Authors: Grassley, Jane S.; Eschiti, Valerie

Source: The Journal of Perinatal Education, Volume 20, Number 3, 2011 , pp. 134-141(8)

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Abstract:

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to examine the usefulness of storytelling as a foundation for communicating with grandmothers about breastfeeding. The benefits of storytelling are applied to an analysis of infant-feeding stories that grandmothers told during a focus group study conducted by the authors. Thirty-five grandmothers participated in the study. A qualitative content analysis of the interview transcripts revealed that grandmothers' infant-feeding stories provided insights into the people (characters) and circumstances (setting) that affected their early experiences of infant feeding. By asking grandmothers to tell their stories, health-care professionals may understand the personal and cultural context grandmothers bring to their support of new mothers and facilitate a place for grandmothers' voices to be heard.

Keywords: grandmothers; infant feeding; stories; storytelling

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1058-1243.20.3.134

Publication date: 2011-01-01

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