title: Effectiveness of a Breastfeeding Intervention on Knowledge and Attitudes Among High School Students in Taiwan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention on the breastfeeding knowledge and attitudes of female high school students living in Taiwan.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective, two-group, quasi-experimental, repeated measure design.
  
  
  METHODS
  A high school in Taichung, Taiwan.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred four female high school students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire at baseline, after the intervention, and 1 month later. After administration of the questionnaire at baseline, the experimental group (n = 103) received a 30-minute breastfeeding education; the control group (n = 101) did not.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Findings showed that students in the experimental group had significantly greater breastfeeding knowledge immediately after the intervention and at 1 month postintervention. Also, compared with the control group, the experimental group had significantly greater positive breastfeeding attitudes after the intervention period, and the effect lasted at least 1 month.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Breastfeeding interventions in schools improve adolescents' knowledge and attitudes. School nurses are well positioned to promote breastfeeding as a healthy lifestyle behavior within the school setting.
authors.forename: Yen-Ju
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Jacqueline M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McGrath
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan
keywords: attitudes; breastfeeding; high school students; knowledge; school nurses