The effect of a breastfeeding support programme on breastfeeding duration and exclusivity: a quasi-experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breastfeeding has important positive long-term health consequences for infants and mothers. The World Health Organization recommends that all infants should be exclusively breastfed for six months or longer, and advises continuation of breastfeeding for two years or beyond. However, these recommendations are not met in many countries. This study examined whether a comprehensive, evidence-based breastfeeding intervention, the Breastfeeding Support Programme (BSP), promotes prolonged duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding among its participants.

Methods

A quasi-experimental design was used to compare breastfeeding duration and exclusivity in the BSP group (N = 66) to breastfeeding duration and exclusivity in a control group (N = 72). Participants who followed the

SUBMITTER: van Dellen SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6657127 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature