Provider Breastfeeding Counseling/Training/Experience
| Provider Breastfeeding Counseling: |
| Q: How confident are you in your ability to manage common breastfeeding problems competently? |
| A: Very confident, confident, fairly confident, not very confident, not at all confident. |
| Q: How comfortable are you in evaluating whether a baby's latch is successful? |
| A: Very confident, confident, fairly confident, not very confident, not at all confident. |
| Q: How comfortable are you in assessing whether there is a good milk transfer from mother to baby during breastfeeding? |
| A: Very confident, confident, fairly confident, not very confident, not at all confident. |
| Q: How comfortable are you teaching mothers how to use a breast pump? |
| A: Very confident, confident, fairly confident, not very confident, not at all confident. |
| Q: How often do you ask patients how breastfeeding is going in the first year of their life? |
| A: Never, sometimes, often, always |
| Q: How often do you ask mothers to breastfeed in front of you so that you can assess the feeding? |
| A: At least once with every breastfeeding mother; Only if mother voices concerns; Never; Almost never |
| Provider Breastfeeding Training/Experience: |
| What is your specialty of practice? |
| What percentage of your practice consists of children under 1 year of age? |
| How many years have you been in practice? |
| Are you a parent? A: Y/N |
| Were your children breastfed? A: Y/N |
| Was breastfeeding a positive experience for you/your partner? A: Y/N |
| Q: Where did you learn about breastfeeding?3 |
| A: My own experience; Medical/Nursing school; Residency; Self-direct learning; Other |
| Q: How well did your medical training prepare you to support breastfeeding mothers?4 |
| A: Very well; Somewhat well; Somewhat poorly, Very poorly |
| Q. Do you hold a certification in breastfeeding support (e.g. the International Board of Lactation Consultants)? A: Y/N |
*Q, survey question; A, answer choices, N, No; Y, Yes.
If no answer choices listed than question is an open ended question to write in text response. A: Y/N notation for Yes/No response.
Questions adapted from survey from Breastfeeding Knowledge, Confidence, Beliefs and Attitudes of Canadian Physicians study by Pound et al.28