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

Artantas, Aylin; KAYHAN TETİK, BURCU; Kilic, Melek; Eray, Irep; Cetin, Nazan; Guney, Sinem; Akdogan, Dogan; Domac, Umut; ÜSTÜ, YUSUF; UĞURLU, MEHMET

doi:10.5546/aap.2016.eng.514

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, Scopus)

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
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt 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.