Impact of support networks for breastfeeding: A multicentre study.

Background: The rates of breastfeeding worldwide are slowly improving since 1996. Europe is still trailing behind the global breastfeeding incidence and prevalence rates. Thus, breastfeeding promotion, protection, prolongation and support have become an important challenge as breastfeeding sharply decreases in the first six months of life.

[Development and validation of an instrument designed to measure the impact of networks of support for breastfeeding].

Background: the hypothesis of this study is that there are not enough validated questionnaires that measure the impact of networks to support breastfeeding for the Spanish speaking population.

Objective: For this reason, we ask as a general objective of this study, to develop and validate (in terms of content and construct) a quantitative instrument of measure.

Method: We evaluated the content validity, subjecting the survey to a breastfeeding expert's opinion in the Region of Murcia.