Knowledge and Opinions of Premature Infant Mother’s on Human Milk Banks

Abstract

Introduction: Mother milk is very important for the health of babies. Donor milk is suggested for babies that for some reason cannot receive their mother's milk. Therefore, mother milk banks are very important institutions both for babies and mothers. The aim of this study is to indicate the knowledge and opinions of premature infant mothers knowledge on human milk banks. Material and Method: The research was carried out with mothers whose babies are premature and in the newborn intensive care unit. The sample was composed of 230 mothers who agreed to fill in the questionnaire. The data has been gathered by the questionnaire that is composed of 39 questions which were prepared by the researcher. Descriptive statistics and the chi-square test were used for the analysis stage of the research. Results: It has been determined that 86.1% of the mothers have never heard about milk banks before, 90% did not know about them and, 43.9% of the mothers were indecisive about whether milk banks should be built or not. 41.3% of the mothers stated that they would not donate milk if a milk bank was to be established in our country while 66.5% stated that they would not request milk from milk banks. 48.3% of the mothers stated that they did not know whether milk banks would cause any problems in means of religion. Lastly, it has been noted that 58.3% of the mothers request more information on milk banks. A meaningful statistical ratio has been found between the education level of the mothers and prior knowledge of milk banks, the support for the establishment of milk banks, the need for milk banks, milk donation and milk requests. Conclusion: Overall, it has been found that the majority of the mothers do not hold sufficient knowledge about milk banks. It is found that the majority is indecisive about establishing milk banks. It can be stated that a positive attitude towards milk banks is parallel with the mother’s education level, it increases as the education level increases. There is a need to resolve the worries of society on milk banks and society should be informed more about it.

Keywords

• anne sütü bankası
• premature bebek
• bilgi
• görüş
• hemşirelik
• human milk bank
• premature baby
• knowledge
• view
• nursing