Abstract

Past goals, future goals, and current statistics regarding breastfeeding rates in the United States support the need for university programs to address the topic of breastfeeding education. Currently, exclusive breastfeeding rates are 46.3% initiation and 17.2% continuation at 6 months of age, well below the goals of 75% initiation and 50% continuation. Nurses are the largest group of health care professionals, and research has shown that their care influences women's breastfeeding experience. The literature informs us that although nurses most often have positive attitudes towards breastfeeding, they lack knowledge about breastfeeding support.

The purpose of this study was to describe the current state of breastfeeding education in university nursing programs, determine the knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy scores of senior nursing students, and identify factors associated with higher knowledge and attitude scores, Albert Bandura's Social cognitive theory, as applied to behavioral change, provided the theoretical framework for the study.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3126830; ProQuest document ID: 305077365. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Penny R. Marzalik, PhD, IBCLC

Sigma Membership

Epsilon

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Nursing Education, Self-Efficacy, Social Cognitive Theory, Breastfeeding Knowledge

Advisor

Kathleen F. Norr

Second Advisor

Pamela D. Hill

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

University of Illinois Chicago

Degree Year

2004

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None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2022-05-04

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