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Journal articles on the topic "Breastfeeding promotion intervention"
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Kramer, Michael S., Beverley Chalmers, Ellen D. Hodnett, Zinaida Sevkovskaya, Irina Dzikovich, Stanley Shapiro, Jean-Paul Collet, et al. "Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT)." JAMA 285, no. 4 (January 24, 2001): 413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.285.4.413.
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Scott, Allison L., Marie-Rachelle Narcisse, and Lyla Lindholm. "Promotion of Exclusive Breastfeeding in a Clinic Setting Did Not Increase Its Rates." Clinical Lactation 6, no. 1 (February 2015): 40–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/2158-0782.6.1.40.
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Breastfeeding is known to have many protective effects on childhood health. Breastfeeding without supplementation or complementary foods until 6 months of age is inversely related to several health problems, including childhood obesity. Because of the known beneficial effects on infant health of breastfeeding, education on breastfeeding may impact exclusive breastfeeding rates, resulting in improved infant health status. This retrospective study, using Pender’s health promotion model and the theory of planned behavior (Pender, Murdaugh, & Parsons, 2011), explored the effect of a breastfeeding education intervention for quality improvement in an ambulatory care clinic on the rate of exclusive breastfeeding during the first 4 months of infancy, or short-term exclusive breastfeeding. Exclusive breastfeeding rates were measured after the 4-month well exam, which represents the time of the existence of the quality improvement intervention for 4–5 months. The expected outcome was a minimum 15% increase in exclusive breastfeeding rates in the participants who received the educational program as compared to the individuals who did not receive the breastfeeding education intervention. Contrary to expectations, the group receiving standard care had significantly higher rates of exclusive breastfeeding than those receiving the intervention.
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Graça, Luís Carlos Carvalho da, Maria do Céu Barbiéri Figueiredo, and Maria Teresa Caetano Carreira Conceição. "Contributions of the nursing intervention in primary healthcare for the promotion of breastfeeding." Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem 19, no. 2 (April 2011): 429–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-11692011000200027.
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This study aimed to analyze the contributions of the Primary Healthcare nursing interventions, with primiparae in the promotion of breastfeeding. This is a quasi-experimental, longitudinal study, with a sample consisting of 151 primiparae, who had less than 28 weeks of pregnancy, with the child living for at least six months after the birth, performed between 15 October 2007 and 29 February 2008. Almost all the women initiated breastfeeding, with a sharp decline verified in the prevalence at six months. The mean duration of breastfeeding was 123.8±68.9 days. The intervention that began in the prepartum and continued into the postpartum period, using various strategies (individual consultation, preparation courses for parenting/childbirth, and domicile visits) and intervention contexts (health services and domicile) had significant effects on the duration of breastfeeding, which was not verified in the prevalence.
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Flax, Valerie, Abiodun Ipadeola, Courtney Schnefke, Uche Ralph-Opara, Olatoun Adeola, Susan Edwards, Sujata Bose, and Alice Brower. "Breastfeeding Interpersonal Communication and Mobile Phone Support by Private Health Care Providers in Lagos, Nigeria Increased Exclusive Breastfeeding at 6 and 24 Weeks." Current Developments in Nutrition 5, Supplement_2 (June 2021): 642. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzab045_024.
