Maria Cenușă, Maria Nicoleta Turliuc
Parents' Beliefs about Children's Emotions and Children's Social Skills: The Mediating Role of Parents' Emotion Regulation
Children (Basel, Switzerland)
strong evidence exclusive breastfeeding ebf first 6 months life reduces risk diseases infancy later life understand maternal reasoning influences optimum infant feeding practices caregivers semirural communities limpopo province nested qualitative study among mothers ongoing birth cohort study conducted structured semistructured interviews used collect data data 234 infants 6 months followup included quantitative analysis four focus discussion groups comprising 7 10 caregivers used obtain perception mothers breastfeeding semistructured interview guide used stimulate discussions thematic content analyses conducted identify main themes influence breastfeeding practices caregivers 90 caregivers initiated breastfeeding delivery however less 1 mothers practiced ebf 3 months none children exclusively breastfed 6 months caregivers introduced nonbreast milk liquids solids second month childs life common reasons introducing nonbreast milk foods included insufficiency breast milk production going back work school influence elderly women mothersmothersinlaw church members exclusive breastfeeding practiced community due cultural religious beliefs misinformation involvement elderly women church members infant feeding education promotion programs dissemination breastfeeding information mobile phones younger mothers recommended