Determining Healthcare Professionals And Nutrition Dietetics Students’ Opinions About Breast Milk Banking

Objective: The aim of this study is determining the opinions of health professionals (HP) and nutrition and dietetics student’ (NDS) about BMB. Method: The study was conducted on 400 women working as HP at hospital, private clinic or pharmacy and NDS 262 women in Ankara, Başkent or Hacettepe University. Questionnaire forms were completed by volunteers. The data were evaluated with SPSS statistics program. Results: 52,7% of the HP know about BMB. 71,9% of the knowledgeable HP and %82,6 of the knowledgeable NDS find the BMB useful. As the education level of the HP participating in the study increased, the number of HP who wanted to benefit from BMB increased (p 0,05). Conclusion: Breast milk is crucial for babies. BMB is one of the best alternatives when breast milk is absent or unavailable. Thus, BMB should be easily accessible for all babies in need of BMB. It should be remembered that BMB has benefits in reducing formula use.