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Abstract Objectives Interventions to improve breastfeeding practices have not been tested in private facilities in Nigeria, although most urban facilities are private. The objective of this study was to measure the impact of Alive & Thrive's intervention on breastfeeding intentions, early initiation of breastfeeding, and exclusive breastfeeding among clients of private facilities in Lagos, Nigeria. Methods The intervention included breastfeeding interpersonal communication during facility visits, breastfeeding text/WhatsApp messages, WhatsApp support groups, and social behavior change communication materials. Logistic regression models adjusted for clustering were used to detect differences in a cohort of women (N = 1,200) at 10 intervention and 10 comparison facilities interviewed during their third trimester and at 6 and 24 weeks postpartum. Results During pregnancy, intention to exclusively breastfeed at 6 weeks postpartum was 92% in both study arms, but more women in the intervention than comparison arm intended to exclusively breastfeed at 24 weeks postpartum (78% intervention, 64% comparison, p < 0.001). Early initiation of breastfeeding did not differ by study arm (35% intervention, 33% comparison). More women in the intervention than comparison arm exclusively breastfed at 6 weeks (83% intervention, 76% comparison, p = 0.02) and 24 weeks postpartum (66% intervention, 52% comparison, p < 0.001). Among women exclusively breastfeeding at 6 weeks, the odds of continued exclusive breastfeeding at 24 weeks was higher in the intervention than comparison arm (OR 1.6, p = 0.005). Conclusions A breastfeeding intervention implemented in private health facilities in Lagos increased exclusive breastfeeding intentions and practices. Widespread implementation of breastfeeding interventions in private facilities could extend the reach of breastfeeding promotion programs in urban Nigeria. Funding Sources This research was funded by the Alive & Thrive initiative, managed by FHI Solutions, and currently funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Irish Aid, the Tanoto Foundation, UNICEF, and the World Bank.
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Stranahan, Susan D. "The Urban Poor: An Appropriate Population for Breastfeeding Promotion Programs." International Quarterly of Community Health Education 9, no. 2 (July 1988): 125–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/mgmn-41gw-wckp-a196.
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Breastfeeding has won universal endorsement as a major contributor to child survival. The proliferation of breastfeeding promotion programs demonstrates the importance health professionals and funding agencies place on improving the incidence and duration of breastfeeding. An effective, cost-efficient breastfeeding promotion program should be directed at those who will receive the greatest health benefit from such an intervention, i.e., the group who 1) would experience the greatest threat to health by decreasing its breastfeeding practice, and 2) is at greatest risk of changing its breastfeeding habits. Since it is the urban poor primarily who satisfy both of these criteria breastfeeding promotion strategies should focus on them.
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Memmott, Margaret M., and Karen A. Bonuck. "Mother's reactions to a skills-based breastfeeding promotion intervention." Maternal and Child Nutrition 2, no. 1 (January 2006): 40–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-8709.2006.00040.x.
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Patel, Rita, Emily Oken, Natalia Bogdanovich, Lidia Matush, Zinaida Sevkovskaya, Beverley Chalmers, Ellen D. Hodnett, Konstantin Vilchuck, Michael S. Kramer, and Richard M. Martin. "Cohort Profile: The Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT)." International Journal of Epidemiology 43, no. 3 (March 7, 2013): 679–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyt003.
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Sitorus, Rotua Sumihar, and Kristina L. Silalahi. "PROMOSI KESEHATAN TENTANG PEMBERIAN ASI EKSKLUSIF TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP IBU HAMIL." Jurnal Keperawatan Priority 3, no. 1 (January 17, 2020): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.34012/jukep.v3i1.801.
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Stunting is a disruption of physical development that has passed with decreasing in the growth rate of children. Puskesmas Pancur Batu conducts stunting prevention through health promotion to increase knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women about exclusive breastfeeding. The number of mothers giving exclusive breastfeeding only reached 44.9% (target 80%). The purpose of the study was to analyze the effect of health promotions with leaflet media about exclusive breastfeeding on the knowledge and attitude of pregnant women in stunting prevention. The study design was quasi-experimental with a sample of 40 pregnant women. The study was conducted in October 2019 in Puskesmas Pancur Batu. The sampling technique is done purposively. Data were analyzed using independent t test. The results showed that before the pre-test, the average score of knowledge variables from the intervention group 6.60 and the comparison group 6.22, after the post-tes increased to 10.30 and 8.34. The average score of attitude variables from the intervention group was 4.04 and the comparison group was 4.44, after the post-test increased to 5.80 and 4.84. The results of the statistic test showed that health promotion influences the knowledge and attitude of pregnant women in preventing stunting before and after the intervention with p = 0.005 and p 0.028 <0.05. It is recommended that Puskesmas staff conduct health promotion through the distribution of leaflets to facilitate pregnant women in understanding the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding in an effort to prevent stunting.
