The effect of educational program based on Basnef model on pregnant women breastfeeding behavior in Arak city – Iran

Introduction: Infant and children are very sensitive as well as the larger people in developing countries. Since, the children are the future resources, their safety and protection are the important duties of mothers and society, Breastfeeding is one of the best methods for healthy child in any societies. In latest years, the benefits of breastfeeding are widely acknowledged and the most of mothers choose breastfeeding, but they have not successful, because they do not apply appropriate technical breastfeeding behavior. Therefore, the propose of this study was to determine the effect of educational program based on BASNEF (Belief, Attitude, Subjective Norm, Enabling Factor) Model on Pregnant Women Breastfeeding Behavior.

 

Material and Methods: 88 pregnant women that are referring to health center participated in the educational program based on BASNEF model. The program covered four educational classes during the last three months of the pregnancy period and using with lecture, film and ask – response.  Data were collected by a questionnaire included 46 questions based on BASNEF model components (demographic, knowledge, attitude, enabling factors, evaluation of results, subjective norms, behavioral intention and observational check list of breastfeeding).

 

Results: Paired t-test showed that mean score of knowledge, attitude, enabling factors and evaluation increased significantly after interventional program among experimental group. Mc-Nemar test showed that there was significant deference between before and after intervention of experimental group's subjective norms. Mann-Whitney test showed significant deference between the two groups after educational program related to behavioral intention.

 Conclusion: The finding of this study supported the effectiveness of educational intervention based on BASNEF model on pregnant women breastfeeding behavior