Process evaluation for the FEeding Support Team (FEST) randomised controlled feasibility trial of proactive and reactive telephone support for breastfeeding women living in disadvantaged areas.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the feasibility, acceptability and fidelity of a feeding team intervention with an embedded randomised controlled trial of team-initiated (proactive) and woman-initiated (reactive) telephone support after hospital discharge.

Design

Participatory approach to the design and implementation of a pilot trial embedded within a before-and-after study, with mixed-method process evaluation.

Setting

A postnatal ward in Scotland.

Sample

Women initiating breast feeding and living in disadvantaged areas.

Methods

Quantitative data: telephone call log and workload diaries. Qualitative data: interviews with women (n=40) with follow-up (n=11) and staff (n=17); ward observations 2 weeks before and after the intervention; recorded telephone calls (n=16)

SUBMITTER: Hoddinott P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3341595 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature