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The journal addresses all of these aspects, including identifying women who are at increased risk of not breastfeeding; the impediments to breastfeeding and the health effects of not breastfeeding for infants and their mothers; interventions to increase breastfeeding initiation and duration; and the management of breastfeeding problems.
- Participant Recruitment, Randomisation, and Blinding
- Intervention
- Data Collection and Outcomes
- Statistical Analysis
- Qualitative Data Analysis
This study targeted healthy mother–infant pairs and primiparous women who intended to breastfeed. All eligible women were approached by a research assistant on a postnatal ward until the target sample size (20 eligible participants) was met. The inclusion and exclusion criteria are summarised in Table 1. Our target sample size was 20 participants (...
The intervention was based on a community “Breastfeeding Peer Support” scheme organised by the non-government organisation (NGO) Natural Parenting Network and the Department of Health, adapted to incorporate home-based-specific elements . Peer supporters were adult Cantonese-speaking women recruited by the Natural Parenting Network. This NGO has pr...
The primary study outcomes were to identify whether it was feasible to recruit women, randomise participants, and follow up participants until six months postpartum, as well as explore whether the home-based peer support programme was acceptable to participants. Secondary outcomes were the potential efficiacy of the breastfeeding peer support progr...
Descriptive analysis was used to describe feasibility of recruitment, retention, and study participants’ characteristics. To compare baseline characteristics between the two study groups, a chi-square test was used for categorical variables. To test the potential efficacy of the intervention, the primary analysis was an intention-to-treat analysis ...
All women in the intervention group who received the intervention and not lost to follow-up were approached for the interview at study completion. Eight participants had received intervention, of which two had been lost to follow-up at that point and one has refused to be interviewed. Thus, five participants were interviewed. The interview was cond...
- Kris Yuet-Wan Lok, Charlotte L. Y. Chow, Jeffery Sheung Yu Shing, Robert Smith, Christine Chi Oi Lam...
- 2021
2021年1月6日 · The aim of this review is to assess evidence on the effectiveness of a broad range of psychological interventions to facilitate breastfeeding for mothers facing difficulties around the time of delivery. Methods.
2023年4月15日 · Anne Matthews. International Breastfeeding Journal 18, Article number: 22 ( 2023 ) Cite this article. 9560 Accesses. 12 Citations. 6 Altmetric. Metrics. Abstract. Background. Improved breastfeeding practices have the potential to save the lives of over 823,000 children under 5 years old globally every year.
2020年7月13日 · 8 Citations. 6 Altmetric. Metrics. Abstract. Background. While exclusive breastfeeding is recommended to 6 months of age, just 15% of mothers in Australia achieve this. The rate appears to be even lower among mothers born in China, where 90% have introduced infant formula by this time.
2019年6月11日 · International Breastfeeding Journal 14, Article number: 24 ( 2019 ) Cite this article. 67k Accesses. 27 Citations. 73 Altmetric. Metrics. Abstract. Background. Decisions about infant feeding are embedded and are continuously made within a woman’s social and cultural context.
2017年2月2日 · 54 Citations. 56 Altmetric. Metrics. Abstract. Background. Current evidence suggests that women need effective support to breastfeed, but many healthcare staff lack the necessary knowledge, attitudes and skills. There is therefore a need for breastfeeding education and training for healthcare staff.
