perinatal education · 2023Article
- Effect of Mobile-Based Counselling on Breastfeeding in Spain: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol (COMLACT Study).Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Birth Experiences, Breastfeeding, and the Mother-Child Relationship: Evidence from a Large Sample of Mothers.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2022Article
- Social support in a parenting Facebook group during the COVID-19 pandemic.Family relations · 2022Article
- Mothers' experiences of using Facebook groups for local breastfeeding support: Results of an online survey exploring midwife moderation.PLOS digital health · 2022Article
- Explaining variance in breastfeeding intentions and behaviors among a cohort of Midwest mothers using a theory of planned behavior-based structural model.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- "It's more than milk, it's mental health": a case of online human milk sharing.International breastfeeding journal · 2022Article
- Accessing local support online: Mothers' experiences of local Breastfeeding Support Facebook groups.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Article
- Knowledge mobilization tool to promote, protect, and support breastfeeding during COVID-19.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2021Article
- Use of new technologies and promotion of breastfeeding: integrative literature review.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundBreastfeeding is a public health priority and lack of breastfeeding support a contributing factor to the low initiation and continuation rates in the UK. Online social support groups are being increasingly utilised by breastfeeding mothers and research into this phenomenon is only now emerging.
aimTo document and describe the posts made within an online breastfeeding support group.
methodThe posts made to an online breastfeeding social support group between 1
resultsThe group received 501 posts over the week (
conclusionMothers are using online social support groups in their thousands to seek information from people in similar situations. Not only do they pose questions but they discuss a range of parenting and breastfeeding topics in an environment that aims to support and facilitate responses. The impact of this support avenue within the wider context of professional, family and offline support warrants further investigation through a qualitative approach.
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