Infant Feeding in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada: Perceptions and Experiences of Maternal Grandmothers
The purpose of this study was to examine the primary factors that influenced grandmothers’ choices of infant feeding and to explore the role that grandmothers feel they played in their daughters’ choices about infant feeding. Twenty-two maternal grandmothers who bottle fed their children and whose d...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:6310905 2023-05-15T17:21:49+02:00 Infant Feeding in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada: Perceptions and Experiences of Maternal Grandmothers Young, Felicie Twells, Laurie Joy, Rhonda Newhook, Leigh Anne Goodridge, Janet Murphy Burrage, Lorraine 2016 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6310905/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30643369 https://doi.org/10.1891/1058-1243.25.4.223 en eng Springer Publishing Company http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6310905/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30643369 http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1058-1243.25.4.223 Featured Article Text 2016 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1891/1058-1243.25.4.223 2019-01-20T01:12:35Z The purpose of this study was to examine the primary factors that influenced grandmothers’ choices of infant feeding and to explore the role that grandmothers feel they played in their daughters’ choices about infant feeding. Twenty-two maternal grandmothers who bottle fed their children and whose daughters also bottle fed their babies were recruited to participate in 4 focus groups and/or 2 interviews. Using the constant comparative method of data analysis, 3 themes emerged that described how grandmothers felt about their infant feeding experiences: “powerlessness,” “modesty,” and “ambivalence.” These themes and their implications are discussed in this article. Text Newfoundland PubMed Central (PMC) Canada Newfoundland The Journal of Perinatal Education 25 4 223 231 |
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The purpose of this study was to examine the primary factors that influenced grandmothers’ choices of infant feeding and to explore the role that grandmothers feel they played in their daughters’ choices about infant feeding. Twenty-two maternal grandmothers who bottle fed their children and whose daughters also bottle fed their babies were recruited to participate in 4 focus groups and/or 2 interviews. Using the constant comparative method of data analysis, 3 themes emerged that described how grandmothers felt about their infant feeding experiences: “powerlessness,” “modesty,” and “ambivalence.” These themes and their implications are discussed in this article. |
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