Reavis, Anna Empowering Primary Care Providers in Rural Clinics with Breastfeeding Education. 2023. Radford University, Doctoral Capstone Project. Radford University Scholars' Repository.
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Abstract
Background: Early initiation of patient education regarding the benefits of breastfeeding correlates with improved long-term outcomes for mothers and children as well as decreased environmental and healthcare costs. Significant health, financial, environmental, and psychosocial risks are directly associated with not initiating and sustaining breastfeeding. The lack of primary care provider comfort in providing breastfeeding support demonstrated the need for the project. Purpose: This project aimed to evaluate whether integrating breastfeeding education and addressing common breastfeeding MythBusters increases primary care providers’ knowledge, attitudes, and confidence levels in educating expectant mothers in southwestern Virginia. Methods: The quasi-experimental design guided the project with a pre-test and post-test partnered with a breastfeeding educational webinar. Breastfeeding education included in this project was targeted toward breastfeeding benefits, breastfeeding MythBusters, and the top reasons for early breastfeeding cessation. The Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Scale (IIFAS) and the Breastfeeding Knowledge, Attitude, and Confidence scale (BKACs) were integrated into the pre-test and post-test to measure the attitudes, knowledge, and confidence of healthcare professionals in educating expecting mothers in rural clinics. Clinical Implications: This project demonstrated an increase in the knowledge and confidence levels of primary care providers (PCPs) and nurses when initiating a discussion on breastfeeding education with pregnant patients in the first trimester of pregnancy in the rural primary care setting.
| Item Type: | Doctoral Capstone Project |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RT Nursing |
| Divisions: | Radford University > School of Nursing |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Mar 2024 21:23 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Mar 2024 21:23 |
| URI: | http://wagner.radford.edu/id/eprint/1097 |
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