The Effect of “ The Following and Supporting Breast-feeding Programme”, That Is Applied By Family Health Staff, On The Mother’s Effective Breast-feeding Behaviours In The First Six Months of The Post-birth Period

摘要

AIM: The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of the education and observation of supporting breast-feeding programme that is applied by family health staff on the mother’s of the post-birth period. METHOD: This research was conducted at a Family Health Center in Adyyaman between October 2008 and December 2009. Experimentally designed, study composed of 94 (42 experimental group, 52 control group) volunteer mothers with babies who have not any health problems. At the beginning of study babies less than 6 months years old were taken into control group and questionnaire was applied to mothers after 6 months. Forty two babies born after completion of control group were taken into study group and a training programme on mother milk and breast-feeding was applied by family health staff to mothers in the first week of post-birth period and mothers were followed and motivated monthly. Data collected by questionnaire at the end of six months were analyzed by the independent sample t test, chi-square and percentage using SPSS (11.0) and p<0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS: The difference between experimental and control group were not statistically significant with regard to mother’s mean age, duration of marriage, pregnancy, childbirth, number of living children and economic status (p<0.05). The duration of breast-feeding alone was longer in study group than in control group (t=-6.888, p<0.001). CONCLUSYON: It is concluded that the training and follow-up of mothers about breast feeding by Family Health staff’s positively influenced mothers’ behaviors on breast-feeding period, breast feeding alone and effective breast-feeding.