“Euch,1those are for your husband!”; examination of cultural values and assumptions associated with breast‐feeding
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Health Care for Women International
- Vol. 11 (2) , 223-232
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07399339009515890
Abstract
Examination of the assumptions underlying research and educational resources on breast‐feeding reveals bias and a lack of data to substantiate perceived facts. In this paper four methods of examining research to assist in identifying assumptions and bias in breastfeeding research are presented. Four methods are (a) examining past research, (b) examining cross‐cultural research, (c) asking anthropological questions, and (d) using inductive research techniques to reexamine the problem. Such techniques reveal new insights and permit the identification of new directions for breast‐feeding research.Keywords
This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- Patterns of mixed feedingMidwifery, 1988
- Social coercion for weaningJournal of Nurse-Midwifery, 1987
- Minimal BreastfeedingJournal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 1986
- Private fears, global loss: A cross‐cultural study of the insufficient milk syndromeMedical Anthropology, 1985
- Infant-initiated weaning from the breast in the first yearEarly Human Development, 1983
- The psychological bases of food rejections by humansEcology of Food and Nutrition, 1983
- Induced LactationAmerican Journal of Diseases of Children, 1981
- The psychological categorization of foods and non-foods: A preliminary taxonomy of food rejectionsAppetite, 1980
- The insufficient milk syndrome: A biocultural explanationMedical Anthropology, 1980