The objective of this study was to identify support strategies and services provided by community-based breastfeeding counselors (CBBCs) and compare differences in the extent of support provided by paid and volunteer counselors. Because of disparities in (1) CBBC usage of breastfeeding support strategies and (2) continuing education between the paid and volunteer CBBCs, the study identified the need to examine differences in training curricula and determine the facilitators and barriers of continuing education.
This research aimed to test the effect of the intervention program (Dennis's Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Theory) on duration of breastfeeding. The women who were assigned to a breastfeeding self-efficacy intervention showed significantly greater increases in breastfeeding duration and self-efficacy than did the women in the control group. The results of this study suggested that the 1-hour breastfeeding intervention program during the prenatal period might increase the duration of breastfeeding in low-income women who intend to breastfeed.
This study looked at the relationship between WIC and breastfeeding initiation and duration. Using the 2007 National Immunization Survey data set, the researchers found a negative association between WIC and breastfeeding initiation and duration, compared with non-participants.
This study aimed to understand factors associated with a mother's decision to ask for infant formula in the hospital. Mothers reported the following: inadequate preparation for newborn care, lack of breastfeeding preparation, and the perception that giving their infant a formula would overcome the obstacles to breastfeeding.
This study analyzed mothers reports of breastfeeding care experiences from pregnancy through infancy. The results showed that mothers often felt that the education and support they received was cursory and inadequate. Some mothers received misinformation or encountered practitioners who were hostile or indifferent to breastfeeding. Mothers were not often given referrals to available resources, even after reporting breastfeeding challenges.
This study acknowledged the health advantages of breastfeeding and investigated whether there might be economic consequences, as well. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, the results showed that mothers who breastfed for 6 months or longer suffered more severe and more prolonged earnings losses than did mothers who breastfed for shorter durations, or not at all.
This study explored the characteristics of positive deviants for breastfeeding among WIC-enrolled first-time mothers in Louisiana. researchers found that breastfeeding in the hospital after delivery and having received help with how to breastfeed in the hospital were significantly associated with breastfeeding initiation in white and black mothers. They also found that the black positive deviants were more likely to have initiated breastfeeding if their baby was low birth weight.
The objective of this study was to assess the costs of providing support to low-income women who breastfeed, compared with savings resulting from the intervention. The results showed that the support for breastfeeding that community health nurses and peer counselors provided was partially offset by the reduced need for medical care and formula feeding costs.
This article explored some of the successes and applications of the USDAs ongoing campaign,;Loving Support Makes Breastfeeding Work,” with respect to breastfeeding promotion and support. Based on social marketing principles to increase breastfeeding initiation and duration rates among WIC participants, WIC breastfeeding initiation and duration rates have improved significantly since initiation of the campaign in 1997. The author concluded that it is important to create social marketing campaigns that target societal forces that affect a woman ;s decision and capability to breastfeed. These include family and friends, healthcare providers, employers, formula industry, and legislators.
This study examines associations among breastfeeding duration, child care arrangement, and participation in the WIC Program for people enrolled in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort. Compared to those under parental care, WIC participants under relative care were more likely to discontinue breastfeeding before their child reached the age of 6 months.
