Table 1 List of questions used to identify current teaching practices among participants who reported teaching about breastfeeding and to identify reasons for not teaching about breastfeeding among others
From: Getting schooled: teachers’ views on school-based breastfeeding education in Lebanon
1) In which grades are you teaching about breastfeeding? [half an empty line on A4 paper format was provided] 2) Circle the statement that best applies to you: ● It is mandatory to teach about breastfeeding in my class. ● It is not mandatory to teach about breastfeeding in my class. 3) What specific areas related to breastfeeding do you teach about in your class? Circle all that apply: ● Human milk composition ● Human milk benefits to the infant ● Human milk benefits to the mother ● For how long women are recommended to exclusively breastfeed ● Physiological barriers and contraindications to breastfeeding ● Psycho-social barriers to breastfeeding ● Other: [one empty line] 4) Circle the statement that best applies to you: ● I only teach about breastfeeding in my class without promoting breastfeeding (eg. I don’t encourage students to breastfeed/support breastfeeding when they have their own children) ● I teach about breastfeeding and promote breastfeeding in my class. 5) Circle the statement that best applies to you: ● I teach about breastfeeding using a lecturing format. ● I teach about breastfeeding using an active learning activity (e.g. project, game, class discussion) ● I teach about breastfeeding using a lecturing format and an active learning activity. 6) Circle all the reasons why you do not teach about breastfeeding in your class: ● I am not required to teach about breastfeeding. ● The topic of breastfeeding is not relevant to the subject I teach. ● I do not have time to spare in class to teach about breastfeeding. ● I do not know enough about the topic of breastfeeding. ● I do not know how to teach about breastfeeding. ● I do not feel comfortable teaching about breastfeeding. ● I do not have enough teaching material to use in class. ● Other: [one empty line] |