Evaluation of Ready, Set, BABY: A prenatal breastfeeding education and counseling approach

Background Comprehensive prenatal education on infant feeding is recommended by many United States health organizations because of the need to maximize maternal preparedness for managing lactation physiology. Ready, Set, BABY (RSB) is a curriculum developed for counseling women about breastfeeding b...

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Published in:Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) Calif.), 2019-03, Vol.46 (1), p.113-120
Main Authors: Parry, Kathleen C., Tully, Kristin P., Hopper, Lorenzo N., Schildkamp, Paige E., Labbok, Miriam H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic guidance counseling
Baby foods
Baby‐Friendly Hospital Initiative
Bottle feeding
Breastfeeding & lactation
breastfeeding counseling
Clinical outcomes
Comfort
Counseling
Curricula
Education
Group counseling
Health care industry
Health services
Infants
Maternal and infant welfare
Maternal child nursing
Medical personnel
Mothers
Organizational effectiveness
Parent participation
Participation
Physiology
prenatal breastfeeding education
Prenatal education
Questionnaires
Statistical analysis
Women
Womens health
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Summary:Background Comprehensive prenatal education on infant feeding is recommended by many United States health organizations because of the need to maximize maternal preparedness for managing lactation physiology. Ready, Set, BABY (RSB) is a curriculum developed for counseling women about breastfeeding benefits and management including education on optimal maternity care practices. We hypothesized that RSB would be acceptable to mothers and that mothers’ strength of breastfeeding intentions would increase, and their comfort with the idea of formula feeding would decrease after educational counseling using the materials. We also hypothesized that mothers’ knowledge of optimal maternity care practices would increase after participation. Methods Materials were sent to a total of seven sites in the United States and Puerto Rico. Local health care practitioners completed training before counseling mothers with the curriculum. A pre‐ and postintervention questionnaire was administered to participants. Statistical analysis of results included paired t tests, Wilcoxon signed‐rank tests, and McNemar’s tests. Results Four hundred and sixteen expectant women participated. In the pre‐ and postintervention comparison, maternal participation in RSB significantly improved Infant Feeding Intentions Scale scores (P 
ISSN:0730-7659
1523-536X
DOI:10.1111/birt.12393