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Breast for Success: A Family-Centered Intervention in Support of Breastfeeding Among High-risk Low-income Mothers

NCT01272661 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1296

Last updated 2015-01-05

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Summary

Breast for Success is a new direct service program focused on overcoming barriers to breastfeeding for low-income inner-city mothers by use of a culturally competent and home-based educational and support intervention. Key project components include a new Enhanced Breastfeeding Curriculum with brief engaging health literacy focused modules, and two innovative support plans, the Breastfeeding Doula and Father Support Programs. The objective is to increase breastfeeding rates for high-risk inner-city mothers.

Research Questions to evaluate project feasibility and effectiveness are:

1. Were all aspects of the Curriculum and Doula and Father Support Programs implemented?
2. Is there an increase in the rate of any breastfeeding at 1 month postpartum for all mothers?
3. Is there a difference in the rate of any breastfeeding at 1 month postpartum between interventions (Curriculum only, Curriculum+Doula Support, Curriculum+Father Support)?
4. What are exclusive breastfeeding rates at 1, 3 and 6 months for all mothers?

Conditions

  • Breastfeeding

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced Curriculum

Brief health literacy focused modules on breastfeeding delivered in the home by Community Health Workers

BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced Curriculum+Breastfeeding Doula

In the Doula Program, the Community Health Worker and mother will identify a support person (e.g. grandma, father, friend) who commits to learning about breastfeeding with the mother at home visits, and then helps her with breastfeeding postpartum.

BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced Curriculum +Father Support

In the Father Support Program, mothers will give their partners father-friendly breastfeeding information and an invitation to a 3-week breastfeeding education group for fathers that includes a resource specialist or resource information for child support, re-entry and job services.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American Academy of Pediatrics

    collaborator OTHER

  • Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lydia M Furman, MD · University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-06-30
Primary Completion
2013-11-30
Completion
2013-11-30

Countries

  • United States

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