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Health professionals’ knowledge and attitudes towards baby led weaning : a cross-sectional, exploratory, and observational study

datacite.subject.fosCiências Médicas::Ciências da Saúde
datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
dc.contributor.authorSarreira-de-Oliveira, Paula
dc.contributor.authorRamalho, Renata
dc.contributor.authorAntunes, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorAntunes, Vanessa
dc.contributor.authorLoureiro, Fernanda
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-09T13:12:34Z
dc.date.available2026-06-09T13:12:34Z
dc.date.issued2026-03
dc.description.abstractBaby Led Weaning (BLW) is a type of infant feeding that allows babies to feed themselves and has gain popularity among parents in recent years. Health professionals’ (HP) knowledge and attitudes towards BLW is less explored. We conducted a cross-sectional, exploratory, and observational study, with a web-based instrument, that aimed to determine the knowledge and attitudes of HP familiar to BLW regarding the use of this method in complementary feeding. In our sample of 118 HP, HP who were women or younger (23–39 years) had a more positive perception of BLW. We found that acceptance and positive attitudes towards BLW were consistent among HP. It is essential to improve the training of HP in the specifics of implementing this approach and to develop clear guidelines to guide practice.eng
dc.identifier.citationSarreira-de-Oliveira P, Ramalho R, Antunes R, Antunes V, Loureiro F (2026) Health professionals’ knowledge and attitudes towards baby led weaning: A cross-sectional, exploratory, and observational study. PLoS One 21(3): e0334768. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334768
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0334768
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/63558
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherPLoS
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334768
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectBaby Led Weaning
dc.subjectHealth professionals
dc.subjectknowledge
dc.subjectattitudes
dc.titleHealth professionals’ knowledge and attitudes towards baby led weaning : a cross-sectional, exploratory, and observational studyeng
dc.typecontribution to journal
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue3
oaire.citation.startPagee0334768
oaire.citation.titlePLoS One
oaire.citation.volume21
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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