ArticleMaternal & child nutrition2020
"Am I doing this wrong?" Breastfeeding mothers' use of an online forum.
Article in Maternal & child nutrition, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Close Relations, Practitioners or Social Networks: What Affects the Selection of Infant Formula Products?Nutrients · 2024Article
- Use of cannabis to manage symptoms of mental and physical health conditions during pregnancy: analysis of a pro-cannabis pregnancy forum.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Beliefs and Decision-Making of First-Time Mothers Planning to Use a Breast Pump.The Journal of perinatal education · 2023Article
- Parents' Use of Social Media for Health Information Before and After a Consultation With Health Care Professionals: Australian Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2023Article
- Infant Feeding Practices and Social Support Networks Among Immigrant Chinese American Mothers With Economic Disadvantage in New York City.Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association · 2023Article
- "Ganja Mamas": Online discussions about cannabis use in pregnancy.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Exclusive breastmilk pumping: A concept analysis.Nursing forum · 2022Article
- The Lived Experiences of Women without COVID-19 in Breastfeeding Their Infants during the Pandemic: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The COVID-19 Infodemic Through Facebook: Comparison of Content and the Accuracy of Breastfeeding Information.Cureus · 2022Article
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- A qualitative study of cognitive, behavioral, and environmental influences on Hispanic mothers' early childhood feeding practices.Appetite · 2021Article
- "Am I doing this wrong?" Breastfeeding mothers' use of an online forum.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Article
- Response: Commentary: Consumer Reports of "Keto Flu" Associated With the Ketogenic Diet.Frontiers in nutrition · 2020Article
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Abstract
As mothers seek out information around breastfeeding, many are turning to online message boards, listservs, or social media for advice. Babycenter.com, a parenting website with widespread use, hosts a Breastfeeding Support and Help community forum with over 140,000 users and more than one million conversation threads. The purpose of this study is to examine this online support forum to understand the information seeking and sharing practices of its users. We extracted a total of 258 original posts and 1,445 corresponding comments from Babycenter.com's breastfeeding forum posted over a 10-day period. Using content analysis, we coded the posts into 15 categories reflective of the types of information users were seeking. We then randomly selected 45 conversation threads across the most popular categories to further understand how users were sharing information. The most popular breastfeeding topics for which users sought out information included feeding challenges, supply issues, feeding schedule and duration, pumping, physical health, excretion issues, storing milk, nipple issues, and general breastfeeding questions. Participants elicited information from others using interviewing questions and built consensus around issues by agreeing with previous posts. They shared their knowledge and personal breastfeeding experiences and also provided encouragement to continue breastfeeding and overcome challenges. Online support forums are actively being used by breastfeeding mothers seeking information from others with similar experiences. This presents an important resource for breastfeeding mothers and may, therefore, be an important component of future breastfeeding interventions.
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