Breastfeeding initiation rates remain below national goals throughout most of the United States (CDC, 2004). The focus of this study was to create an office-based prenatal breastfeeding educational program was devised to be incorporated into routine prenatal visits with the primary care provider. Twenty-nine women completed a series of five educational sessions. Each participant completed a pretest, posttest, evaluation and follow-up call. Pretest and posttest scores were compared to evaluate participant learning. Follow-up data revealed that seventy-nine percent of the participants initiated breastfeeding immediately postpartum. This program's success could serve as an impetus for increasing office-based educational programs implemented by primary care providers to increase breastfeeding initiation.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)79655826
Locations:
PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.