PMID- 27188074
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160615
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 0729-2759 (Print)
IS  - 0729-2759 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 1
DP  - 2016 Mar
TI  - The faces of breastfeeding support: Experiences of mothers seeking breastfeeding 
      support online.
PG  - 11-20
AB  - The aim of this study was to advance understanding of the experiences of mothers 
      using closed Facebook groups attached to the Australian Breastfeeding Association 
      (ABA) and how these mothers find and share breastfeeding support and information 
      using this forum. The study involved members of three closed Facebook groups that 
      were chosen as interesting cases for study, based on the volume and nature of 
      their posts. Members of these three groups then participated in online depth 
      interviews and online semi-structured focus groups. The overarching theme 
      identified was support, with four sub-themes that describe the nature of online 
      breastfeeding support within the Facebook environment. These sub-themes are: 
      community, complementary, immediate and information. It was found that social 
      networking sites (SNSs) provide support from the trusted community. It is 
      immediate, it complements existing support or services that ABA provides and also 
      provides practical and valuable information for its users.
FAU - Bridges, Nicole
AU  - Bridges N
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Australia
TA  - Breastfeed Rev
JT  - Breastfeeding review : professional publication of the Nursing Mothers' 
      Association of Australia
JID - 9616903
MH  - Australia
MH  - Blogging
MH  - Breast Feeding/psychology/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Education/*methods
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
MH  - Infant, Newborn
MH  - Internet/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Mothers/*education/psychology
MH  - Self Concept
MH  - *Self-Help Groups
MH  - *Social Support
EDAT- 2016/05/18 06:00
MHDA- 2016/06/16 06:00
CRDT- 2016/05/19 06:00
PHST- 2016/05/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/05/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/06/16 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Breastfeed Rev. 2016 Mar;24(1):11-20.