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Wright, Anne L., Audrey Naylor, Ruth Wester, Mark Bauer, and Emily Sutcliffe. "Using Cultural Knowledge in Health Promotion: Breastfeeding among the Navajo." Health Education & Behavior 24, no. 5 (October 1997): 625–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/109019819702400509.
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Although many attempts have been made to promote breastfeeding in a variety of contexts, few programs have explicitly incorporated cultural beliefs in these efforts. This article describes a breastfeeding promotion program conducted on the Navajo reservation. This program was designed to be culturally appropriate. Background information regarding beliefs and factors affecting infant feeding practices in this setting is provided, followed by a description of the intervention. The intervention, which incorporated both social marketing and community participation techniques, consisted of three components: an intervention in the health care system, a community intervention, and an individual intervention. Based on medical records review of feeding practices of all the infants born the year before ( n = 988) and the year after ( n = 870) the intervention, the program was extremely successful. This combination of techniques, including qualitative and quantitative research into local definitions of the problem, collaboration with local institutions and individuals, reinforcement of traditional understandings about infant feeding, and institutional change in the health care system, is an effective way of facilitating behavioral change.
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Tong, Shilu. "Proposed Strategies for Promoting Breastfeeding in the Community." Australian Journal of Primary Health 3, no. 3 (1997): 105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py97030.
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To protect, promote and support breastfeeding in communities is an important primary health care task. One of the Australian health targets set for the year 2000 and beyond is that 80% of infants up to six months of age will be breastfed. However, both the 1989-90 National Health Survey (Lund-Adams & Heywood, 1994) and the 1993 national births' data (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1994) indicate that breastfeeding rates at age six months are far below this target. Therefore, there is a clear need to develop strategies to promote breastfeeding in Australian communities. Breastfeeding promotion needs to address locally researched barriers and should be integrated with appropriate health care. Proposed strategies for promoting breastfeeding in the community include: monitoring of prevalence and maintenance of breastfeeding; assessment of possible barriers; design of an intervention program; implementation of the intervention program; evaluation; and communication with the community. The Australian breastfeeding target set for the year 2000 can only be achieved through an integrated approach that enhances concerted efforts to promote primary health care and breastfeeding in the community.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Breastfeeding promotion intervention"
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Wong, Cheung Ka-lun, and 黃張嘉倫. "A randomized controlled trial of an antenatal intervention to increase exclusive breastfeeding." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/208010.
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In Hong Kong, while around 85% of mothers choose to breastfeed their infants, most discontinue within the first one to two months postpartum. This indicates that there is room for improving the current breastfeeding education. A randomized controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a professional one-to-one antenatal breastfeeding support and education intervention on the exclusivity and duration of breastfeeding.
A total of 469 primiparous women who attended the antenatal clinics of two geographically distributed public hospitals in Hong Kong were randomized to receive either standard antenatal care or a one-to-one antenatal breastfeeding support and education session. The primary outcome was the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding at 6 weeks postpartum. Secondary outcomes were the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding at 3 and 6 months postpartum, as well as the overall duration of any and exclusive breastfeeding across the first 6 months postpartum. The study had a least 80% power to detect a 50% increase in the rate of exclusive breastfeeding at 6 weeks postpartum.
The exclusive breastfeeding rate in the intervention group was 37.8% at 6 weeks postpartum compared with 36.4% in the standard care group (p=0.77; 95% Confidence Interval (CI) -0.08, 0.11). There were no significant differences between the two treatment groups in exclusive breastfeeding rates at 3 and 6 months or in in the overall duration of any (Hazard Ratio (HR) =1.11; 95% CI 0.88, 1.40) or exclusive breastfeeding (HR=0.96; 95% CI 0.79, 1.17). In a setting with a high breastfeeding initiation rate, one-to-one antenatal breastfeeding support and education did not increase the exclusivity or duration of breastfeeding.published_or_final_version
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Fu, Chui-yuk Idy, and 傅翠玉. "A randomized controlled trial of a professional breastfeeding support intervention to increase the exclusivity and duration of breastfeeding." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/198847.
