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dc.contributor.authorTaylor, A.M.
dc.contributor.authorCloherty, M.
dc.contributor.authorAlexander, J.
dc.contributor.authorHolloway, I.
dc.contributor.authorGalvin, K.
dc.contributor.authorInch, S.
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-25T08:12:15Z
dc.date.available2009-09-25T08:12:15Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationTaylor , A M , Cloherty , M , Alexander , J , Holloway , I , Galvin , K & Inch , S 2009 , ' Parental distress around supplementing breastfed babies using nasogastric tubes on the post-natal ward: a theme from an ethnographic study ' , Maternal and Child Nutrition , vol. 5 , no. 2 , pp. 117-124 . https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-8709.2008.00165.x
dc.identifier.issn1740-8695
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 196365
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 4400153b-d547-4ed9-b349-c83d5395e2fa
dc.identifier.otherdspace: 2299/3886
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 62749196171
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/3886
dc.description‘The definitive version is available at: www3.interscience.wiley.com ' Copyright Blackwell Publishing. DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2008.00165.x
dc.description.abstractThere is abundant evidence of the benefits of breastfeeding. In the UK, supplementation in hospital has consistently been shown to be associated with shortened duration of breastfeeding. This paper reports on a subset of the data from an ethnographic study that explored the expectations, beliefs and experiences of mothers and health professionals concerning supplementation, using a variety of methods, of breastfed babies in an English maternity unit in 2002. This paper aims to describe the expectations, beliefs and experiences of mothers and health professionals concerning supplementation by nasogastric (NG) tube on the post-natal ward. Participant observation was carried out on day and night shifts and at weekends over 9 months. Mothers, midwives, neonatal nurses, health care assistants and senior paediatricians were interviewed. Categories and themes were generated. The researchers' constructs of 'the essential method', when the tube was the method needed for medical reasons, and 'the chosen method', when other methods of oral feeding should have been possible, emerged. The latter included time pressures and the avoidance of any form of oral activity that might perhaps make return to the breast more difficult. The data concerning the use of NG tubes for supplementation yielded the specific theme of parental distress. In the absence of evidence that supplementation by NG tube on the post-natal ward is associated with greater breastfeeding success than other methods, the use of the tube to avoid any form of 'oral confusion' should be discontinued. Its use primarily to save time should not be considered acceptable.en
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofMaternal and Child Nutrition
dc.titleParental distress around supplementing breastfed babies using nasogastric tubes on the post-natal ward: a theme from an ethnographic studyen
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Psychology
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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