INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL SUPPORT, KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, SELF-EFFICACY, AND BREASTFEEDING PRACTICE: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Social, environmental, and individual factors are common influencing factors in the decision of breastfeeding. This paper reports a systematic literature review about interrelationship between social support, knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and breastfeeding practice around the world. An online literature search was conducted in Science Direct, Cochrane Database of systematic reviews, PubMed, WileyInterScience, and SpringerLink. There are unique relationships between those factors above.