Overview
This book brings together international academics, policy makers and practitioners to build bridges between the real-world and scholarship on breastfeeding. It asks the question: How can the latest social science research into breastfeeding be used to improve support at both policy and practice level, in order to help women breastfeed and to breastfeed for longer? The edited collection includes discussion about the social and cultural contexts of breastfeeding and looks at how policy and practice can apply this to women's experiences. This will be essential reading for academics, policy makers and practitioners in public health, midwifery, child health, sociology, women's studies, psychology, human geography and anthropology, who want to make a real change for mothers.
Full Product Details
Author: Sally Dowling ,
David Pontin ,
Kate Boyer ,
Maia Boswell-Penc
Publisher: Policy Press
Imprint: Policy Press
ISBN: 9781447338505
ISBN 10: 1447338502
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 05 September 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
A readable, timely volume that draws together excellence in scholarship and practice for centering women's experiences to advance solutions to improve the low rates of breastfeeding in the UK. Paige Hall Smith, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro All the research shows that breastfeeding is good for babies - so why do breastfeeding rates remain so low in many countries? This book is unique in using insights from mothers themselves to suggest practical solutions. Required reading for professionals, policy-makers, or anyone doing research on breastfeeding. Maria Iacovou, University of Cambridge
A readable, timely volume that draws together excellence in scholarship and practice for centering women's experiences to advance solutions to improve the low rates of breastfeeding in the UK. Paige Hall Smith, University of North Carolina at Greensboro All the research shows that breastfeeding is good for babies - so why do breastfeeding rates remain so low in many countries? This book is unique in using insights from mothers themselves to suggest practical solutions. Required reading for professionals, policy-makers, or anyone doing research on breastfeeding. Maria Iacovou, University of Cambridge
Author Information
Sally Dowling is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, UWE, Bristol. She has published on breastfeeding in public, stigma, liminality and long-term breastfeeding. She is Associate Editor for International Breastfeeding Journal. David Pontin is Professor of Community Health, University of South Wales. His current research focuses on family resilience (www.frait.wales) and the implications for health visiting practice. Kate Boyer is a Senior Lecturer in feminist geography in the School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University. She has published on breastfeeding in public, combining lactation with wage work, breastmilk donation and breastfeeding activism.
