None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Experiential Learning with Empowerment Strategies and Social support (ELESSS) is based on the experiential learning,
empowerment and social support theory. At the baseline,
grandmothers attended a two-
day course (six total hours) and learned about the benefits of breastfeeding,
the composition and function of the breasts,
the production and release of milk,
the latching on and positioning of the baby,
expressing the milk,
storing the breast milk,
feeding with a cup,
how to solve breastfeeding problems and the grandmothers’ role in breastfeeding support. In the postpartum ward,
the researcher and the nursing team provided grandmothers with breastfeeding knowledge and real practice for one hour to help them and the adolescent mothers care for their children. In the second an
grandmothers whose adolescent mothers were still breastfeeding their babies with only breast milk received an educational booster and shared their problems and discussed breastfeeding
the researcher conducted the session for one hour.,The routine programme in the prenatal and postnatal clinic,
which the participants in the control group and the adolescent mothers in the intervention group attended,
included breastfeeding education and child care.
Experimental Behavioral,No Intervention Behavioral
Experiential Learning with Empowerment Strategies and Social Support ,Routine knowledge of breastfeeding
Sponsors
Banmi hospital, Lopburi, Thailand
Inburi hospital Sing Buri,
Thailand
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
10 Years to 60 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion Criteria (Adolescent mothers) Thai pregnant women age 10-19 years old First time mothers or first baby Normal breasts and nipples Having a good relationship with grandmothers Husband and grandmother have a good relationship. Used the service of antenatal care, delivery and well child care at Banmi and Inburi hospital They have a telephone. Willing to participate in this research Exclusion Criteria Premature delivery They have any disease or contraindication such as Infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Taking antiretroviral medications Infected with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I or type II Untreated, active tuberculosis Using or is dependent upon an illicit drug Taking prescribed cancer chemotherapy agents, such as antimetabolites that interfere with DNA replication and cell division Undergoing radiation therapies; however, such nuclear medicine therapies require only a temporary interruption in breastfeeding Herpes simplex lesion on breast or nipple Having chickenpox and blisters on skin Hypertionsive disorder in pregnancy They have complications after delivery which might pose as potential obstacles to breastfeeding for example : having a fever over 38 ℃ two time a day. They can not participate in the program throughout the study period. Inclusion Criteria (Infants) The APGAR scores at 5th minute were equal to 7 points or higher. Birth weight between 2,500 - 4,000 grams.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion Criteria 1. Having problems with sucking such as cleft lip and cleft palate and severe tongue-tie 2. Having contraindications to breastfeeding such as - Diagnosed with galactosemia - Lysinuric protein intolerance - Phenylketonuria (PKU) - Severe jaundice 3. They can not participate in the program throughout the study period. Inclusion Criteria (grandmothers) 1. Thai women age 35-60 years old 2. They lived in the same house with adolescent mothers or nearby. 3. They have the experience in taking care of infants. 4. Willing to participate in this research Exclusion Criteria 1. The grandmothers have a disease such as active tuberculosis and scabies. 2. The grandmothers can not participate in the program throughout the study period.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| breastfeeding rate 6 months after delivery breastfeeding pattern form | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| knowledge, attitude and practice toward breastfeeding and perceived social support 6 months after delivery KAP questionnaire | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactSurasak Taneepanichskul
College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University
Outcome results
None listed