Breastfeeding booklet and proactive phone calls for increasing exclusive breastfeeding rates: RCT protocol.

ABSTRACT: Breastfeeding is associated with infant and maternal health benefits and considerable potential savings to health services. Despite this, only 37% of infants globally are exclusively breastfed for 6 months. Interventions are needed to improve breastfeeding rates. The aim of this study is to determine whether written breastfeeding information in pregnancy and proactive breastfeeding-focused support phone calls, provided by a health professional educated in breastfeeding management, increase exclusive breastfeeding rates at 3 months compared with general birth-related information with proactive support calls or standard care. This is a single-centre, randomised, controlled, three-arm, superiority study with blind outcome assessment. Eligible participants will include primigravidae with singl

SUBMITTER: Zakarija-Grkovic I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6866199 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature