Breastfeeding Education Program with Incentives Increases Exclusive Breastfeeding among Urban WIC Participants

Unfortunately, few infants in the US are breastfed beyond one to two months of age, and there is great disparity among racial and economic class. A study was conducted to evaluate among women who receive intensive breastfeeding education and incentives to breastfeed whether there will be a greater i...

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Published inJournal of the American Dietetic Association Vol. 102; no. 7; pp. 981 - 984
Main Authors Finch, Cristin, Daniel, Eileen L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2002
Elsevier Science Publishers
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Babies
Behavior
Breast feeding
Breast Feeding - psychology
Breastfeeding & lactation
Child Nutrition Sciences - education
Education
education programs
Ethnic Groups
Female
Food Services
Health
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Promotion
Humans
Infant
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Infant, Newborn
Mothers
Mothers - education
Mothers - psychology
Motivation
New York
Nutrition education
Poverty
Program Evaluation
Time Factors
Welfare recipients
WIC Program
New York
United States
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Summary:Unfortunately, few infants in the US are breastfed beyond one to two months of age, and there is great disparity among racial and economic class. A study was conducted to evaluate among women who receive intensive breastfeeding education and incentives to breastfeed whether there will be a greater incidence of breastfeeding at hospital discharge, significantly more participants exclusively breastfeeding, and significantly more participants breastfeeding at two months postpartum.
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ISSN:0002-8223
2212-2672
1878-3570
2212-2680
DOI:10.1016/S0002-8223(02)90224-5