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Peer Interaction of Primiparas Sharing a Room With Multiparas With Successful Breastfeeding Experience

NCT06277856 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 128

Last updated 2026-02-19

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Summary

The World Health Organization (WHO) states that peer support breastfeeding education programs are effective interventions for improving breastfeeding outcomes. In this context, the WHO's Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding recommends the implementation of "lay health worker peer counselors" and "mother-to-mother support groups" to promote and support breastfeeding. The tenth step of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative also emphasizes the importance of mother-to-mother support as a successful intervention for breastfeeding. However, in our country, there have been limited studies and efforts to provide peer education and support for breastfeeding. Although various valuable studies using different educational techniques have been conducted to improve breastfeeding rates, the integration of these programs into routine clinical practice remains insufficient. This study aims to implement a peer interactive education program in postpartum rooms to bring experienced and inexperienced mothers together, as part of the hospital routine. The project will focus on the development and implementation of a peer interactive education program and will investigate its impact on the breastfeeding self-efficacy of primiparous mothers. The research follows a two-group pre-test and post-test design, is non-blind, and uses randomized controlled methodology. Initially, the hospital rooms will be rearranged to accommodate the implementation of the peer support breastfeeding education module. Researcher midwives will provide a brief training to experienced peer educator mothers who have previously breastfed.Afterwards, the peer education program will be conducted when the experienced mother and primiparous mother are together in the room. The study emphasizes improving early postpartum breastfeeding success and aims to make peer interaction a routine part of hospital practice. The feasibility of implementing peer education in hospitals will be evaluated, considering its simplicity and practicality. The impact of peer interactions on the mother's breastfeeding self-efficacy and attitudes towards breastfeeding will be assessed.

Overall, this research aims to improve breastfeeding rates by implementing peer support programs in hospital settings and evaluating the outcomes of peer interactions in terms of the mother's breastfeeding self-efficacy and attitudes towards breastfeeding.

Conditions

  • Mothers

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Peer interaction/control

This study was planned as a randomised controlled study with a two-group pretest and posttest design.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ege University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Aysun Eksioglu, Assoc Prof · Ege University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
49 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-10-18
Primary Completion
2023-05-23
Completion
2024-08-26

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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