> >Dear Ms. Bruce--
> >
> >Thanks for your help in facilitating my subscription to your list.  I
would be interested in posting a
> >question.  Perhaps folks could reply directly to my e-mail at
> >[log in to unmask]
> >
> >I am a clinical associate professor of family medicine at State
University
> >of New York Upstate Medical University, Clinical Campus at Binghamton.
> >Among my many interests are breastfeeding, physicians' advice to new
> >parents, and the role of hospital systems (or "institutional habits") on
> >breastfeeding and child-rearing.
> >
> >I am planning a research project concerning new mothers'
>experiences during their post-partum hospital stay.  I'm most specifically
> >interested in the phenomenon of in-hospital cessation of
> >breastfeeding--those mothers who arrive in labor expressing an intent to
> >breastfeed but then are discharged from the hospital either exclusively
or
> >partially bottle feeding.  I wonder what they experience during their
short
> >36-48 hour period that would result in this change.
> >
> >My first planned step is an interview-based, qualitative, so-called
> >naturalistic inquiry, in which I would engage in open-ended interviews
with
> >mothers just before discharge, to hear about their in-hospital
experiences
> >with breastfeeding.  I would then look for common themes in the
transcripts.
> >
> >The concepts explored in the interviews would mostly be determined by the
interview subjects,
    although I have in mind some general lines of inquiry.
> >I would be grateful if the participants on your List could suggest other
> >lines of inquiry or open-ended questions that they think might be
> >enlightening.  I would also like to hear if anyone has investigated this
> >question before; I have found no references to similar studies.  My
friend
> >and colleague Jim McKenna suggested your List as a valuable resource.
> >
> >Thanks very much.
> >
> >Christopher W. Ryan, MD
> >SUNY Clinical Campus
> >Binghamton, NY
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