Breastfeeding attitudes and knowledge among future female physicians and teachers in Saudi Arabia

dc.contributor.author	Amin, Tarek Tawfik	en
dc.contributor.author	Abdulrahman, Amira Gamal	en
dc.contributor.author	Saab Al Muhaidib, Nouria	en
dc.contributor.author	Abdulaziz Al Hamdan, Omar	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-20T19:04:48Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-20T19:04:48Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-20
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1483
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Breastfeeding
dc.subject	Human body and language
dc.subject	Oriental traditional medicine
dc.subject	Medicine--Study and teaching (Graduate)
dc.subject	Women students
dc.subject	Θηλασμός
dc.subject	Συμπεριφορές
dc.subject	Γνώση
dc.subject	Ιατρική εκπαίδευση
dc.subject	Φοιτήτριες
dc.subject	Σαουδική Αραβία
dc.subject	Saudi Arabia
dc.title	Breastfeeding attitudes and knowledge among future female physicians and teachers in Saudi Arabia	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.generalDescription	Research article	en
heal.classification	Medicine
heal.classification	Gynecology
heal.classification	Education
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Γυναικολογία
heal.classification	Εκπαίδευση
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Γυναικολογία
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Εκπαίδευση
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heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2014-01
heal.bibliographicCitation	Amin, T., Abdulrahman, A., Saab Al Muhaidib, N. & Abdulaziz Al Hamdan, O. (2014) Breastfeeding attitudes and knowledge among future female physicians and teachers in Saudi Arabia. “Health Science Journal”. 8 (1). p.90-101.	en
heal.abstract	Background: Researches who assess and explore the medical and education college students breast feeding (BF) attitudes and knowledge are lacking in Saudi Arabia. Objectives: The present study aimed to explore the attitudes and knowledge about BF of the undergraduate female medical and education students at Colleges of Medicine and Education, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. Method and material: This cross-sectional study targeted all female students at all years of enrolment at both colleges; systematic random sampling method was employed for selecting participants in proportion to their colleges and years of study. Data was collected through a self administered, anonymous, previously validated questionnaire form collecting data about the socio-demographics of the students, the Iowa Infant Feeding attitude scale and 14 items to assess their knowledge. Results: A total of 521 female students were included. Students at both colleges showed positive attitudes towards BF, predominantly among medical, higher grades, at their clinical stage of medical education, rural and married students. The knowledge scores were low irrespective of the educational disciplines of the students and the responses of medical and education students reflected the prevalence of many misconceptions regarding the timely initiation, duration and exclusivity of BF. Conclusion: Undergraduate female students in medical and education colleges at King Faisal University have positive attitudes towards BF, yet they demonstrated low level of knowledge with several misconceptions. Promoting BF in their communities will not be possible without proper educational strategies aiming at reinforcement of the current curricular contents for the benefits of generations to come. Curricular changes aiming to promote BF and correcting the ingrained misconceptions are needed.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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