title: Breast-feeding initiation among post-Caesarean women of the Negev, Israel.
abstract: The objectives of the study were to increase post-Caesarean breastfeeding rates and decrease timing of post-Caesarean breastfeeding initiation in multicultural populations following a post-Caesarean breastfeeding intervention. The study was a prospective population-based evaluation of a breastfeeding intervention for post-Caesarean women of different cultures at a southern Israeli hospital. The study population consisted of 570 Jewish and Muslim post-Caesarean women who had delivered healthy, term infants. The control group (n=264) received standard hospital care and the intervention group (n=306) received early, culturally sensitive, post-Caesarean breast-feeding guidance and education by trained professionals. Timing of post-Caesarean maternal-infant contact and breastfeeding initiation outcomes for the Jewish and Muslim women significantly improved following the intervention.
authors.affiliation: Ben-Gurion University's Recanati School for Health Professions, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Ilana R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Chertok
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000193:education / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews / Q000193:education* / Q000208:ethnology; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration