[Effect of postpartum breast-feeding support by nurse on the breast-feeding prevalence]
Gun Ja Jang1, Sun Hee Kim, Kyung Soon Jeong
1Department of Nursing, Daegu Polytechnic College, Suseong-gu, Daegu, Korea. kjjang14@tpic.ac.kr
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the professional nurse's postpartum breast-feeding support on breast-feeding prevalence for mothers who delivered in Baby-Friendly Hospitals (BFH).
Methods:
This quasi experimental study was designed with a nonequivalent control group post test. The subjects of this study were 55 mothers who were hospitalized in the delivery room of a university hospital which was selected as a BFH in Daegu from October 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006. Twenty nine mothers were assigned to the experimental group and 26 mothers to the control group. Postpartum breast-feeding support by nurses' telephone calls to the experimental group was provided once a week for 4 weeks postpartum and then once a month for 16 weeks postpartum. Four post tests were given at postpartum week 4, 8, 12, and 16. The control group was given a telephone call at postpartum week 4, 8, 12, and 16.
Results:
The breastfeeding prevalence of the experimental group was significantly higher than that of the control group for each period.
Conclusion:
Postpartum breast-feeding support by nurses may be a useful intervention to increase breast-feeding prevalence.
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