دورية أكاديمية
Factors Affecting Thai Fathers’ Self-Efficacy to Support Exclusive Breastfeeding
| العنوان: | Factors Affecting Thai Fathers’ Self-Efficacy to Support Exclusive Breastfeeding |
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| المؤلفون: | Preeyakamon Krikitrat, Nantaporn Sansiriphun, Jirawan Deeluea, Sirirat Sonted, Wongduean Chaiwipassatorn, Daniel Bressington |
| المصدر: | Nursing Reports, Vol 13, Iss 4, Pp 1511-1523 (2023) |
| بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG, 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Nursing |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | fathers, self-efficacy, exclusive breastfeeding, affecting factors, Nursing, RT1-120 |
| الوصف: | Background: Breastfeeding is the ideal approach for feeding infants and is an important public health consideration. Successful exclusive breastfeeding initiation and duration is influenced by fathers’ support. Paternal self-efficacy to support breastfeeding has also been shown to mediate infant feeding practices. The aim of this study was to investigate factors associated with Thai fathers’ self-efficacy to support maternal exclusive breastfeeding. Methods: We adopted a cross-sectional survey design for this study. In total, 215 Thai fathers who had a partner with a term (37–42 weeks) pregnancy participated in the study. Data were collected from antenatal care clinics at two hospitals in Northern Thailand between June and August 2022. Participants completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Fathers’ Attitude toward Exclusive Breastfeeding questionnaire, the Fathers’ Knowledge about Exclusive Breastfeeding questionnaire, and the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale (Short-Form). Multiple linear regression and hierarchical regression were used to analyze factors influencing Thai fathers’ self-efficacy to support maternal exclusive breastfeeding. Results: The mean breastfeeding self-efficacy score was 52.94 (SD = 8.58), indicating that fathers were confident they were able to support their partners’ breastfeeding. Regression analysis revealed family type, fathers’ attitude toward, and fathers’ knowledge about exclusive breastfeeding significantly explaining 14.90% of the variance in paternal breastfeeding support self-efficacy. However, fathers’ age, education, employment, income, and number of living children were not associated with their self-efficacy. Conclusions: The results demonstrated that family type and fathers’ attitudes/knowledge about breastfeeding influenced their self-efficacy to support exclusive breastfeeding. Nurses should consider implementing breastfeeding interventions specific to fathers to enhance their attitudes and knowledge about breastfeeding, including increasing fathers’ self-efficacy to support maternal exclusive breastfeeding efforts. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2039-4403 2039-439X |
| Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4403/13/4/127; https://doaj.org/toc/2039-439X; https://doaj.org/toc/2039-4403 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/nursrep13040127 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/acadbff16b48470fbf4a2f0c8947ed8a |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.bff16b48470fbf4a2f0c8947ed8a |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 20394403 2039439X |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/nursrep13040127 |