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Breastmilk is the most natural and complete nutrition for infants, and breastfeeding incurs numerous benefits for both infants and mothers. The World Health Organization recommends that mothers exclusively breastfeed their infants for six months and continue breastfeeding for up to two years of age and beyond. More than 80% of Hong Kong mothers now initiate breastfeeding. However, overall breastfeeding duration remains short and rates of exclusive breastfeeding are low. Premature weaning is influenced by multiple factors, and mothers require additional support from healthcare professionals to overcome various lactation difficulties in the early postpartum period. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of two postnatal professional support interventions on the duration of any and exclusive breastfeeding.
We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of in-hospital support and post-discharge telephone support on breastfeeding outcomes among first-time mothers in Hong Kong. Seven hundred and twenty two mother-infant pairs with uncomplicated, full-term pregnancies were recruited from the postnatal units of three large public hospitals. With the hospital as the unit of randomization, participants were allocated to standard care (n=263), in-hospital support (n=191), or post-discharge telephone support (n=268). Mothers in the in-hospital group were given three individualized breastfeeding support sessions during the postnatal hospitalization, with two sessions given in first 24 hours after birth and one the following day, providing lactation knowledge and instructions on breastfeeding techniques. Participants in the telephone group were provided with weekly 30-minute breastfeeding counseling and support sessions for the first four weeks after delivery, with first contact initiated within 72 hours after discharge. The primary study outcomes were the prevalence of any and exclusive breastfeeding at one, two and three months postpartum.
Seven hundred (97%) participants completed the six-month follow-up, while eleven had partial follow-up and eleven could not be contacted. The rates of any and exclusive breastfeeding were higher among participants in the two intervention groups at all follow-up points when compared with those who received standard care. Participants receiving the telephone support were significantly more likely to continue any breastfeeding at one month (76.2% vs. 67.3%; OR=1.63, 95% CI 1.10-2.41) and two months (58.6% vs. 48.9%; OR=1.48, 95% CI 1.04-2.10), and to be exclusively breastfeeding at one month (28.4% vs. 16.9%; OR=1.90, 95% CI 1.24-2.91). Participants in the in-hospital support group were also more likely to be breastfeeding at all time points in the first six months but the effect was not statistically significant.
Early professional breastfeeding support, especially weekly telephone counseling, significantly increased the rates of any and exclusive breastfeeding in the early postpartum period and significantly increased overall breastfeeding duration in the first six months among first-time mothers.
Additional postnatal professional support when given to breastfeeding mothers on a one-to-one basis can improve breastfeeding outcomes. While hospital practices need to be strengthened to further promote and support breastfeeding, more well-designed trials are required to determine the most effective mode and intensity of intervention that improves the longer-term breastfeeding rates.published_or_final_version
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Doctor of Nursing
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Johnston, Athalie. "A comparison of three midwifery interventions on the continuity and knowledge of breast feeding." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1993. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1144.
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Although it is widely recognised that breast milk is biologically perfect to provide nutrition for the newborn infant many new mothers do not continue to breast feed throughout the postpartum period. A possible influencing factor is the decreased length of hospital stay, whereby new mothers are discharged home away from the supportive-educative role of the midwife before they are ready to learn the art of breast feeding. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of three midwifery interventions on the continuity and knowledge of first time breast feeding mothers at 6 weeks postpartum. A convenience sample of 162 first time breast feeding mothers was divided into three groups: conventional discharge (n = 59), teaching intervention (n = 51) and planned early discharge (n =52). Mothers and babies in all groups were well and declared fit for discharge on day 3 postpartum. Using a quasi experimental, post-test-only design two questionnaires were completed, one at a personal interview prior to discharge from hospital and one telephone interview at 6 weeks postpartum. At 6 weeks postpartum it was found that only 63% of subjects were successfully breast feeding. Those that were successfully breast feeding also had a significantly higher breast feeding knowledge (p =.01). Although more subjects in the planned early discharge group were still breast feeding there was no significant difference between the three groups (p = > . 05). On the other hand, there was a significant difference between the breast feeding knowledge of subjects in the three groups (p = < . 05) with those subjects in the planned early discharge group having greater breast feeding knowledge. Data analysis also revealed that age and income had a significant relationship to both successful breast feeding and breast feeding knowledge while level of education only influenced breast feeding knowledge. Subjects in the planned early discharge group were very satisfied with their care and verbalised appreciation for the opportunity to speak with the visiting midwife in their own home.
