The effect of lactation educators implementing a telephone-based intervention among low-income Hispanics: A randomised trial

Merav W. Efrat, Salvador Esparza, Sherri Mendelson, Christianne J. Lane

Health Education Journal · 2014 · 40 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

Findings from this study suggest that telephone-based breastfeeding interventions delivered by a lactation educator show promise as a cost-effective strategy for improving both the quantity and duration of breastfeeding among low-income Hispanic women in the USA. Intervention group mothers not only sustained breastfeeding for a longer durations, but also provided their infants with greater amounts of breast milk over these longer durations.

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