title: Women's prenatal concerns regarding breastfeeding: are they being addressed?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study sought to identify women's concerns regarding breastfeeding during the prenatal period and determine whether women thought that health care providers addressed these concerns.
  
  
  METHODS
  A structured interview with both open-ended and closed-ended questions addressing the study objectives was administered to a cross-sectional sample of 130 English-speaking or Spanish-speaking postpartum women at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When asked an open-ended question regarding whether they had concerns about breastfeeding while making their decisions about feeding their infants, 81.5% of women identified at least 1 concern. Of these women, only 25.4% reported that this concern was addressed by the provider during prenatal care. When prompted with 8 common concerns regarding breastfeeding during the prenatal period, 95.4% of women identified at least 1 of these preidentified concerns. Only 17.4% of women who identified any of these 8 concerns reported that the concerns had been discussed with a provider.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Women's recall of prenatal health care discussions strongly suggests that providers are not adequately addressing women's concerns about breastfeeding.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Archabald
authors.forename: Lisbet
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lundsberg
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Triche
authors.forename: Errol
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Norwitz
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Illuzzi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D013315:Stress, Psychological