| Summary: | 碩士 === 慈濟大學 === 原住民健康研究所 === 95 === Abstract
Taiwanese government has begun promoting breastfeeding since 1992. Although the breastfeeding rate in Hualien was higher than other areas in Taiwan in 2005, there were more than 50% of the women in Hualien chosen not to breastfeed. “Objections from parents-in-law” and “return to work” were most frequently mentioned by women as the main reasons to stop breastfeeding. However, whether these were the true reasons that stopped womens from breastfeeding or excuses that those women used to cover up their attitude toward breastfeeding needed further investigation. Because these factors are included in The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), I developed a questionnaire to investigate the relationships between the key variables in TPB and breastfeeding intention of pregnant aboriginal women. From January to June in 2006, 141 pregnant aboriginal women who visited obstetrics and gynecology clinic in a medical center and a regional hospital in Hualien city filled out the questionnaire. The paired t test showed that in regard to breastfeeding, the pregnant aboriginal women's motivation to comply with the opinion of parents-in-law was significantly lower than the motivation to comply with those of husband’s, the medical professionals’, and pregnant women’s own parents’. The multiple regression analysis showed that the perceived behavioral control was a strong predictor in predicting the pregnant women’s intention to breastfeed within 3-5 days, one month, and 1-3 months after giving birth.These results do not support my observation from work, nevertheless, they provide bases for designing health education on breastfeeding that is suitable for aboriginal women's in the future.
Keywords: breastfeeding intention,The Theory of Planned Behavior, aboriginal pregnant woman
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