Lack of Knowledge Surrounding Breastfeeding

Disciplines

Maternal, Child Health and Neonatal Nursing

Abstract (300 words maximum)

The Atlanta Metro Area has many hospitals that host many women who are giving birth. With the many resources in the area, there is a lack of education surrounding breastfeeding. This is an important issue to address for a multitude of reasons such as the benefits breastfeeding offers to the mother and baby, the shortage of formula, and simply education on breastfeeding itself. The art of breastfeeding seems to have been lost somewhere along the way, and it is vital to bring it back. The purpose of this project is to analyze the effectiveness of an educational program designed to offer knowledge on breastfeeding to mothers. Studies have shown that there is a lack of mothers breastfeeding, and these studies have tried various methods to address this issue by introducing educational programs. There has been success shown with these educational programs because the results have concluded that the groups who received the education have higher outcomes of breastfeeding compared to the groups who haven’t. I want to propose a similar method by introducing a pre and postnatal educational program to mothers about breastfeeding while having a group that doesn’t receive this. The programs will both be 3 hours long for a combined time of 6 hours, and this educational program will be in-person with a virtual option as well. I plan to measure the outcomes with a survey to see if mothers are more likely to breastfeed their babies. I will provide the survey before the educational program is initiated, after the prenatal class, and then after the postnatal class.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Pregnant Women, Educational Program

Academic department under which the project should be listed

WSON Kennesaw State University

Primary Investigator (PI) Name

Christie Emerson

Additional Faculty

Nerma Redcross, WCHHS-Nursing, nsm7611@kennesaw.edu

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Lack of Knowledge Surrounding Breastfeeding

The Atlanta Metro Area has many hospitals that host many women who are giving birth. With the many resources in the area, there is a lack of education surrounding breastfeeding. This is an important issue to address for a multitude of reasons such as the benefits breastfeeding offers to the mother and baby, the shortage of formula, and simply education on breastfeeding itself. The art of breastfeeding seems to have been lost somewhere along the way, and it is vital to bring it back. The purpose of this project is to analyze the effectiveness of an educational program designed to offer knowledge on breastfeeding to mothers. Studies have shown that there is a lack of mothers breastfeeding, and these studies have tried various methods to address this issue by introducing educational programs. There has been success shown with these educational programs because the results have concluded that the groups who received the education have higher outcomes of breastfeeding compared to the groups who haven’t. I want to propose a similar method by introducing a pre and postnatal educational program to mothers about breastfeeding while having a group that doesn’t receive this. The programs will both be 3 hours long for a combined time of 6 hours, and this educational program will be in-person with a virtual option as well. I plan to measure the outcomes with a survey to see if mothers are more likely to breastfeed their babies. I will provide the survey before the educational program is initiated, after the prenatal class, and then after the postnatal class.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Pregnant Women, Educational Program