Development of a continuous education program starting from pregnancy for fathers to support breastfeeding

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23593345
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Seirei Christopher University
• Principal Investigator: KURONO Tomoko 聖隷クリストファー大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (10267875)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KANZAKI Eriko 聖隷クリストファー大学, 看護学部, 講師 (10269631) ; MURAMATSU Mie 聖隷クリストファー大学, 看護学部, 助教 (80387505) ; MUROKA Chika 聖隷クリストファー大学, 看護学部, 助教 (40616918) ; FUJIMOTO Eiko 聖隷クリストファー大学, 看護学部, 教授 (80199364)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 母乳育児支援 / 父親

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was conducted to develop an education program to encourage fathers to support breastfeeding.
According to a survey to father with the first child (199 respondents) conducted at the 4-month health visit, father's policy about breastfeeding of the pregnancy period was related to breastfeeding rate, and some of fathers had a sense of alienation from their wives and infants, and not many of them knew, in concrete terms, how to support their wives.Therefore, as a breastfeeding support program for fathers, a draft program was drawn up, which included the following issues: 1) The advantages of breast milk; 2) The need of the relaxation; 3) Provision of social support to the wives; 4) Method to breastfeed the baby; 5) Setting aside time to talk to the wife about breastfeeding; 6) Reinforcement of the relationship with the wife, without having negative feelings towards the wife on account of breastfeeding. Based on the opinions, the draft was revised and completed.

Free Research Field

医歯薬学・看護学・生涯発達看護学