Treatise on the Distribution of the use of a Follow-Up Midwife by Academically Educated Mothers Compared to Non-Academically Educated Mothers

Abstract

In the publication „Guiding principles for complementary feeding of the breastfed child“, the WHO clearly advocates that
exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months after birth is essential for the development of the newborn. Of particular
interest is the possible difference between academic and non-academic women, which has not yet been sufficiently
investigated. First, however, there is the question of how children are cared for after birth, when the professional situation
of mothers has changed considerably due to a changed image of women in society. Decisions about this are increasingly
changing and subject to strong fluctuations over time. In the context of an emancipated and constantly changing image of
women, a new understanding is developing which requires statistical processing.^{4, 6, 7, 14}
For this purpose, Dr. med. Friederike Harrich interviewed mothers about their situation and evaluated them in a largescale
study. This study was compared with two other studies in order to pool the data.^{1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14}
This study, which is part of a larger series of surveys, looks at the distribution of the use of a follow-up midwife by mothers
with academic training compared to mothers without academic training and presents the differences and similarities
depending on the mother‘s level of education.^{4, 6, 7}