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Date Published: 31/07/2022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v516i2.3048
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Vol. 516 No. 2 (2022)
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Thị Hồng, N. ., Phương Sinh, N. ., Thị Vân Huyền, N. ., Thị Hoa, B. ., Thị Thu, H. ., & Thị Duyên, N. . (2022). SURVEY ON KNOWLEDGES AND ATTITUDES OF FATHERS TO BREASTFEEDING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS IN THAI NGUYEN NATIONAL HOSPITAL. Vietnam Medical Journal, 516(2). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v516i2.3048

SURVEY ON KNOWLEDGES AND ATTITUDES OF FATHERS TO BREASTFEEDING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS IN THAI NGUYEN NATIONAL HOSPITAL

Nguyễn Thị Hồng1,, Nguyễn Phương Sinh1, Ngô Thị Vân Huyền1, Bế Thị Hoa1, Hoàng Thị Thu1, Nguyễn Thị Duyên1
1 Thai Nguyen University of Medicine and Pharmacy

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Abstract

Objectives: To describe knowledges and attitudes of fathers to breastfeeding at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Thai Nguyen National Hospital. Subject and method: A cross-sectional descriptive study on 175 husbands of pregnant women after giving birth at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Thai Nguyen National Hospital from May to July 2021. Results and conclusions: The average age of the fathers was 29.82 ± 5.43. The fathers had poonowledge about breastfeeding accounted for 70.9%. 29.1% fathers had good knowledge about breastfeeding. The rate of fathers who had a negative attitude to breastfeeding was 54.3%. The fathers had a positive attitude in breastfeeding were 45.7%. Petition: It is important to educate fathers on the knowledge and benefits of breastfeeding and encourage them to become their partner's facilitators in breastfeeding.

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fathers, breastfeeding, knowledge, attitude

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