Breastfeeding
Conditions
Keywords
WIC, Oregon, Breastfeeding, Peer Counseling, Exclusive Breastfeeding
Brief summary
The U.S. Surgeon General has recommended that peer counseling to support breastfeeding become a core service of the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). As of 2008, 50 percent of WIC clients received services from local WIC agencies that offered peer counseling. Little is known as to the effectiveness of these peer counseling programs. Randomized controlled trials of peer counseling interventions among low-income women in the U.S. showed increases in breastfeeding initiation and duration, but it is doubtful that the level of support provided could be scaled up to service WIC clients nationally. The investigators tested whether a telephone peer counseling program among WIC participants could increase breastfeeding initiation, duration and exclusivity.
Interventions
OTHERTelephone-based breastfeeding peer counseling
Sponsors
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Oregon WIC Program
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Pregnant Oregon WIC participants in Jackson, Washington and Hood River counties or Umatilla Morrow Head Start.
Exclusion criteria
* WIC participant outside of the 4 study agencies.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Exclusive breastfeeding | 6 months postpartum |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Exclusive breastfeeding | 3 months postpartum |
Other
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Partial Breastfeeding | 3 months |
| Partial breastfeeding | 6 months postpartum |
Outcome results
None listed