Hi, I'm planning a qualiative research project and seek your input in the question design for in-depth interview with physicians. It is known from random national surveys with Peds, FPs, and OBs that significant discrepency exists between professional guidelines regarding physician support for breastfeeding and actual physician KAP (knowledge, attitudes, and practices). I'd like to explore what the reasons are for this discrepency to guide corrective interventions. It's been assumed that the discrepency is simply due to an educational deficit. I suspect logistic and cultural (i.e. beliefs about breasts/parenting/control...) are important. In addition, physicians may simply not agree with existing guidelines or summaries of the data. What's your experience? What do you see as the factors which facilitate vs impair the inclination and ability of physicians to support breastfeeding? By this I don't mean to pressure anyone to breastfeed, but to facilitate an evidence-based discussion of the health advantages of BF, to explore the parents' ideas and needs, to provide encouragement and knowledgeable problem-solving when needed, and to avoid practices known to undermine BF. Thanks so much for your input! ********************************************************************* MaryAnn O'Hara, MD, MSt Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program University of Washington 1959 NE Pacific, Rm H-220 Health Sciences Center, Box 357183 Seattle, WA 98195-7183 (office) # 206-616-8724 (home office) 206-329-6870 (fax) 206-685-2473 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************* *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html