Background Although intention to breastfeed in Western culture is high, many women stop
breastfeeding before they are ready. From a physiological perspective, rates of primary milk …

The present paper provides an overview of the methodological principles that
underpinqualitative research and how these principles differ from those of quantitative …

Qualitative sampling methods have been largely ignored in technical communication texts,
making this concept difficult to teach in graduate courses on research methods. Using …

Background: Although much research has focused on identifying factors that influence
breastfeeding initiation and duration, many high‐risk factors are nonmodifiable demographic …

Aim. This paper reports a study whose primary aim was to explore the relationship between
social support for first‐time mothers and their confidence in infant care practices. A …

Background: Women need access to evidence‐based information to make informed choices
in pregnancy. A search for health information is one of the major reasons that people …

Background. Qualitative research methods are now recognized as valuable tools for primary
care. With the increasing emphasis on evidence-based medicine and critical appraisal of …

Breastfeeding is not simply a technical or practical task but is part of the transition to
motherhood, the relationship between mother and baby and the everyday experience of …

El desarrollo de la conducta alimentaria es un proceso complejo en el que participan
componentes fisiológicos de regulación de la ingesta alimentaria, del crecimiento y peso …

Qualitative research has been increasingly recognized in recent years as having a
distinctive and important contribution to make to health care research. It is capable of being …