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Trial reportPediatrics2014

Telephone peer counseling of breastfeeding among WIC participants: a randomized controlled trial.

Julie A Reeder, Ted Joyce, Kelly Sibley, Diane Arnold, Onur Altindag

Open access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Pediatrics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 15 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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  11. Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  14. Interventions for promoting the initiation of breastfeeding.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
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  16. Las Dos Cosas Versus Exclusive Breastfeeding: A Culturally and Linguistically Exploratory Intervention Study in Hispanic Mothers Living in Kentucky.Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners
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  19. Implementation of a clinically integrated breastfeeding peer counselor program.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Julie A ReederOregon WIC Program, Portland, Oregon; julie.a.reeder@state.or.us.
Ted JoyceDepartment of Economics and Finance, Baruch College, City University of New York; National Bureau of Economic Research, New York, New York; and.
Kelly SibleyOregon WIC Program, Portland, Oregon;
Diane ArnoldOregon WIC Program, Portland, Oregon;
Onur AltindagDepartment of Economics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York.
National Bureau of Economic Research · USThe Graduate Center, CUNY · US

Funding

Evaluate a Peer Counseling Program to Promote Breastfeeding in WIC ParticipantsR03HD072991 · NICHD · BERNARD M. BARUCH COLLEGE · PI JOYCE, THEODORE J · 2012 to 2013
$154k
NICHD NIH HHS R03 HD072991NICHD NIH HHS R03 HD072991-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe US Surgeon General has recommended that peer counseling to support breastfeeding become a core service of the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). As of 2008, 50% of WIC clients received services from local WIC agencies that offered peer counseling. Little is known about the effectiveness of these peer counseling programs. Randomized controlled trials of peer counseling interventions among low-income women in the United States showed increases in breastfeeding initiation and duration, but it is doubtful that the level of support provided could be scaled up to service WIC participants nationally. We tested whether a telephone peer counseling program among WIC participants could increase breastfeeding initiation, duration, and exclusivity.

methodsWe randomly assigned 1948 WIC clients recruited during pregnancy who intended to breastfeed or were considering breastfeeding to 3 study arms: no peer counseling, 4 telephone contacts, or 8 telephone contacts.

resultsWe combined 2 treatment arms because there was no difference in the distribution of peer contacts. Nonexclusive breastfeeding duration was greater at 3 months postpartum for all women in the treatment group (adjusted relative risk: 1.22; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.10-1.34) but greater at 6 months for Spanish-speaking clients only (adjusted relative risk: 1.29; 95% CI: 1.10-1.51). The likelihood of exclusive breastfeeding cessation was less among Spanish-speaking clients (adjusted odds ratio: 0.78; 95% CI: 0.68-0.89).

conclusionsA telephone peer counseling program achieved gains in nonexclusive breastfeeding but modest improvements in exclusive breastfeeding were limited to Spanish- speaking women.

Indexed as

Food AssistancePeer GroupTelephoneAdultBreast FeedingCounselingFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansPregnancybreastfeedingpeer counselingWIC

Identifiers

PMID25092936
PMCPMC4143999
OpenAlexW2108611465

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