title: Focus group interviews to examine the attitude and quality of breastfeeding care.
abstract: This paper reports on the use of focus groups to investigate the attitude and quality of breastfeeding care among perinatal care staff. The initial steps of data analysis were observing collected data and dividing them into the meaning group categories, and using a constant comparative method for analytical techniques and procedures to analyse the findings from three focus groups (composed of a total of 22 midwives and nurses from hospital A). From the data, six categories were identified. These categories provide the framework for discussing the findings of the research. The results of this examination were accordingly used to develop perinatal staff issues for breastfeeding care and education strategies.
authors.affiliation: Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Mihara, Hiroshima, Japan. hiraoka@pu-hiroshima.ac.jp
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hiraoka
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D018743:Perinatal Care