Breastfeeding-Friendly Erie County: Establishing a Baby Café Network
| Autor: | Barbara A. Dennison, Kyle Restina, Deborah J. Gregg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Program evaluation
Counseling Postnatal Care Staffing Breastfeeding New York Health Promotion Peer support Peer Group Social support Nursing Medicine Humans Program Development business.industry Infant Newborn Obstetrics and Gynecology Infant Social Support Peer group Self-Help Groups Health promotion Breast Feeding Female business Breast feeding Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association. 31(4) |
| ISSN: | 1552-5732 |
| Popis: | Community-based lactation support groups help improve breastfeeding duration by offering practical peer and professional help and counseling through the sharing of information and experiences in a relaxed setting. The objective of this project, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was to establish at least 5 Baby Cafés in organizations that reach low-income women living in a high-need, racially/ethnically diverse, urban county with 1 of the lowest rates of breastfeeding initiation, exclusivity, and duration in New York. The New York State Department of Health partnered with the P2 Collaborative of Western New York and United Way of Buffalo & Erie County’s Healthy Start Healthy Future for All Coalition to facilitate the recruitment of 11 community-based agencies in Erie County, New York, to provide and/or enhance breastfeeding support. Six organizations were funded to establish licensed Baby Cafés, which provided skilled, free-of-charge, drop-in lactation support and counseling to mothers at easily accessible locations. The organizations provided staff training and staffing at the Baby Cafés, established coordinated hours of operation between all locations, and jointly marketed their services. Collectively, the 6 Baby Cafés provided 11 drop-in sessions per week. During the 7-month start-up time, mothers/babies made 276 visits and they averaged 75 visits per month, representing at least 150 clients. After the funding ended, 5 organizations continued to support and staff the Baby Cafés whereas 1 organization added another Baby Café. Future evaluation is needed to determine their effect on breastfeeding exclusivity and duration. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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