Role of Social Support in Breastfeeding for Adolescent Mothers

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Question 1
i. The title of the article- Role of Social Support in Breastfeeding for Adolescent
Mothers
ii. The authors of the article- Restu A. Palupi and Shrimarti R. Devy
iii. The year of publication of the article-2018
iv. The title of the journal in which the article was published-KnE Life Sciences, The
Second International Meeting of Public Health 2016 (IMOPH)
v. The digital object identifier of the article- 10.18502/kls.v4i4.2281(Palupi and
Devy 2018)
Question 2
In the research article, a qualitative data analysis method has been used in order to verify the
main research question. The four reasons can be provided in support of the claim that it was a
qualitative research method. Seven women were selected by visiting the cadres in order to
complete the study. All the volunteers visited the residents door-to-door for collecting
information. Using an interview guide, the data was obtained after in-depth interviews among
the participants. Data from the observational sheets, field notes were also collected for the
further analysis. All the records from the interview were transcribed, analyzed and
categorized into social support as well as action situation. All these steps indicate that the
research method used by them was qualitative in nature (Palupi and Devy 2018).
Question 3
i. Research hypothesis- Adolescent mothers tend to breastfeed for shorter durations
than the older mothers.

ii. The research hypothesis would be considered as an appropriate step in
undertaking a deductive approach to the research because a deductive approach
always begins with a hypothesis and the emphasis for this kind of approaches is
generally on casualty. The purpose of the research is to gather information and
data in an existing practice or situation. This research hypothesis is aimed to test
an existing theory which states that adolescent mothers are less likely to
breastfeed their children than the older mothers and adolescent mothers tend to
breastfeed for shorter duration. The main and particular idea is being generalized
in the research hypothesis which is making it deductive (Bryman 2016).
iii. Qualitative research question- What is the breastfeeding behaviour among
adolescents?
iv. The research question would be considered as an appropriate step in undertaking
an inductive approach to the research. Inductive approach always focussed to
generate a new theory from the emerging data related to it. This approach is also
associated with qualitative research question. In this research question, data will
be collected with a qualitative research method and which will produce a new
theory after the analysis. In this inductive approach new phenomena will be
established and existing research phenomena will be looked from a new and
different perspective (Bryman 2016).
Question 4
Here I am using the qualitative research question to find a relevant peer reviewed journal
article.
i. I searched in Google Scholar in order to find the article.

ii. The used some specific search terms or keywords to find the article and the
keywords are: Adolescent mother, breastfeeding, behaviour, journal, qualitative
study.
iii. Reference : Kanhadilok, S. and McGrath, J.M., 2015. An integrative review of
factors influencing breastfeeding in adolescent mothers. The Journal of perinatal
education, 24(2), p.119.
iv. Appendix
Abstract- The purpose of this integrative review was to describe factors that
influence breastfeeding behaviors in adolescent mothers. Twenty-two articles met
inclusion criteria. Findings showed that most adolescent mothers intended to
breastfeed during pregnancy. Yet, breastfeeding initiation ranged from 39% to
69%. Almost half of adolescent mothers stopped within 1 month. Less than 25%
continued to breastfeeding behaviors to 6 months. Factors that influenced
breastfeeding decisions in adolescent mothers included social and cultural norms.
Personal beliefs about being a good mother were important to intention and
initiation of breastfeeding. Promoting maternal competence was found to be
essential to breastfeeding initiation and continuation for adolescent mothers.
Support from partners and professionals also led to positive attitudes toward
breastfeeding initiation and continuation (Kanhadilok and McGrath 2015).
Question 5
i. This is the perception for problematic drinking in which the drunk people lose
their functionality and it also indicates the loss of control. If a person loses his
control and cannot remember what happened when he was drunk then that can be
perceived as problematic drinking. So, the statement is associated with the
perception of problematic drinking (Khadjesari et al. 2018).