title: A well-baby peer counseling program is not associated with human milk receipt in the NICU.
abstract: Evaluate the impact of a non-neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)-specific peer counseling (PC) program on the cessation of human milk receipt at and post-NICU discharge.
  
  
  
  A multivariable logistic regression model used data from 400 mother-infant dyads from a level IV NICU to compare cessation of human milk receipt at NICU discharge by PC program status. Kaplan-Meier distributions and a multivariable Cox proportional hazards model assessed the relationship between participants/non-participants and cessation of human milk post-NICU discharge.
  
  
  
  No statistically significant differences between groups in cessation of human milk either by or post-discharge were observed. Identified variables associated with the outcome(s) of interest included maternal and infant age, length of stay, presence of a breastfeeding duration goal and frequency of NICU lactation consultant contact.
  
  
  
  Exposure to a non NICU-specific PC program was not associated with human milk receipt either by or post-NICU discharge.
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Department of Research, Hartford, CT, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cornell
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Department of Research, Hartford, CT, USA.|Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lerer
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA.|Connecticut Human Milk Research Center, Division of Neonatology, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT, USA.
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Hagadorn
authors.affiliation: Springfield College, Springfield, MA, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Human Milk Research Center, Division of Neonatology, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lussier
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA.|Connecticut Human Milk Research Center, Division of Neonatology, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brownell
mesh_terms: D003237:Connecticut; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008895:Milk, Human; D009035:Mothers; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010379:Peer Group; D015397:Program Evaluation