Husband and Family Support for Breastfeeding Mothers with COVID-19: The Mother’s Perspective
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- 10.2991/978-2-38476-118-0_58How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Breastfeeding; breastfeeding mothers; COVID-19; Husband; Family; Support
- Abstract
Providing breastfeeding support for mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic is an effort to achieve the success of breastfeeding. WHO recommends that mothers with COVID-19 continue to breastfeed their babies according to the mother’s condition and ability to breastfeed. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the delivery of health services including breastfeeding services. This study aimed to explore the support of breastfeeding mothers with COVID-19 that they received from their husband and family. Qualitative research method with a phenomenological approach was used in this study. The study involved 11 participants in the Pekalongan Regency. Participants were selected based on purposive sampling with the criteria of having a history of COVID-19 during breastfeeding period. Data collection was carried out by interviews and recorded by audio recorder. The results of the interviews were carried out in transcripts and then analyzed with thematic analysis. The results showed two theme namely social suppot from husband and family and continuation of breastfeeding process. Providing support to mothers with COVID-19 by husbands and families is one of the factors that could strengthen mothers to continue breastfeeding.
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TY - CONF AU - Nur Intan Kusuma AU - Rini Kristiyanti AU - Milatun Khanifah PY - 2023 DA - 2023/10/10 TI - Husband and Family Support for Breastfeeding Mothers with COVID-19: The Mother’s Perspective BT - Proceedings of the 4th Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities and Social Science 2022 (BIS-HSS 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 507 EP - 516 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-118-0_58 DO - 10.2991/978-2-38476-118-0_58 ID - Kusuma2023 ER -