Prenatal Provider Breastfeeding Toolkit: Results of a Pilot to Increase Women's Prenatal Breastfeeding Support, Intentions, and Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breastfeeding rates for United States women with lower incomes fall below the government's Healthy People 2020 Goals. Breastfeeding recommendations combined with support from providers and peer counselors help women decide to begin and sustain breastfeeding, but peer counselor uptake is low.

Research aim

To evaluate changes in referrals to Women, Infants, and Children's Supplemental Nutrition Program peer counselors, reported prenatal provider education and support, and breastfeeding outcomes (intention, initiation, 1-month duration of any and exclusive breastfeeding) after a prenatal breastfeeding promotion intervention.

Method

In this pre-post intervention study (2015-2016; upstate New York), providers implemented a Toolkit to discuss infant feeding recom

SUBMITTER: Rosen-Carole C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8492789 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature