Knowledge level, attitude and own experience of health professionals about breastfeeding and breast milk in a city of Turkey: Cross-sectional study

Artantas A. B., KAYHAN TETİK B., Kilic M., Eray I. K., Cetin N., Guney S., ...Daha Fazla

ARCHIVOS ARGENTINOS DE PEDIATRIA, cilt.114, sa.6, ss.514-523, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 114 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5546/aap.2016.eng.514
  • Dergi Adı: ARCHIVOS ARGENTINOS DE PEDIATRIA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.514-523
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction: Worldwide consensus about breastfeeding is that the infant should exclusively be breastfed until six months of life. Despite this, the rate of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of age is low in so many countries including Turkey. The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge, the attitudes and the own experiences of health professionals about breastfeeding and breast milk, in a metropolitan city in Turkey.