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Ching, Wan-yee, and 程韻儀. "A systematic review on the effectiveness of interventions to promote the initiation, duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/193756.
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Breastfeeding is beneficial to infant and child health, woman health and society. Breastfeeding is promoted by various strategies in Hong Kong. Although the breastfeeding initiation rate is increasing, the exclusive breastfeeding rate at 4-6 months remains low in Hong Kong. The current policy and interventions are not effective on promoting breastfeeding and addressing the needs of mothers.
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This systematic review aimed to identify effective interventions to promote breastfeeding initiation, duration and exclusivity and their implications to future change of guidelines or policies in breastfeeding promotion.
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Studies were searched through PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials up to 13thMay, 2013. Grey literature was searched. English publications with full text, experimental or quasi-experimental design, using World Health Organization definitions of breastfeeding classification, targeting to healthy mothers and infants were selected. Quality assessment was done using Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials and Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies by Effective Public Health Practice Project.
Result
Twenty studies were included in this review. The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative was found to be the most effective strategy to promote breastfeeding duration and exclusivity. Home visit by peer counselor, a face-to-face intervention, was another effective strategy to increase initiation, duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding. The sole use of educational materials was not effective, but professional breastfeeding support combined with use of educational materials was shown to be effective on lengthening the duration of exclusive and predominant breastfeeding. The evidence of antenatal education programme was not convincing. The inclusion of father with breastfeeding promotion intervention was attempted but the evidence is less strong. The exclusion of infant formula advertisement in the educational package to mothers was effective on increasing breastfeeding rate only before hospital discharge. Findings on professional support interventions were inconsistent.
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The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and home visit peer support are effective on promoting breastfeeding duration and exclusivity. Evidence for other strategies was limited due to low methodological quality and/or inconsistent findings. Future research should be conducted to investigate and identify suitable strategies that are applicable to local setting.published_or_final_version
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Master of Public Health
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Brandão, Sónia Maria Pereira de Azevedo. "Breastfeeding Promotion Intervention Program: A Nursing Intervention Based On The Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Theory." Doctoral thesis, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/127907.
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Brandão, Sónia Maria Pereira de Azevedo. "Breastfeeding Promotion Intervention Program: A Nursing Intervention Based On The Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Theory." Tese, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/127907.
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Mudau, Azwinndini Gladys. "An intervention programme to promote exclusive breastfeeding strategies in Limpopo Province, South Africa." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1618.
