Control: at this Baby - Friendly hospital, a standard
breastfeeding education session lasting 20 - 30 min was provided to all mothers before standard discharge home at 24 h after the birth.
This 1.5 - 2 hours customized
breastfeeding education session is structured around your breastfeeding questions and includes a follow - up phone call or email for basic questions or review.
Residents reported increased confidence as a result of attending
breastfeeding education sessions.
In 1990, Kistin et al. (38) evaluated the impact of midwives providing either a group prenatal breastfeeding class (50 — 80 min), individual
breastfeeding education sessions (15 — 30 min), or standard care (no additional breastfeeding education) among black women in Chicago, Illinois.
Not exact matches
Mothers in the intervention group (77 %) reported enjoying
breastfeeding more than mothers in the control group (69 %) whose partner did not receive the antenatal
education session intervention.
The present study shows that the
education offered on the first day after delivery, based on a pedagogical program dealing with
breastfeeding through the distribution of educational booklets (subject of the study) and associated with a short support
session and oral
education, has proven effective in promoting exclusive
breastfeeding for the first six months of a baby's life.
For instance, the study of Mattar et al. revealed a marginal increase in EB at six months after delivery among the group which received a prenatal educational intervention highlighting the benefits as well as the management of
breastfeeding issues as the main content of the educational material (booklet), video, coaching
session and counselling, compared to the group receiving only the booklet and the video, and the one recipient of only routine prenatal care, concluding that that educational material alone in the prenatal period is not enough and that specific prenatal
education that addresses
breastfeeding following a single meeting through counselling can significantly improve
Intervention 1: antenatal
education: in addition to routine care, women received 1
session of antenatal
breastfeeding education and printed guides on
breastfeeding.
Intervention 2: postnatal lactation support: in addition to routine care, women received 2 postnatal
sessions with a LC, 1 in hospital within the first 3 postnatal days (when they received the same printed guides on
breastfeeding as the antenatal
education group) and 1 during the first routine postnatal visit 1 to 2 weeks after the birth.