Date of Award
Spring 2025
Document Type
Project – Full Written
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Committee Chair
Tina Lewis
Abstract
Breastfeeding is nature’s medicine. Though it is considered a natural experience between a mother and a child, it does not always come easy. Education is imperative for peripartum women to learn more about breastfeeding in general, its benefits to the mother and the child, identifying improper latching, and resources to seek help. The purpose of this project was to provide introductory breastfeeding education to peripartum women at a government-funded public health facility in Cleveland County, North Carolina, to increase breastfeeding knowledge, self-efficacy, and the intention to breastfeed for the baby’s first 6-months of life in 100% of the participants. Though there were not many participants in this project, half of the participants revealed through a survey that they learned from this educational video and plan to breastfeed for at least 6-months.
Recommended Citation
Chassner, Kristen, "Breastfeeding Education in Peripartum Women" (2025). Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects. 121.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/nursing-dnp/121
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