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The benefits of breastfeeding, particularly exclusive breastfeeding, are well recognized. It can reduce the risk of mortality related to malnutrition, otitis media and respiratory infection. Breastfeeding may also decrease the risk of obesity in later life for infants who have been breastfed for more than six months. Besides, breastfeeding improves cognition, and children who have been breastfed show higher intelligence quotient test scores and improved school performance. In addition, long-period breastfeeding is associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer and ovarian cancer for mothers. The World Health Organization and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund recommended exclusive breastfeeding for six months and breastfeeding to two years and beyond. However, this study showed that only 27% of children under six months have had been exclusively breastfed. In this situation, an intervention programme was required. The aim of this study was to develop an intervention programme to promote exclusive breastfeeding strategies in Limpopo Province. Intervention mapping was used to guide the development of a programme. A convergent, parallel mixed-method was used wherein qualitative and quantitative data were collected and analysed concurrently. A qualitative approach was used to assess the implementation of exclusive breastfeeding and to explore challenges experienced by health care workers in the implementation of exclusive breastfeeding in Limpopo Province. This was carried out by means of in-depth interviews with 30 professional nurses. Trustworthiness was ensured through credibility, confirmability, dependability and transferability. A quantitative approach was used to determine the factors that influence exclusive breastfeeding. Reliability and validity of the instrument was ensured through extensive literature review and test-retest methodology. Questionnaires were distributed to 400 respondents. Tesch’s eight steps of data analysis was used to analyse qualitative data. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 26, was used to analyse the quantitative data. The results were merged, and the interpretation discussed. Five higher-order themes emerged from quantitative data analysis. The themes emerged from qualitative data were confirmed by the findings from statistical data, thus merging both qualitative and quantitative data. Findings were presented to the stakeholders, managers and dieticians and their inputs further confirmed and supported the findings. The findings informed the development of an intervention programme. The intervention comprises of the three components, training of community health workers, healths talks focusing on lactating mothers and health talks focusing on families and community. The developed intervention was validated by the stakeholders and the results were analysed through simple descriptive statistics where the data were summarized using frequency distributions and graphic representations. The results revealed that the programme was feasible, compatible and applicable to current practice. Recommendations were made and topics for further research were also suggested.
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Giles, M., C. McClenahan, C. Armour, S. Millar, G. Rae, J. Mallett, and Barbara Stewart-Knox. "Evaluation of a theory of planned behaviour-based breastfeeding intervention in Northern Irish schools using a randomized cluster design." 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/9862.
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NoThe aim of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based intervention designed to enhance young people's motivations to breastfeed. A cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted involving 50 post-primary schools from across Northern Ireland. However, dropout and exclusion criteria utilized for the current study resulted in an effective sample size of 42 schools. The intervention was delivered in two 35-min classroom sessions targeting those beliefs identified by the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) as significant in predicting motivation to breastfeed. Questionnaires incorporating the key components of the TPB were administered to all intervention and control schools at baseline, 1 and 6 months post-intervention. Multi-level modelling was used to analyse the data. Findings suggest that the intervention was effective in that it increased females' intentions to breastfeed, expanded their knowledge and led to more favourable attitudes and perceptions of subjective norms. Notably, females' knowledge increased more in secondary schools than in grammar schools irrespective of whether they were control or intervention schools. The research has provided evidence to support the use of the TPB in the design and evaluation of an intervention to increase females' intentions to breastfeed.
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Giles, M., S. Millar, C. Armour, C. McClenahan, J. Mallett, and Barbara Stewart-Knox. "Promoting positive attitudes to breastfeeding: the development and evaluation of a theory-based intervention with school children involving a cluster randomised controlled trial." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/12001.
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NoThe objective of this study was to design, implement and evaluate an intervention based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to enhance young peoples' motivations to breastfeed/support a partner to breastfeed. Six semi-structured focus groups were first conducted with 48 13–14-year-olds from two schools in Northern Ireland. The salient beliefs elicited were subsequently used to design a TPB-based questionnaire that was then administered to 2021 13–14-year-old pupils (852 males; 1169 females) from 36 post-primary schools to identify the most important determinants of breastfeeding. The results were used to inform the design and implementation of an intervention package that was subsequently evaluated using a cluster randomised controlled trial involving 44 randomly selected schools across Northern Ireland. Questionnaires were administered to 18 intervention and 26 control schools at baseline and again at 1 and 6 months post-intervention to evaluate its effectiveness. Multi-level modelling was employed to analyse the data. The results revealed significant effects on women's intention to breastfeed, β = 0.208, t(1275) = 2.715, P = 0.007; attitudes, β = 0.223, t(1275) = 4.655, P < 0.001; moral attitudes, β = 0.231, t(1275) = 4.211, P < 0.001; subjective norm, β = 0.118, t(1275) = 2.521, P = 0.012; and knowledge, β = 0.109, d.f. (1275) = 7.843, P < 0.001. However, for men, the results revealed significant effects on only the construct of knowledge, β = 0.104, t(541) = 4.345, P < 0.001.The research has provided evidence to support the need for breastfeeding education in schools and has shown how a theoretical framework may be used to inform the design and evaluation of a health behaviour intervention.
