Exploring Breastfeeding Influencers for obese mothers: The experiences and perceptions of five clinically obese women and their midwives

About this item

Title

Exploring Breastfeeding Influencers for obese mothers: The experiences and perceptions of five clinically obese women and their midwives

Content partner

Victoria University of Wellington

Collection

Open Access Victoria University of Wellington

Description

What are the barriers and facilitators to exclusive breastfeeding for women with a BMI equalling or exceeding 35kg/m²? A qualitative interpretative inquiry.  Breastfeeding is established as beneficial to both mothers and infants in terms of short-term and long-term health, or as normalising to the susceptibility of numerous conditions of poor health. Obesity is counted amongst these. A significant proportion of lactation research demonstrates exclusive breastfeeding as protective against obes...

Read more

Format

Research paper

Research format

Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2018

Creator

Monerasinghe, Rachel Emma

URL

https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Exploring_Breastfeeding_Influencers_for_obese_mothers_The_ex...

Related subjects

Midwifery not elsewhere classified / Breastfeeding / Obesity / Maternity / School: Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health / Midwifery / Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences / Degree Discipline: Midwifery / Degree Level: Masters / Degree Name: Master of Health Research

What is the copyright status of this item?

All Rights Reserved

This item is all rights reserved, which means you'll have to get permission from Victoria University of Wellington before using it.

More Information

Victoria University of Wellington has this to say about the rights status of this item:

Author Retains Copyright

What can I do with this item?

You must always check with Victoria University of Wellington to confirm the specific terms of use, but this is our understanding:

Non-infringing use

NZ Copyright law does not prevent every use of a copyright work. You should consider what you can and cannot do with a copyright work.

No sharing

You may not copy and/or share this item with others without further permission. This includes posting it on your blog, using it in a presentation, or any other public use.

No modifying

You are not allowed to adapt or remix this item into any other works.

No commercial use

You may not use this item commercially.