Status:
COMPLETED
Evaluation of a Community Health Nurse/Peer Counselor Program to Help Low-Income Women Breastfeed Longer
Lead Sponsor:
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Conditions:
Breastfeeding Rates
Eligibility:
FEMALE
12-44 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
This research was done to better understand how new mothers who are breastfeeding feel and the questions they have. We wanted to use ways to help new mothers to breastfeed successfully. We compared a ...
Detailed Description
Healthy People 2010 included the goal of increasing breastfeeding duration to 6 months for 50% of all mothers. Other professional and national health organizations and the Health and Human Services Bl...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- breastfeeding
- low-income (WIC eligible)
- English speaking
- telephone available (includes pager or close family member)
- full-term singleton birth, with no cranio-facial abnormalities
- neonate was admitted to the normal newborn nursery (not the NICU)
- negative drug screen for mother and infant.
Exclusion
- inability to meet the above criteria
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
328 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00608088
Start Date
March 1 2003
End Date
August 1 2006
Last Update
February 6 2008
Active Locations (1)
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States