Research and Development Office of Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Research and Development Office. Grant Number: RSG/2584/03RRG3.33
Books on the topic "Breastfeeding promotion intervention"
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Sahn, David E. Is Food the Answer to Malnutrition? Edited by Ronald J. Herring. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195397772.013.030.
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Although there is little disagreement on the magnitude and importance of alleviating malnutrition, its causation and control continue to be the subject of debate and research. Recent evidence suggests that many of the traditional food-based strategies to reduce malnutrition, such as food aid distribution programs, school feeding programs, and food stamps, as well as policies that intervene to affect the price of food such as subsidies and rationing schemes, have proven of limited effectiveness. One important reason is that the critical period of undernutrition is generally in utero and early life. Among the most vulnerable groups, particularly pregnant women and infants, the causes of malnutrition often have little to do with food access and availability. Instead, prenatal care, immunization programs, breastfeeding promotion, and generally raising the quality of child care and nurturing behaviors are paramount. Likewise, improving the sanitary and home environment, including interventions that enhance access to clean water and latrines and behaviors such as hand washing and boiling water, will contribute to reductions in infection and help break the cycle of disease and malnutrition. In the area of food-related interventions, among those that are critical to the production of improved health and nutritional outcomes are food supplementation and fortification schemes that address micronutrient deficiencies. At the same time, there is legitimate concern that misguided food interventions, particularly broad-based price subsidies, food stamps, and food aid may have a range of deleterious consequences. These range from contributing to the epidemic of obesity and related chronic disease, to having a negative impact on farmers and producer incentives and the functioning of food markets.
Book chapters on the topic "Breastfeeding promotion intervention"
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Zhang, Zhe, Timothy Bickmore, Krissy Mainello, Meghan Mueller, Mary Foley, Lucia Jenkins, and Roger A. Edwards. "Maintaining Continuity in Longitudinal, Multi-method Health Interventions Using Virtual Agents: The Case of Breastfeeding Promotion." In Intelligent Virtual Agents, 504–13. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09767-1_61.
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Sudhof, Leanna, and Toni Golen. "An Intervention to Promote Breastfeeding." In 50 Studies Every Obstetrician-Gynecologist Should Know, 132–37. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190947088.003.0024.
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This article summarizes the study that aimed to demonstrate the impact of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative on breastfeeding duration and infant health. As it is not possible to randomize mothers to breastfeeding or formula feeding, the study randomized hospitals and their associated clinics to a breastfeeding promotion intervention or no intervention and followed the infants of breastfeeding mothers for1 year. The primary outcome was the rate of infant infections. The article reviews the most important components of the study, its strengths and weaknesses, and the implications for practice and presents a related clinical case at the end.
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Antonakou, Angeliki, and Dimitrios Papoutsis. "Cesarean Section and Breastfeeding Outcomes." In Caesarean Section [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.96658.
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The cesarean section rates in the developed countries are well above the 5% to 15% rate of all births as suggested by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2009 and currently range widely between 25% and 50%. Moreover, the WHO guidance promotes early breastfeeding initiation during the first hour postpartum, exclusive breastfeeding up until the 6th month and maintaining breastfeeding at least up to the second year of the infant’s life. In this review, we discuss the current evidence on whether a cesarean section interferes with the initiation and the long-term duration of breastfeeding practice among new mothers. The literature shows that a cesarean birth does have a detrimental effect on breastfeeding outcomes, however it is not per se a negative factor. It rather seems that infants who have feeding difficulties in the immediate postpartum period may experience long term problems. Therefore, interventions are discussed to promote breastfeeding after cesarean section for health professionals. Emphasis is given on promoting early skin-to-skin contact and on counseling new mothers about the advantages of breastfeeding as well as providing practical support and guidance throughout the early postpartum period.