Breastfeeding practice among Malays in community

This book reports a study involving Malay mothers who have had an ongoing breastfeeding experience. The motivation of this book was derived from two main considerations. First, it was driven by the need to explore the influences of religious affiliation experience on breastfeeding practices. Second...

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Main Authors: Jamil, Nurul Akma, Muda, Siti Mariam, Ismail, Hamizah
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: IIUM Press 2017
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spelling iium-656482019-10-21T04:19:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/65648/ Breastfeeding practice among Malays in community Jamil, Nurul Akma Muda, Siti Mariam Ismail, Hamizah RT Nursing This book reports a study involving Malay mothers who have had an ongoing breastfeeding experience. The motivation of this book was derived from two main considerations. First, it was driven by the need to explore the influences of religious affiliation experience on breastfeeding practices. Second, mothers’ perception and experience throughout their breastfeeding journey need to be understood in establishing health promotion and education within communities with different context of culture. Our attention on breastfeeding issues is rooted from our life experience as a mother who breastfeeds. The exposures as a health care providers working in Obstetrics Ward allowed us to observe the discrepancy between the religious recommendation and sociocultural perspective within the breastfeeding promotion and education program within the society. Islam recommends breastfeeding since human milk is the most nutritious and best first food for infants. Mother’s preference of infant feeding practice would be influenced by many factors. In Malaysia, breastfeeding was dominantly practiced among Malay whose deeply believe in Islam and any decision should abide by Islamic teachings. Existing literature appear to have limited evidence on Malay mothers’ interpretation and construction of this practice. The decision to breastfeed was believed to be influenced by social and cultural context. Therefore, this study aimed at exploring how religious beliefs and sociocultural would influence the life experience of breastfeeding mothers. IIUM Press 2017 Book PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65648/1/65648_Breastfeeding%20practice%20among%20malays%20in%20community.pdf Jamil, Nurul Akma and Muda, Siti Mariam and Ismail, Hamizah (2017) Breastfeeding practice among Malays in community. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN 978-967-418-756-9
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Jamil, Nurul Akma
Muda, Siti Mariam
Ismail, Hamizah
Breastfeeding practice among Malays in community
description This book reports a study involving Malay mothers who have had an ongoing breastfeeding experience. The motivation of this book was derived from two main considerations. First, it was driven by the need to explore the influences of religious affiliation experience on breastfeeding practices. Second, mothers’ perception and experience throughout their breastfeeding journey need to be understood in establishing health promotion and education within communities with different context of culture. Our attention on breastfeeding issues is rooted from our life experience as a mother who breastfeeds. The exposures as a health care providers working in Obstetrics Ward allowed us to observe the discrepancy between the religious recommendation and sociocultural perspective within the breastfeeding promotion and education program within the society. Islam recommends breastfeeding since human milk is the most nutritious and best first food for infants. Mother’s preference of infant feeding practice would be influenced by many factors. In Malaysia, breastfeeding was dominantly practiced among Malay whose deeply believe in Islam and any decision should abide by Islamic teachings. Existing literature appear to have limited evidence on Malay mothers’ interpretation and construction of this practice. The decision to breastfeed was believed to be influenced by social and cultural context. Therefore, this study aimed at exploring how religious beliefs and sociocultural would influence the life experience of breastfeeding mothers.
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author Jamil, Nurul Akma
Muda, Siti Mariam
Ismail, Hamizah
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Muda, Siti Mariam
Ismail, Hamizah
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title Breastfeeding practice among Malays in community
title_short Breastfeeding practice among Malays in community
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url http://irep.iium.edu.my/65648/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/65648/1/65648_Breastfeeding%20practice%20among%20malays%20in%20community.pdf
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