THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF

EARLY BREASTFEEDING
EDUCATION
Kristina Pedroza
Azusa Pacific University
 Background
“Breastfeeding is understood to be the medical gold standard and the moral gold standard for mothering
(Spencer et al., 2014).”

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that women exclusively breastfeed their infants for the first
six months of life (WHO, 2018).

The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) position on breastfeeding is that
there are a multitude of physiological and psychosocial benefits for breastfeeding (AWHONN, 2015).

The experience of learning to breastfeed is just as important as breastfeeding (Stockdale, Sinclair & Kernohan,
2014).
PICOT Question

In pregnant women does breastfeeding education

while pregnant compared to no education result in
exclusive breastfeeding for four months?
 Key Points
• Distorted expectations and cultural norms (Charlick et al.,
2018).

• Higher self-efficacy with education (Mizrak et al., 2017) .

• Higher intent to exclusively breastfeed (Behara et al.,

2015).

• Non- exclusively breastfed infants experienced more

adverse health problems (Ukegbu et al., 2010).
 Clinical Implications
• Purposeful goals, targeted goals and feedback on achievement of
the goals (Stockdale et al., 2014).

• Utilize the ARCS model: Attention, Relevance, Confidence,

Satisfaction (Keller, 2018).

• Realities and expectations (Spencer et al., 2014).

• The support system is an important (Alianmoghaddam et al., 2018).

• Improved health outcomes (AWHONN, 2015).

Evidence
 Ethical Considerations & Potential
Barriers
• Ensure all women had equal access care.

• Can also create a barrier for the women to receive education.

• Alianmoghaddam et al., (2018) found that culture greatly

impacted whether a mother would exclusively breastfeed or
not breastfeed.
Expected Outcomes & How to Measure

• Goals will be evaluated four months postpartum.

• Higher self-efficacy with breastfeeding and continued exclusive

breastfeeding.

• LATCH assessment tool and the Systemic Assessment of the

Infant at Breast.

• Inquire about the human experience to allow for a better

understanding of the process (Spencer et al., 2014).
 Conclusion
• Understanding why women cease to breastfeed is important, because
then we are one step closer to identifying what motivates them
(Charlick et al., 2018).

• Prenatal breastfeeding education positively impacted the mother’s

willingness to initiate breastfeeding (Patel et al., 2015).

• The use of the ARCS model will guide the participants and the nurses
during the program (Stockdale et al., 2014).

• There should be a strong focus in antenatal health and prepare

mothers for the realities of breastfeeding (Spencer et al., 2014).
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