All 5 of the value statements were met with agreement or strong agreement by most providers. The individual questions and results are shown below.
| Value Statements | Strongly Agree |
Agree | Unsure | Disagree | Strongly Disagree |
| In relation to other actions the mother can take to protect or enhance the health of her child, I place breastfeeding as a high priority. | 129 (74%) |
38 (22%) |
6 (3%) |
0 (0%) |
1 (1%) |
| I believe that most mothers can successfully breastfeed if given adequate support by their family and health care providers. | 127 (73%) |
36 (21%) |
10 (6%) |
0 (0%) |
1 (1%) |
| I consistently provide a strong emphasis on breastfeeding in my interaction with pregnant or postpartal women/mothers of newborns. | 94 (54%) |
61 (35%) |
16 (9%) |
1 (1%) |
2 (1%) |
| I feel adequately prepared to give the needed support to breastfeeding mothers or pregnant women considering breastfeeding. | 85 (49%) |
60 (34%) |
22 (13%) |
4 (2%) |
3 (2%) |
| I seek out or desire educational updates to enhance my ability to support breastfeeding mothers. | 56 (32%) |
49 (28%) |
52 (30%) |
12 (7%) |
5 (3%) |
For the first 4 questions, all disagreement and strong disagreement was indicated by perinatal nurses.
For question #1, ambivalence was voiced by 3 perinatal nurses (2.7%) and 3 obstetricians (27.3%).
For question #2, ambivalence was indicated by 2 FP doctors (22.2%), 2 obstetricians (18.2%), and 1 pediatrician (4.5%), as well as 5 perinatal nurses (4.5%).
For question #3, ambivalence was primarily voiced by 13 perinatal nurses (11.8%), along with 2 FP doctors (22.2%) and 1 obstetrician (9.1%).
For question #4, ambivalence was indicated by 13 (11.8%) perinatal nurses, 5 (22.7%) pediatricians, 3 (33.3%) FP doctors, and 1 (9.1%) obstetrician.
For question #5, along with perinatal nurses, 1 (4.5%) pediatrician indicated strong disagreement, and 3 FP doctors (33%), 2 obstetricians (18%), and 1 Lactation consultant (7.1%) indicated disagreement. As a note of interest, the Lactation consultant also indicated she was moving and possibly seeking a role change. Ambivalence was noted by about one-third of FP doctors – 3 (33.3%), pediatricians – 8 (36.4%), obstetricians – 4 (36.4%), and perinatal nurses – 37 (33.6%).
A further graphical representation of these results is shown here:
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