Evaluation of a Community Health Nurse/Peer Counselor Program to Help Low-Income Women Breastfeed Longer

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Breastfeeding Rates

In brief

This research was done to better understand how new mothers who are breastfeeding feel and the questions they have. We wanted to use ways to help new mothers to breastfeed successfully. We compared a new approach (home visits and telephone calls) to the usual care given at Johns Hopkins Hospital with strong support to new mothers from nurses, and a peer counselor (another mother with breastfeeding experience).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00608088

Run by

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

People needed

328

Starts

2003-03-01

Expected to finish

2006-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-02-06

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 44. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• breastfeeding
• low-income (WIC eligible)
• English speaking
• telephone available (includes pager or close family member)
• full-term singleton birth, with no cranio-facial abnormalities
• neonate was admitted to the normal newborn nursery (not the NICU)
• negative drug screen for mother and infant.

You may not qualify if…

• inability to meet the above criteria

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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