title: Intervening to promote early initiation of breastfeeding in the LDR.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effectiveness of an interventional protocol for the early initiation of breastfeeding that would remove barriers in the labor, delivery, recovery (LDR) unit.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive design using 100 postpartum mothers who were interviewed before discharge at a large university hospital in the south-central United States. Descriptive statistics were used for analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The protocol was effective for initiating breastfeeding, and breastfeeding increased from 53% to 66%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When barriers to breastfeeding are reduced in the LDR setting, women will breastfeed. It is possible that reducing hospital barriers to breastfeeding in the LDR can also set the stage for sustained breastfeeding during hospitalization and for less supplementation with formula.
authors.affiliation: OB/Women's Care, University of Kentucky Hospital, Lexington, USA. cakoma2@email.uky.edu
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Komara
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Teasdale
authors.forename: Gaye
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Whalen
authors.forename: Shay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: Laurie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giovanetto
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000523:psychology; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors