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| Title |
Healthcare providers’ views on the acceptability of financial incentives for breastfeeding: a qualitative study
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| Published in |
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2393-14-355 |
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| Authors |
Barbara Whelan, Kate J Thomas, Patrice Van Cleemput, Heather Whitford, Mark Strong, Mary J Renfrew, Elaine Scott, Clare Relton |
| Abstract |
Despite a gradual increase in breastfeeding rates, overall in the UK there are wide variations, with a trend towards breastfeeding rates at 6-8 weeks remaining below 40% in less affluent areas. While financial incentives have been used with varying success to encourage positive health related behaviour change, there is little research on their use in encouraging breastfeeding. In this paper, we report on healthcare providers' views around whether using financial incentives in areas with low breastfeeding rates would be acceptable in principle. This research was part of a larger project looking at the development and feasibility testing of a financial incentive scheme for breastfeeding in preparation for a cluster randomised controlled trial. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 21 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 8 | 38% |
| Australia | 1 | 5% |
| Ireland | 1 | 5% |
| Brazil | 1 | 5% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 9 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 43% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 7 | 33% |
| Scientists | 4 | 19% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 108 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Romania | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 106 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 21 | 19% |
| Researcher | 14 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 18 | 17% |
| Unknown | 32 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 23% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 23 | 21% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 11% |
| Psychology | 4 | 4% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 6% |
| Unknown | 35 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 March 2019.
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#2,518,245
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#684
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#29,063
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#11
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