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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Compensatory Health Beliefs on Breastfeeding Varying by Breastfeeding Status; A Scale Development.

Efrat Neter, Levana Bagants

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Efrat NeterDepartment of Behavioural Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center, Emeq Hefer 4025000, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-2162-0474
Levana BagantsDepartment of Behavioural Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center, Emeq Hefer 4025000, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-8454-0535
Ruppin Academic Center · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsTo examine whether compensatory health beliefs (CHB) on breastfeeding vary as a function of breastfeeding status among mothers of infants.

methodsParticipants included 773 women aged 18 and older (M = 32.8) who gave birth in the last two years; 445 were breastfeeding exclusively, 165 were breastfeeding partially, and 163 were not breastfeeding. They responded to a survey posted on social media sites' closed groups that focused on post-natal issues. Design was cross-sectional, with CHB as the outcome variable (14 items) and demographics and feeding status as the explanatory variables.

resultsThe internal reliability of the CHB scale was α = 0.87. There was a statistically significant difference in the level of CHB between non-breastfeeding women, breastfeeding women, and women who combined breastfeeding with infant formula, so that non- breastfeeding women had the highest level of CHB. There was no significant difference in CHB by either birth experience or demographic characteristics.

conclusionThis study extended CHB to breastfeeding, documenting the minimization of the disadvantages of not breastfeeding by non-breastfeeding women, attempting to neutralize or reduce the cognitive dissonance between non-nursing and optimal infant care. Possible uses of the scale for counselling were suggested, both in the prenatal and post-natal period, proactively bringing forward and addressing ambivalence towards breastfeeding.

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Attitude to HealthBreast FeedingMothersAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansInfantInfant CareInfant FormulaInfant, NewbornMiddle AgedPregnancyYoung AdultattitudeBreastfeedingcompensatory health beliefscounsellingdissonance

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PMID32784938
PMCPMC7460425
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