Journal article
Effect of discharge samples on duration of breast-feeding
Pediatrics (Evanston), Vol.90(2), pp.233-237
08/01/1992
DOI: 10.1542/peds.90.2.233
PMID: 1641288
Abstract
The breast-feeding patterns of 146 women who initiated breast-feeding during their hospital stay were evaluated to determine whether those women who received a hospital discharge package containing a manual breast pump breast-fed their infants for a longer period of time than did women who received a discharge package containing an infant formula. Women were randomly assigned to receive either a specially prepared pack containing a manual breast pump but no infant formula or a commercially available infant formula package. The women were interviewed in the hospital and by computer-assisted telephone interviews at 2, 4, 6, and 8 weeks postdischarge. Information obtained included infant-feeding practices, sociodemographic characteristics, and attitudinal data. Follow-up interviews were completed for nearly 85% of eligible women at each time period. Women who received a discharge pack containing a breast pump but no infant formula continued exclusive breast-feeding for a greater number of weeks (mean = 4.18 weeks) than did women receiving infant formula in their discharge package (mean = 2.78 weeks) (P < .05). Also, women who indicated that ease of nighttime feeding was an important consideration were more likely to breast-feed over the entire 8-week period if they received the breast pump rather than infant formula (P < .05). The conclusion is that an easily implemented, low-cost intervention, the inclusion of a breast pump in discharge packages, may increase the duration of breast-feeding.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Effect of discharge samples on duration of breast-feeding
- Creators
- Claibourne I Dungy - University of IowaJay Christensen-Szalanski - Dept of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Hospitals/Clinics, United StatesMary Losch - University of IowaDaniel Russell - Dept of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Hospitals/Clinics, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Pediatrics (Evanston), Vol.90(2), pp.233-237
- DOI
- 10.1542/peds.90.2.233
- PMID
- 1641288
- NLM abbreviation
- Pediatrics
- ISSN
- 0031-4005
- eISSN
- 1098-4275
- Number of pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/1992
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship ; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Epidemiology; Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984963225402771
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