Breastfeeding within the circle of motherhood, restriction, and patriarchy: A qualitative study. Issue 3 (4th March 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Özdil, Kamuran; Çatıker, Aslıhan; Bulucu Büyüksoy, Gizem Deniz
• Is Part Of: Health care for women international. Volume 44:Issue 3(2023)
• Page Start: 246
• Page End: 261
• Publication Date: 2023-03-04
• Subjects: Women -- Health and hygiene -- Periodicals; Women's health services -- Periodicals; Genital Diseases, Female; Neonatology; Obstetrics; Women -- psychology; Femmes -- Santé et hygiène -- Périodiques; Femmes -- Santé, Services de -- Périodiques; 613.0424405
• DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2021.1935958
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0739-9332

Abstract

Abstract: Our purpose in the present study is to analyze the opinions of women regarding the factors that support and hinder their breastfeeding. This is a phenomenological and qualitative study. The present study included 32 breastfeeding women who live in different provinces in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. The data were collected using a semi-structured interview form and were evaluated using the content analysis method. Three themes and ten sub-themes about women's experience on breastfeeding their babies and factors affecting their breastfeeding were found. The themes identified were: motherhood, restriction, patriarchy. Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2021.1935958 .