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KMID : 1130320080510111152
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Korean Journal of Pediatrics
2008 Volume.51 No. 11 p.1152 ~ p.1157
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Analysis of online breast-feeding consultation on the website of the Korean Pediatric Society
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Kim Jung-Yun
Hwang Seung-Jae
Park Hyun-Kyung
Lee Ha-Baik
Kim Nam-Su
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Abstract
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Purpose: Since the infant formula milk has been produced in Korea, it has faced a low rate of breast milk feeding, though breast milk feeding is a little increasing. Therefore, the Korean Pediatric Society launched its website for breast-feeding consultation to provide information to the general public and enhance the health of growing infants. The consultation results were analyzed to identify the problems that mothers encounter during breast-feeding.
Methods: From August 1 , 2 0 0 4 to July 3 1 , 2 0 0 7 , 1 0 0 1 mothers who visited the online consultation webpage (www. pediatrics.or.kr) of the Korean Pediatric Society asked 1 ,0 2 1 questions. The questions were divided into 3 major categories and 1 4 specific categories. Interesting questions asked more than 1 0 0 times were retrospectively analyzed.
Results: The results for the major categories were as follows: 4 1 3 questions (4 0 .3%) were on how to breast-feed, 3 1 5(3 0 .8 %) on problems of feeding mothers, and 2 9 3 (2 8 .8 %) on problems of the fed babies. In the specific categories, 2 2 .2% of the questions were on how to breast-feed. With the increasing number of working couples and working mothers, many questions were asked on the problems of breast-feeding after returning from work.
Conclusion: The author expects that analyses of these consultations will contribute to the enhancement of information on the consultation website, thus enabling to provide clearer answers to people’s increased interest in and concerns on breast-feeding. Furthermore, this research will help to establish correct breast-feeding practice.
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KEYWORD
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Breast-feeding, Online consultation
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