Agentic infants, eating and responsive fathers
Home visits in the Swedish child health services
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11364844 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Cardell (0000-0002-6419-5850, Stockholm University, corresponding author), Camilla Rindstedt (0000-0002-3361-6878, Stockholm University) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 222 |
| Pages | 108530 |
| Publication date | 2026-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Appetite (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-6663 • E-ISSN: 1095-8304 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.appet.2026.108530 |
| PMID | 41794334 |
| OpenAlex | W7134038668 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 45 |
Nurses in the Swedish child health services conduct a home visit that focuses on newly-born infants. This video ethnographic study explores infant eating and breastfeeding as part of home visits, in a societal context characterized by involved fatherhood. Three examples from home visits allows us to discuss infant eating and the relevance of fathers for infants and breastfeeding mothers. Infants, who are breastfeeding, call for a type of involved fatherhood that is responsive to mothers and the needs and wants of infants. Taken together, our analysis outlines how agentic infants who eat implicates father-mother involvement and a collaborative approach to professional questions of infant eating and breastfeeding. This study adds to research on infant eating and parenthood by exploring home visits as a key situation in child health care
Breast feeding · Breastfeeding · Child health · Ethnography · Infant feeding · Qualitative research · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |