Proceedings of the 4th Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities and Social Science 2022 (BIS-HSS 2022)

Husband and Family Support for Breastfeeding Mothers with COVID-19: The Mother’s Perspective

Authors
Nur Intan Kusuma1, *, Rini Kristiyanti1, Milatun Khanifah1
1Undergraduate Midwifery Study Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Pekajangan Pekalongan, 51172, Pekalongan, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: intankusuma29@gmail.com
Corresponding Author
Nur Intan Kusuma
Available Online 10 October 2023.
DOI
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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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 4th Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities and Social Science 2022 (BIS-HSS 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
10 October 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-38476-118-0_58
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-118-0_58How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2024 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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AU  - Nur Intan Kusuma
AU  - Rini Kristiyanti
AU  - Milatun Khanifah
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/10/10
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