Breastfeeding, Maternal Behaviour, Practice, Self-Efficacy
Conditions
Keywords
psychosocial factors, breastfeeding, postnatal intervention, health visitor
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate if a postnatal public health breastfeeding intervention relying on the importance of the psychosocial factors can prolong the period with exclusive breastfeeding duration among mothers who want to breastfeed.
Detailed description
Breastfeeding is a complex learned behaviour and not a capability which comes naturally with motherhood. Different types of professional recommendations have been used to support the new mother in this process. Randomised studies have shown that postnatal support can influence the breastfeeding duration positively. Various studies has offered different kinds of interventions with home visits and/or telephone calls as the generally used approach, but the proper follow-up on the breastfeeding support in the postnatal period after the mother leaves the hospital is not yet clear.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALcommunity based trial
Sponsors
Lundbeck Foundation
Sygekassernes Helsefond
Ringkjobing Amt
Ribe Amt
University of Aarhus
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
0 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
* Danish mother, single child, gestational age of not less than 37 full weeks
Exclusion criteria
* Mothers with an ethic background other than Danish, preterm delivery,twin birth
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Breastfeeding duration | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Satisfaction with the breastfeeding period | — |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed