Proactive telephone-based peer support for breastfeeding: a cross-sectional survey of women's experiences of receiving support in the RUBY randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Ringing Up about Breastfeeding earlY (RUBY) randomised controlled trial (RCT) of proactive telephone-based peer support for breastfeeding found that infants of women allocated to the intervention were more likely to be receiving breast milk at 6 months of age than those receiving usual care. This study explores women's experiences of receiving the RUBY peer support intervention.

Design

Cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Women were recruited from the postnatal units of three tertiary hospitals in Melbourne, Australia.

Participants

Women allocated to receive telephone peer support in the RUBY RCT who completed a telephone interview at 6 months postpartum (501/574 (87%) in trial intervention arm) were invited to complete a postal survey on their experie

SUBMITTER: McLardie-Hore FE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7604849 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature