What does this research mean for the field?

Embedding specific competencies for infant and young child feeding in emergencies within midwifery education is essential to prepare midwives to protect breastfeeding and ensure maternal and infant survival in crisis settings. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.SUPPORTS_CONSENSUS.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To analyze the concept of protecting breastfeeding during humanitarian crises and identify core competencies needed to integrate infant feeding support into midwifery education and practice.

August 22, 2026Women and BirthOpen Access

Protecting breastfeeding in emergencies: a concept analysis to inform midwifery education and practice

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QAQorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah AdnaniPadjadjaran University JCJodine ChaseRoyal Roads University MOMaeve O’ConnellAbu Dhabi University

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Concept analysis outlines core competencies for midwifery education during crises, highlighting the need to safeguard infant feeding and prevent unsafe formula distribution.

Key Points

To analyze the concept of protecting breastfeeding during humanitarian crises and identify core competencies needed to integrate infant feeding support into midwifery education and practice.
Conducted a conceptual analysis synthesizing international humanitarian and health frameworks, including WHO, ABM (2024), OG-IFE, Sphere standards, and ICM guidance.
Identified critical threats to infant feeding during crises, notably the unregulated distribution of breast-milk substitutes, lack of privacy, and exclusion of midwives from emergency planning.
Defined key educational attributes for midwives, including applying IYCF-E guidelines, managing protected mother-baby spaces, preventing inappropriate formula donations, and providing culturally responsive, rights-based lactation care.

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Adnani et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895fd3ca7ade938187eae7 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2026.102379

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August 22, 2026Women and BirthOpen Access

Protecting breastfeeding in emergencies: a concept analysis to inform midwifery education and practice

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Authors

QAQorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah AdnaniPadjadjaran University JCJodine ChaseRoyal Roads University MOMaeve O’ConnellAbu Dhabi University

Discussion

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Overview

Concept analysis outlines core competencies for midwifery education during crises, highlighting the need to safeguard infant feeding and prevent unsafe formula distribution.

Key Points

To analyze the concept of protecting breastfeeding during humanitarian crises and identify core competencies needed to integrate infant feeding support into midwifery education and practice.
Conducted a conceptual analysis synthesizing international humanitarian and health frameworks, including WHO, ABM (2024), OG-IFE, Sphere standards, and ICM guidance.
Identified critical threats to infant feeding during crises, notably the unregulated distribution of breast-milk substitutes, lack of privacy, and exclusion of midwives from emergency planning.
Defined key educational attributes for midwives, including applying IYCF-E guidelines, managing protected mother-baby spaces, preventing inappropriate formula donations, and providing culturally responsive, rights-based lactation care.

Cite This Study

Adnani et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895fd3ca7ade938187eae7 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2026.102379

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