Different attitudes during breastfeeding consultations when infant formula was given: a phenomenographic approach
Conclusions: The approach of the midwife is related to how she defines the overall perspective of the mother-child relationship and how she looks upon her relationship to the mother-child dyad. Her approach varies depending on whether she meets the mother and child as a subject, similar to herself, or whether she sees one of them [...]
Milk sharing: from private practice to public pursuit
After only six months, a commerce-free internet-based milk-sharing model is operating in nearly 50 countries, connecting mothers who are able to donate breast milk with the caregivers of babies who need breast milk. Some public health authorities have condemned this initiative out of hand. Although women have always shared their milk, in many settings infant [...]
'The divorce program': gendered experiences of HIV positive mothers enrolled in PMTCT programs – the case of rural Malawi
Conclusions: PMTCT programs may vary in effectiveness in different contexts unless they fundamentally respond to socio-cultural factors as lived out in communities they intend to serve. The PMTCT program in rural southern Malawi is a case in point. (Source: International Breastfeeding Journal) Source:'The divorce program': gendered experiences of HIV positive mothers enrolled in PMTCT programs [...]
Social theory and infant feeding
Clinicians, public health advisors, nutritionists and others have been attempting to increase breastfeeding rates for the last few decades, with varying degrees of success. We need social science researchers to help us understand the role of infant feeding in the family. Some researchers in the area of food and nutrition have found Pierre Bourdieu’s theoretical [...]
Reflections on global policy documents and the WHO's infant feeding guidelines: lessons learnt
As the papers in this thematic series have illustrated, the postnatal prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) strategy has struggled with lack of local relevance. In an attempt to increase our understanding of the great dissonance between the policy intention and the experiences of the participants in concrete PMTCT programmes, we will [...]
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