Journal of Human Lactation · 1997 · 61 citations · 14 references
Public HealthMaternal HealthNutritionBreastfeedingLactationMaternal NutritionBreastfeeding DurationBreastfeeding EducationBreastfeeding InitiationExclusive BreastfeedingPrenatal CarePrenatal Nutrition EducationBreastfeeding Duration By ParityBreastfeeding Duration MeasurementControl Group DesignMatched Control GroupPrenatal Breastfeeding CounselingPrenatal Breastfeeding EducationPrenatal Health EducationPrenatal Nutrition Counseling
The effect of prenatal breastfeeding education on breastfeeding incidence and duration was determined among 31 prenatal WIC participants. The subjects, assigned to a control group (n = 17) or experimental group (n = 14), received prenatal nutrition education through the WIC program. The experimental group received at least one breastfeeding education class. There was no significant difference in breastfeeding incidence between the groups, however, there was a significant difference in breastfeeding incidence by parity (p < 0.05). There was a significantly higher percentage of women still breastfeeding at 3 and 4 months postpartum in the experimental versus the control group (p < 0.05). The control group breastfed for 29.5 +/- 43.6 days, while the experimental group breastfed for 76 days +/- 104.3 (p = .05). Multiparous women who had bottle-fed previous children breastfed for a shorter duration (18 +/- 22 days) than primiparous women (60 +/- 87 days) (p < .07).
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Breast-Feeding Rates Among Black Urban Low-Income Women: Effect of Prenatal Education
Naomi Kistin, Dessa Benton, Sita Rao et al. · PEDIATRICS · 1990 · 165 citations