Descripción del proyecto
Factores que influyen en la lactancia materna en países culturalmente diferentes
La lactancia materna tiene una gran importancia en Europa. Finlandia presume de una tasa de lactancia del 95 %, mientras que en Irlanda no llega al 60 %. Estos dos países se enfrentan a problemas comunes como, por ejemplo, limitaciones presupuestarias, falta de ayudas, presiones de la industria de la leche artificial y la sexualización de los pechos. El objetivo del proyecto INFEDE, financiado por las acciones Marie Skłodowska-Curie, es investigar los factores que influyen en las decisiones de las madres respecto a la lactancia en estos dos países culturalmente distintos, así como llevar a cabo una investigación innovadora sobre las experiencias de las mujeres que dan el pecho a su bebés o las que optan por darles el biberón. En el proyecto se examinarán las expectativas culturales y las políticas de alimentación infantil en Finlandia e Irlanda, lo que esclarecerá la forma en que los factores personales, culturales y sociales influyen en esta práctica. Para ello se combinarán métodos de análisis narrativo y de contenido.
Objetivo
The aim of the project is to critically examine the factors influencing mothers’ decisions on infant feeding in two different cultural locations: Ireland and Finland and to provide innovative research on women’s experiences of breastfeeding and bottle-feeding. The project highlights that infant feeding decisions are not made independent of social and cultural context. There are two specific objectives: 1) To explore and identify the cultural expectations and policies concerning infant feeding in Ireland and Finland. This objective is the groundwork for RO2, and informants are people working and volunteering in breastfeeding associations and midwife organizations. 2) To research infant feeding as a contextual practice that has personal, cultural, and social levels. This is achieved by analysing the interview narratives conducted with mothers from both countries while being sensitive to intersectional differences and socially constructed subject positions. The research method is qualitative and has an interdisciplinary approach combining content analysis and narrative analysis methods with gender studies, media studies and sociology. An intersectional reading is used while analysing the data. The project contributes to the research of infant feeding and breastfeeding which is set as a health priority throughout Europe. The reasons behind breastfeeding or bottle feeding are various and this research adds knowledge and understanding to the different levels of infant feeding. The breastfeeding rates in selected countries are very different; in Finland over 95 % of mothers initiate breastfeeding while in Ireland the rates are much lower and little more than 60 % are breastfed. This makes Ireland’s breastfeeding rates one of the lowest in the EU. Still, both countries are affected by the savings targeted to maternity services, the lack of support in the early days of mothering, the pressures of profit gaining formula industry, and the constant sexualisation of breasts.
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinador
W23 Maynooth
Irlanda