Effect on breastfeeding practices of providing in-home lactation support to vulnerable women through the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program: protocol for a pre/post intervention study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Only one-third of Canadian infants are exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life as recommended. Skilled lactation support in the early postpartum period is one strategy for improving breastfeeding outcomes by building breastfeeding self-efficacy and resolving difficulties. Access to such support is limited among vulnerable women, including those who are new immigrants, low income, under-educated, young or single. The Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) aims to improve birth and breastfeeding outcomes among vulnerable women, but currently lacks a formal framework for providing postpartum lactation support.

Methods

This pre/post intervention study will examine the effect on breastfeeding outcomes of an evidence-based in-home lactation support interv

SUBMITTER: Mildon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8252273 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature