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The Relationship Of Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy To Breastfeeding Duration And Breastfeeding Exclusivity Of Full-Term Infants In The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Mixed Method Study, Karen Hylton-Mcguire

Theses & Dissertations

Background

Research demonstrates better health outcomes for both women and their infants when infants are breast-fed. There is evidence that an increasing number of full-term, normal birth weight infants are being admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and that these infants receive less breast milk than their well full-term and preterm infant counter parts. The effect of short-term admission of full-term infants to the NICU on maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy and breastfeeding exclusivity and duration, and the facilitators of and barriers to breastfeeding success reported by these mothers, has not been well explored.

Purpose

The purpose of this study …

Mothers Voices: The Lived Experience Of The Human Milk Banking Association Of North America Milk Donor, Laura Marie Dambra-Candelaria

Theses & Dissertations

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the lived experience of the milk donor who donated milk to a hospital-based bank regulated under the policies and procedures set forth by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA). The literature has examined and established the life-saving benefits of donor milk for the vulnerable infant. Currently, there is a shortage of donor milk available for vulnerable and premature infants. Learning more about the experience of donation from the perspective of the donating mother can aid in the future education, recruitment, and retention of donors. Method: This study utilized …