Assignment to a hospital-based breastfeeding clinic and exclusive breastfeeding among immigrant Hispanic mothers: a randomized, controlled trial.
A randomized controlled trial is used to determine whether assigning mixed feeders to a breastfeeding clinic within 1 week postpartum will increase exclusive breastfeeding at 1 month among Hispanic immigrants. Subjects are eligible for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and 85% are monolingual Hispanic. Mothers (n = 522) of infants at low risk for hyperbilirubinemia are approached at bedside 20 to 48 hours after delivery and randomly assigned to treatment or control groups. Intent-to-treat analysis of feeding behavior at 4 weeks postpartum indicates that the intervention group is more likely to be exclusively breastfeeding (16.4% vs 10% in the control group, P = .03; adjusted odds ratio 1.87; 95% confidence interval, 1.07-3.26); that the incidence of formula supplementation does not differ between groups; and that the intervention group is less likely to supplement with water and tea (P < .002).
USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Judy
J
Hopkinson
Margaret
M
Konefal Gallagher
D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D041943:Infant Formula / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010379:Peer Group; D011632:Public Assistance