Breastfeeding
Conditions
Keywords
group-based counseling, phone counseling, conference calls
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to learn if group-based phone counseling is effective for increasing breastfeeding rates, reducing the early introduction of solids and increasing maternal weight loss after pregnancy.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALBehavior Lifestyle Intervention
Participants will be involved in group-based counseling. Sessions will be about 1 hour each and comprise up to 10 people. The sessions will be led by a trained health educator. The calls will be a chance for participants to discuss challenges with breastfeeding, problem solving skills, educational information, and discuss balanced diet topics.
OTHERUsual prenatal care
Participants will receive the standard education given by their OBGYN or other healthcare provider. No additional breastfeeding, nutrition or postpartum weight loss education will be provided to participants by the investigators during pregnancy. After delivery, participants will follow normal pediatric visit schedule.
Sponsors
University of Kansas Medical Center
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Women who are 9-30 weeks in gestation that have not previously met breastfeeding recommendations * Speak and understand English
Exclusion criteria
* Women with pregnancies conceived using fertility treatments, those at high risk for pre-term delivery, those with multiple gestation (ie. twins, triplets, etc), or pregnancies complicated by morbid obesity (BMI\>40), diabetes (pre-gestational or gestational), hypertension, metabolic dysfunction, etc. * Women who have previously exclusively breastfed an infant for three or more months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of women who introduce solids | Month 4 |
| Differences in infant feeding progression | Month 6 |
| Proportion of women exclusively breastfeeding | Month 6 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Study Retention | Month 6 | Retention rates will be calculated from participants who complete feeding questionnaire data at 6 months. |
| Subject satisfaction and acceptability of intervention | Week 24 | Structured interviews will be used to determine subject satisfaction. Structured interviews will obtain descriptive data regarding problems encountered by participants during the intervention, areas of intervention strength and weakness, information participants found helpful and information participants wish they had been given during the intervention, and ways the overall intervention could be improved. |
| Intervention compliance | Week 24 | Compliance rates will be calculated from participants that attend at least 66.6% (at least 4 sessions) of GBPC sessions. |
Other
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Differences in infant feeding progression | Week 2 |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed