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Breast feeding and society

01 October 2006

Paediatric Nursing

Policy

Britain has the lowest breastfeeding rate of all countries in Europe; it is no longer the cultural norm in our society. Breastfeeding rates are affected by public...

Supporting breastfeeding mothers on children’s wards: an overview

01 February 2007

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Just under half of all six-week-old babies in the UK are breastfed, and just under a quarter are still being breastfed at six months old so it is likely that...

Supporting breastfeeding mothers in hospital: part 2a

01 October 2007

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

The first article in this series highlighted the challenges that mothers face in establishing breastfeeding (Wallis and Harper 2007). Breastfeeding a sick infant in...

Supporting breastfeeding mothers in hospital: part 2b

01 November 2007

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

In this third article in the series, two further hypothetical scenarios are used to provide guidance on supporting breastfeeding mothers when the baby has a...

Supporting breastfeeding mothers in hospital: part 1

01 September 2007

Paediatric Nursing

General

Breastfeeding makes a vital contribution to the health and development of babies, as well as to long term health. Establishing breastfeeding may not be easy even for...

Initiation of breastfeeding lessons from Taiwan

01 April 2008

Paediatric Nursing

Care

A study undertaken in Taiwan in 2001 is reported here with the aim of improving understanding about the socio-cultural factors that may affect a woman’s decisions...

Infant nutrition: part one

01 December 1999

Paediatric Nursing

CPD

Aims and intended learning outcomes This article aims to enhance the practitioner’s knowledge of biological theory of infant nutrition and facilitate its integration...