Effects of breastfeeding training on attitude of mothers feeding their infants, motivation and sufficiency of breastfeeding

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of postpartum breastfeeding training on attitude of mothers feeding their infants, breastfeeding self-efficacy and breastfeeding motivation. This study was conducted experimentally and comparatively in pre-test and post-test design as a single group sample. Following the approval of the ethics committee and the institution, it was held between October 2018 and May 2019. Personal Information Form, Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Scale, Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale and Breastfeeding Motivation Scale were used to collect the data before and after the training. One-to-one breastfeeding training was given to the mothers in the study. The data of this study were analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis, and Manwhitney U, Kruskal Wallis, Wilcoxon t test for comparison of dependent independent variables in IBM SPSS 24 Statistical Analysis Program. Most of the mothers who participated in the study were between the ages of 25-30 (33.8%), secondary and high school graduates (37.5%), housewives (87.5%), married for 2 years (38.8%), and her husband's high school graduates (55%) and workers (42.5%). Most of the mothers wanted their pregnancy (87.5%), gave normal birth (65%), all mothers received breastfeeding training in the hospital, this training was beneficial for breastfeeding (62.5%), and started breastfeeding in the first half hour after birth (47.5%), they were considering breastfeeding for two years and stated that the breastfeeding training they received from ASM was beneficial (92.5%). When the results of the analysis of the differences between the data before and after breastfeeding training were examined, it was found that infant feeding attitude, breastfeeding self-efficacy perception and breastfeeding motivation sub-dimensions had statistically significant and positive differences compared to pre-training (p <0.05). It was found that these results of the study supported the hypotheses of the study and that breastfeeding training given in the first week of the postpartum period was effective in increasing infant feeding attitude, breastfeeding self-efficacy perception and breastfeeding motivation.