Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Health Sciences

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Knowledge, Opinions, and Experiences of Health Professionals About Weaning: A Descriptive Study
Sağlık Profesyonellerinin Emzirmenin Sonlandırılması Konusunda Bilgi, Görüş ve Deneyimleri: Tanımlayıcı Çalışma
Hatice YILDIZa, Hüsniye ÇALIŞIRa, Seher SARIKAYA KARABUDAKa
aDepartment of Pediatric Nursing, Aydın Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Nursing, Aydın, Türkiye
Turkiye Klinikleri J Health Sci. 2022;7(2):386-93
doi: 10.5336/healthsci.2021-84483
Article Language: EN
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ABSTRACT
 Objective: This study was performed to determine knowledge, opinions, and experiences about weaning in physicians, nurses, and midwives working in the field of pediatrics. Material and Methods: This descriptive study included 242 health professionals working in family health centers and pediatrics clinics of hospitals in Aydın city of Türkiye. Data were obtained with a questionnaire and analyzed with descriptive statistics, student's t-test, and one-way variance analysis. Results: Of all the participants, 90.5% thought health professionals are responsible for helping mothers during weaning, 28% used traditional methods of weaning or had a child weaned by using traditional methods, 45% received education about weaning during their undergraduate education, 19% received education about weaning after their graduation, 57.9% were asked by parents to provide counseling about weaning and 37.9% of them admitted having difficulty in offering counseling about it. The mean score for knowledge of weaning was 10.6±2.23 (minimum-maximum scores: 0-14). The health professionals working in the family health centers had a significantly higher score for knowledge of weaning (p<0.05). Conclusion: Health professionals should be aware of mothers' needs for support about weaning and give as much importance to weaning as initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding. Counseling skills of health professionals should be improved about weaning.

Keywords: Breastfeeding; midwives; nurses; pediatricians; weaning
ÖZET
 Amaç: Bu araştırma, pediatri alanında çalışan hekim, hemşire ve ebelerin, emzirmenin sonlandırılması konusundaki bilgi, görüş ve deneyimlerini belirlemek amacıyla gerçekleştirildi. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Tanımlayıcı tipteki bu çalışmaya Türkiye'nin Aydın ilindeki aile sağlığı merkezleri ve hastanelerin çocuk hastalıkları kliniklerinde çalışan 242 sağlık çalışanı dâhil edildi. Bir anket formu aracılığıyla toplanan veriler; tanımlayıcı istatistikler, student t-testi ve tek yönlü varyans analiziyle değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Katılımcıların %90,5'i emzirmenin sonlandırılması sürecinde annelere yardımcı olmanın sağlık profesyonellerinin görevi olduğunu bildirdi. Kendi çocuğunu emziren/ emzirilen sağlık profesyonellerinin %28'inin, emzirmenin sonlandırılmasında geleneksel yöntemleri kullandığı belirlendi. Sağlık profesyonellerinin %45'i temel eğitimleri sırasında, %19'u ise mezuniyet sonrasında emzirmenin sonlandırılmasıyla ilgi eğitim aldığını bildirdi. Katılımcıların %57,9'u daha önce emzirmeyi sonlandırma konusunda ebeveynlerin kendisine danıştığını, bunlardan %37,9'u danışmanlık vermekte zorlandığını belirtti. Katılımcıların emzirmenin sonlandırılmasına ilişkin ortalama bilgi puanı 10,6±2,23 (minimummaksimum puan: 0-14) olarak bulundu. Aile sağlığı merkezlerinde görev yapan sağlık profesyonellerinin bilgi puanlarının, hastanelerde çalışanlara göre daha yüksek olduğu belirlendi (p<0,05). Sonuç: Sağlık çalışanları, annelerin emzirmenin sonlandırılması konusunda desteğe olan ihtiyaçlarının farkında olmalı ve emzirmenin başlatılması ve sürdürülmesi kadar sonlandırılmasına da önem vermelidir. Emzirmenin sonlandırılması konusunda sağlık çalışanlarının danışmanlık becerileri geliştirilmelidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Emzirme; ebeler; hemşireler; çocuk doktorları; emzirmenin sonlandırılması
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