title: Engaging Community With Promotores de Salud to Support Infant Nutrition and Breastfeeding Among Latinas Residing in Los Angeles County: Salud con Hyland's.
abstract: The Salud con Hyland's Project: Comienzo Saludable, Familia Sana [Health With Hyland's Project: Healthy Start, Healthy Family],was developed to provide education and support to Latina mothers regarding healthy infant feeding practices and maternal health. The promotora-delivered intervention was comprised of two charlas (educational sessions) and a supplemental, culturally and linguistically relevant infant feeding and care rolling calendar. Results indicate that the intervention increased intention to breastfeed exclusively, as well as to delay infant initiation of solids by 5 to 6 months. Qualitative feedback identified barriers to maternal and child health education as well as highlighted several benefits of the intervention.
authors.affiliation: a Long Beach Center for Latino Community Health, Evaluation and Leadership Training, National Council of La Raza, California State University Long Beach , Long Beach , California , USA.
authors.forename: Britt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rios-Ellis
authors.forename: Selena T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Nguyen-Rodriguez
authors.forename: Lilia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Espinoza
authors.forename: Gino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galvez
authors.forename: Melawhy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garcia-Vega
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003150:Community Health Workers; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000453:epidemiology; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires