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KMID : 0387619930030020187
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Korean Journal of Maternal Child Health Nursing
1993 Volume.3 No. 2 p.187 ~ p.0
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Nurse's Knowledge and Nursing Activities for Breastfeeding Promotion
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고효정
신영희/정귀애/이인혜/김신정/송인숙/이수연
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Abstract
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This study examined nurses' knowledge about breastfeeding(biological signifiance) and their nursing activities for promoting bresastfeeding overall deficiency of knowledge about breastfeeding(an average score 12.8 out of 20) and accordingly many
nurses
did not promote actively merits (preparation, technique, & frequency). We developed new instruments for the measurements of nurses' knowledge(20 items) and acitivities(30 items). The self-reports of 203 nurses showed of breastfeeding(average
score
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65.5 out of 120). Nurses' Knowledge about breastfeeding was significantly related to age, rank of position. And number of nurse' own children promotion of breastfeeding activities by nurses was related to the size of services nurses working in a
small
of middle sized hospital promoted more breastfeeding activities than a large hospital other factors, such as number of children, also influneced nursing activities for breastfeeding eighty seven percent of the nurses reported that they did not
have
any
in-service education for the breastfeeding.
They ascribed reasons for not actively promoting breastfeeding program to the overload of their services and inadequacy of administrative systems.
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