Knowledge and Opinions of Turkish Parents About the Human Milk Bank

Abstract

Objective:This study am is to determine the knowledge and opinions regarding human milk banks among Turkish parents with babies in the neonatal intensive care unit.Method:The data of the study were collected using a questionnaire created to determine the socio-demographic characteristics of the parents, and their knowledge levels and opinions about the human milk bank the chi-square test was used for categorical assessments, the Student’s t-test for comparisons of two-group averages, and One-Way Analysis of Variance -with Tukey test- for comparisons of three or more groups for analysing data.Results:The mean knowledge score of the parents about the human milk bank was 33.33±18.84, and for the mothers and fathers, scores were 32.93±19.69 and 33.73±18.05 respectively. It was determined that the parents were generally indecisive in their views regarding the human milk bank.Conclusion:It was determined that the parents’ level of knowledge about human milk banks were low. In line with the results, it is recommended that health personnel inform the society about breast milk banks.

Keywords

• human milk
• milk bank
• knowledge
• opinion
• mother
• father