Effectiveness of an educational group intervention in primary healthcare for continued exclusive breast-feeding: PROLACT study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization leads a global strategy to promote the initiation and maintenance of breast-feeding. Existing literature shows that education and supportive interventions, both for breast-feeding mothers as well as for healthcare professionals, can increase the proportion of women that use exclusive breast-feeding, however, more evidence is needed on the effectiveness of group interventions.

Methods

This study involves a community-based cluster randomised trial conducted at Primary Healthcare Centres in the Community of Madrid (Spain). The project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational group intervention performed by primary healthcare professionals in increasing the proportion of mother-infant pairs using exclusive breastfeeding at six

SUBMITTER: Martin-Iglesias S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5828059 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature